Voyager Car Seat/Strollers In-Home Repair Recall by Cosco
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 1997
Release # 98-045
Company Phone Number: (800) 221-6736 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063
CPSC, Cosco Announce Recall for In-Home Repair of VoyagerTM Car Seat/Strollers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Cosco Inc. of Columbus,
Ind., is recalling about 6,000 VoyagerTM Car Seat/Strollers
for in-home repair. The VoyagerTM Car Seat/Stroller is a
combination product with an infant car seat that snaps into
a frame for use as a stroller. When used as the stroller,
the car seat could become dislodged and fall to the ground.
Infants could be injured from the fall.
Cosco has not received any reports of car seats
becoming dislodged from the stroller. This recall is being
conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.
Cosco will send consumers instructions on how to modify
the car seat to eliminate the problem.
VoyagerTM Car Seat/Strollers subject to this recall
have manufacturing dates from September 8, 1997, through
October 27, 1997. The manufacturing date is found on the car
seat, not on the stroller frame. The car seat comes with a
fabric canopy and seat pad. "COSCO" is imprinted into the
front of the car seat.
The Cosco VoyagerTM Car Seat/Stroller was sold
nationwide from September 1997 through November 1997,
primarily through Wal-Mart, Target, Ames, Service
Merchandise, Caldor and Montgomery Ward retail stores, for
about $79.
Consumers should call Cosco at (800) 221-6736 between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST Monday through Friday for the repair
instructions. Until the repair is completed, consumers
should not use the car seat as a stroller. The problem does
not affect the product's use as a car seat or carrier.
Consumers can write to Cosco at 2525 State Street, Columbus,
IN 47201.
