Child Car Seats

[Stripy1]

Hi - I was wondering if anyone answer the following question.

About September 2003 I purcased a Britax forward face car seat, with fixed seat belts. This was used for about 5 years till my son got to the age of 6, i then transfered him to a booster seat. I now have another son who is coming up to 12 months old and I would like to use the car seat again. In the 2 years that it wasn't being used it was stored in our loft.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any reasson why the seat should not be used eg car seats should not be used if they are over a couple of years old. The seat has never been droped and there is no sign of any wear in the plastic or material.

Thanks

[Buenchico]

"Car seats should not be used if they are over a couple of years old"???
Who says so?

This 'official' website (from RoSPA, with the support of the Department for Transport) doesn't say anything like that at all:
http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/

The nearest it comes to dealing with your question is this page about second hand car seats:
http://www.childcarse...second_hand_seats.htm

Chris

[Stripy1]

Hi Buenchico, Thanks for your help, I have checked out the web sites.

The reason I was asking is because someone told me that the car seat should be discarded after 5 years (they had read this on the internet). i have checked the internet myself and can not see anything regarding this.

Thanks once again