1/18/07 UPDATE:

Consumber reports is pulling this review because they have found that their testing may have been flawed!! From The Lede Blogs:

We withdrew the report immediately upon discovering a substantive issue that may have affected the original test results. The issue came to light based on new information received Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concerning the speed at which our side-impact tests were conducted.
The original study, published in the February issue of Consumer Reports, was aimed at discovering how infant seats performed in tests at speeds that match those used in the government’s New Car Assessment Program. This program tests most new vehicles in crashes at speeds of 35 m.p.h. for frontal impact and 38 m.p.h. for side impact. Child safety seats, in contrast, are currently tested only in front-impact crashes at speeds of 30 m.p.h.

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Apparently, if you have an infant and you don’t have one of these two car seats, you’re screwed:

The Baby Trend Flex-Loc, and the Graco SnugRide with EPS. Picture from newshannel5.com

The non-profit testing organization said it can recommend only two of the 12 it tested — the Baby Trend Flex-Loc, and the Graco SnugRide with EPS.

Consumer Reports said in frontal crashes of 35 miles per hour, and side crashes of 38 miles per hour, most of the infant car seats it tested “failed disastrously.” They came off their bases or twisted in place.

The magazine thinks the poorest performing seat — the Evenflo Discovery — should be urgently recalled.

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