Child seat (Graco)
Car seat recall 86C-006. NHTSA received GRACO CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS’s report on Apr 28, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GRACO CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS’s report on Apr 28, 1986. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
IN SOME AUTOMOBILES THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SEAT MAY INTERFER WITH THE OPERATION OF THE RECLINE ADJUSTMENT LATCHING MECHANISM ON THE CHILD RESTRAINT IN THE INFANT (REAR FACING) POSITION.
SHOULD THE ADJUSTMENT LATCH BE HELD IN THE RELEASED (UNLOCKED) POSITION DURING AN ACCIDENT, THE GT1000 WILL NOT PROVIDE OCCUPANT PROTECTION AS SPECIFIED BY FMVSS NO. 213.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: AN UNLATCHED SEAT THAT HAS THE ADJUSTMENT RELEASE HANDLE HELD IN THE RELEASED POSITION COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT OF THE RESTRAINT AND TO OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Child seat.
What should you do?
CONSUMERS WILL INSTALL A GUARD PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER IN KIT FORM THAT WILL PREVENT THE SEAT FROM INTERFERING WITH THE RECLINE ADJUSTMENT LEVER. NOTE: FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE CORRECTIVE ACTION ON THIS CHILD SEAT, MODEL GT1000 MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 1985 AND JANUARY 1986, CALL GRACO TOLL FREE NUMBER 1 800 345 4109, PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS CALL COLLECT, 215-286-5951.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER CARS.SYSTEM: CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM, GRACO MODEL GT1000.( PREVIOUS RECALL NUMBER 86E006000)
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 62,352 seats potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GRACO CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.