RECALL: Graco ComfortSport

Graco Children's Products Inc. announced a Safety Notice for the ComfortSport 5-point harness convertible car seat. On some of the 276,921 ComfortSport car seats manufactured in Ohio from January 2, 2007 through July 31, 2007, the Lower Anchorage belt may have been misrouted during the assembly process. As a result, the seat back angle can exceed 70 degrees in a frontal crash. This increased rotation of the car seat may increase the risk of injury. No injuries have been reported related to this issue.This Safety Notice may affect ComfortSport car seats with the following model numbers: 8629TWL, 8630MTR, 8631DFT, 8631DRA, 8632PSO, 8635TAC,8639COS, 8C00BLG, 8C00DMN, 8C00GRP, 8C00LNW, 8C00MID, 8C00TMB, 8C01SVD,8C01WTN, 8C02MGI, 8C02MRC, 8C03HAL, 8C03WCF, 8C04FRR, 8433FOF. The model number and date of manufacture can be found on the label on the back of the car seat. These seats were sold in mass merchandisers, specialty retailers and department stores from January 2007 through August 2007. Graco will mail, to all known ComfortSport owners with a seat manufactured between January 2, 2007 and July 31, 2007, instructions to correct this misrouting. In addition, Graco will email these instructionsto those consumers who provided their email address to Graco. Consumers who own but have not registered their ComfortSport car seat should call 1-800-345-4109 Monday-Friday between 8 am & 5 pm EST or visit Graco's website 24 hours a day to determine whether their ComfortSport car seat may be affected and to obtain instructions on how to correctly route the Lower Anchorage belt. When calling Graco, consumers should have the model number and date of manufacture of the car seat readily available. Consumers should not use the seat in the rear-facing position withLATCH until the belt routing has been inspected and, if necessary,corrected. The vehicle seatbelt can be used instead of LATCH in themeantime. However, consumers who have rerouted their Lower Anchorage belt according to the instruction manual for use in the forward-facing mode are not affected by this Safety Notice.