I am writing to report a defect in the britax decathlon car seat lower latch system. The belt on my system is twisted and will not perform properly in a crash. I have notified britax and they sent me a replacement belt but without any instructions and have not issued a recall. I am concerned about all the other car seats on the road and the children who are at risk of serious injury. A representative from the pa traffic injury prevention project (tipp) at the pa chapter of the american academy of pediatrics inspected the car seat on Tuesday October 26, 2010 and found that "the lower anchor attachment is backwards on one side and cannot be used correctly to install child seat using lower anchors." Her name is [xxx] and she can be reached at [xxx]. she said that it was a manufacturing defect and the seats should be recalled. The identifiers for the car seat are: Date of mfg: 04-05-2007 make decathlon model E9L 4769 serial number E9L4769017324 batch number J00088948 purchased from babyuniverse.com in May 2007 my contact at britax is [xxx] consumer service managerbritax [xxx] 13501 South ridge drive charlotte nc 28273 us-customerservice@britax.com (related vehicle information: Model year=2006, make=Toyota, model=Highlander). Information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Glenside, PA, USA