2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA — Complaint #672263
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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP filed June 3, 2008
NHTSA complaint #672263 (ODI reference 10229726) concerns a 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA and was filed on June 3, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 30, 2008. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as child seat:latch connector/clip, 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: 1, 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 CHEVROLET IMPALA cohort independently describe similar child seat:latch connector/clip 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 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE VEHICLE HAS A 2003 COSCO CHILD SAFETY SEAT, MODEL NUMBER 22-100 FSM (NA). THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON MARCH 24, 2005. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING, HER DAUGHTER WAS SEATED FORWARD FACING IN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT AND BEGAN CRYING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE SEAT. SHE NOTICED THAT THE LATCH CONNECTOR SOMEHOW BECAME UNLATCHED, WENT THROUGH THE SEAT, AND PUNCTURED A HOLE SO DEEP INTO THE CHILD'S RIGHT THIGH THAT SHE HAD TO GET 15 STITCHES. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND IS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. SHE STILL HAS POSSESSION OF THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 672263 |
| ODI Number | 10229726 |
| Date Filed | June 3, 2008 |
| Failure Date | May 30, 2008 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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