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At Consumer Reports, we have developed a new simulated crash test to help find child seats that could provide a greater margin of safety. This test is run at a higher speed and under different conditions than the government's test.

During our recent testing of convertible seats, results for one model from Ricaro, the Ricaro Performance Ride, raised some safety concerns. Convertible child seats are designed to be used in either a rear or forward-facing orientation. In our simulated frontal crash performance tests, the support hardware at the rear of the Ricaro Performance Ride shell broke in three out of four seats when it was installed forward-facing.

This allowed the harness to pull through the seat back and loosen as the child-sized dummy moved forward in a crash that forward motion exposes the child, particularly their head, to contact. The loose harness increases their risk for ejection from the seat. The problem occurred using the 35 lb 3-year-old test dummy, and in all three cases where the seat was installed on the test sled using the lower latch anchors and the top tether.

Our tests differ from the government's in several ways. In addition to being conducted at a higher speed, they are designed to more closely represent the inside of a car, including a surface that represents a front seat back that a child could hit during a crash. Four other tested convertible seats had some cracking or breakage in our tests. Only the Ricaro Performance Ride broke in test performed with the 35 lb 3-year-old dummy.

What concerns us is that the smaller dummy represents only 54% of the 65 lbs that the seat claims it can hold and is right in the sweet spot in terms of the size of kids that are most often riding in convertible seats. Structural issues with other seats occurred only in tests conducted with the larger 6-year-old dummy. We don't know of any real-world injury related to this type of failure, but the performance of this seat was enough of a concern to us that we wanted to release the results after we had completed crash performance testing on the entire convertible seat group but before final ratings were complete.

If you own and are currently using the Ricaro Performance Ride, don't have any concerns about its performance in a rear-facing mode. However, if your child is riding forward-facing and still below the 40 lb allowable weight limit and the 22 1/2 inch seated height limit for rear-facing, then returning your child to a rear-facing orientation is safest until you can replace the seat if your child exceeds the 40 lb rear-facing weight limit. We recommend continuing to use the seat but replacing it as soon as possible. Any seat is always better than none at all.

We shared our results with Ricaro, and they had the following statement: "The Ricaro Performance Ride convertible car seat has saved the lives of many children involved in a car crash and has never experienced a field failure after being in the marketplace for over 5 years." Ricaro tests to meet and exceed all National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash test requirements. The research by Consumer Reports was conducted with a crash test at 40% more energy than current NHTSA standards. We want to reassure our consumers that we take all aspects of a child's safety seriously and will examine these findings closely. Ricaro appreciates Consumer Reports' interest in child passenger safety for more on child seats, check out consumerreports.org

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhere at Consumer Reports we developed a new simulated crash test to help find child seats that could provide a greater margin of safety the test is run at a higher speed and under different conditions than the government's test during our recent testing of convertible seats results for one model from ricaro the ricaro performance ride raised safety concerns what was the issue convertible child seats are designed to be used in either a rear or forward-facing orientation in our simulated frontal crash performance tests the support Hardware at the rear of the ricaro performance rid shell broke in three out of four seats we tested when it was installed forward- facing this allowed the harness to pull through the seat back and loosen as the child-sized dummy moved forward in a crash that forward motion exposes the child in particular his or her head to contact and the loose harness increases their risk for ejection from the seat the problem occurred using the 35 lb 3-year-old test dummy and in all three cases where the seat was installed on the test sled using the lower latch anchors and the top tether here's how our tests differ from the governments in addition to being conducted at a higher speed they are designed to more closely represent the inside of a car including a surface that represents a front seat back that a child could hit during a crash while four other tested convertible seats had some cracking or breakage in our tests only the ricaro performance ride broke in test performed with the 35lb 3-year-old dummy what concerns us is that smaller dummy represents only 54% of the 65 lbs that the seat claims it can hold and is Right In The Sweet Spot in terms of the size of kids that are most often riding in convertible seats structural issues with other seats occurred only in tests that were condu Ed with the larger 6-year-old dummy we don't know of any real world injury related to this type of failure but the performance of this seat was enough of a concern to us that we wanted to release the results after we had completed crash performance testing on the entire convertible seat group but before final ratings were complete what can you do if you own and are currently using the ricaro performance ride we have no concerns about the seats performance in a rear-facing mode the issues described Des cried here only affect the seat forward facing if your child is riding forward facing but is still below the 40 lb allowable weight limit and the 22 1/2 in seated height limit for rear facing then returning your child to a rear facing orientation is safest until you can replace the seat if your child exceeds the 40 lb rear-facing weight limit we recommend you continue using the seat but replace it as soon as you can any seat is always better than none at all we shared our results with ricaro and they had the following statement the ricaro performance ride convertible car seat has saved the lives of many children involved in a car crash and has never experienced a field failure after being in the marketplace for over 5 years ricaro tests to meet and exceed all national highway traffic safety administration crash test requirements the research by Consumer Reports was conducted with a crash test at 40% more energy at its peak than current nit of Standards we want to reassure our consumers that we take all aspects of a child's safety seriously and we'll examine these findings closely raro appreciates Consumer Reports interest in child passenger safety for more on child seats check out consumerreports.orghere at Consumer Reports we developed a new simulated crash test to help find child seats that could provide a greater margin of safety the test is run at a higher speed and under different conditions than the government's test during our recent testing of convertible seats results for one model from ricaro the ricaro performance ride raised safety concerns what was the issue convertible child seats are designed to be used in either a rear or forward-facing orientation in our simulated frontal crash performance tests the support Hardware at the rear of the ricaro performance rid shell broke in three out of four seats we tested when it was installed forward- facing this allowed the harness to pull through the seat back and loosen as the child-sized dummy moved forward in a crash that forward motion exposes the child in particular his or her head to contact and the loose harness increases their risk for ejection from the seat the problem occurred using the 35 lb 3-year-old test dummy and in all three cases where the seat was installed on the test sled using the lower latch anchors and the top tether here's how our tests differ from the governments in addition to being conducted at a higher speed they are designed to more closely represent the inside of a car including a surface that represents a front seat back that a child could hit during a crash while four other tested convertible seats had some cracking or breakage in our tests only the ricaro performance ride broke in test performed with the 35lb 3-year-old dummy what concerns us is that smaller dummy represents only 54% of the 65 lbs that the seat claims it can hold and is Right In The Sweet Spot in terms of the size of kids that are most often riding in convertible seats structural issues with other seats occurred only in tests that were condu Ed with the larger 6-year-old dummy we don't know of any real world injury related to this type of failure but the performance of this seat was enough of a concern to us that we wanted to release the results after we had completed crash performance testing on the entire convertible seat group but before final ratings were complete what can you do if you own and are currently using the ricaro performance ride we have no concerns about the seats performance in a rear-facing mode the issues described Des cried here only affect the seat forward facing if your child is riding forward facing but is still below the 40 lb allowable weight limit and the 22 1/2 in seated height limit for rear facing then returning your child to a rear facing orientation is safest until you can replace the seat if your child exceeds the 40 lb rear-facing weight limit we recommend you continue using the seat but replace it as soon as you can any seat is always better than none at all we shared our results with ricaro and they had the following statement the ricaro performance ride convertible car seat has saved the lives of many children involved in a car crash and has never experienced a field failure after being in the marketplace for over 5 years ricaro tests to meet and exceed all national highway traffic safety administration crash test requirements the research by Consumer Reports was conducted with a crash test at 40% more energy at its peak than current nit of Standards we want to reassure our consumers that we take all aspects of a child's safety seriously and we'll examine these findings closely raro appreciates Consumer Reports interest in child passenger safety for more on child seats check out consumerreports.org\n"