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Cybex car seats

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 6, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Aug 6, 2014the latest report was made
  • Aug 6, 2014the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Cybex
Maker
Cybex/Regal LagerMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Car seatsFor infants or childrenCPSC’s product type: Car Seats (For Infants or Children) (code 1519), in Toys & Children: Strollers & Car Seats

By month

1 report from September 2013 to August 2014; the most in August 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
August 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Aug 6, 2014, sent to the company Aug 14, 2014, published by CPSC Aug 28, 2014

    The product, in the report: Cybex Aton 2 infant car seat in Ocean (blue)

    We purchased a Cybex “Aton 2” infant car seat in in late June in advance of the birth of our son (birth date July 10th, 2014). Late last week, with the car seat having thus seen approximately three weeks’ of use (possibly 6-8 car trips, roundtrip, absolute maximum) by an infant who only now weighs 6.5 lbs, we observed fatigue (white marks and the beginning of two small tears/cracks) in the plastic of the carrying handle abutting the buttons to reposition the handle and next to where it meets the main body of the car seat. We immediately contacted the manufacturer’s US distributor (Regal Lager) to alert them to the issue and were told that “that’s just you pushing the car seat into the seat’s base (which remains in the car) too hard” and that they were not willing to do anything about it. Incredulous, and concerned as to the safety implications of a car seat with failing parts from nothing more than light, normal usage over not even a month, we continued to press the customer service personnel at Regal Lager for some days, including sending them pictures of the affected areas, but other than indicating that other customers had complained to them of the same structural failing, they provided no indication as to whether it represented a safety issue or not, and nor were they willing to do anything whatsoever about it. We will be returning the car seat to its place of purchase [REDACTED] since we cannot be safe in our minds not knowing if the handle (or even other parts of the seat constructed with the same plastic) might fail either when carrying the car seat or during a car accident, but before so doing, we wanted to raise the matter with you (in no small part because Regal Lager customer service representatives effectively “dared” us to report the seat’s issues to Federal authorities with a “go ahead, we don’t care” response and did so when it appears this is not an isolated complaint). Since we will be returning the seat, please advise if any one wishes to inspect the seat before it is returned (we do have photographs of the affected areas) and we can hold-off for a short time in returning it.

    Model
    Aton 2 / 12-4010032
    Serial number
    514104054
    Bought from
    Bed Bath and Beyond/ Buy Buy Baby
    Bought
    Jun 23, 2014
    Where
    Seattle, United States: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 0, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand Cybex, made or sold by Cybex/Regal Lager
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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