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1999 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #149291

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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT) filed May 3, 1999

NHTSA complaint #149291 (ODI reference 706213) concerns a 1999 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on May 3, 1999. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as child seat:handle (infant), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA ACCORD cohort independently describe similar child seat:handle (infant) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1999 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
1999 HONDA ACCORD
Component
CHILD SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT)
State
Washington

Complaint Description

I AM HAVING A HARD TIME SECURING MY CHILD SEAT IN THE MIDDLE POSITION REAR SEAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOCK ON THE 3 POINT BELT . I USED THE HARNESS RETAINER THAT CAME WITH THE CENTURY CAR SEAT WHICH HELPS, BUT I FEEL THE SEAT SHOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL ACCORDING TO THE PARENTS MAG ARTICLE I READ. ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO SECURE THIS SEAT ANY BETTER??? THANKS. *AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 149291
ODI Number 706213
Date Filed May 3, 1999

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.