NHTSA opens audit query into Uppababy Other: Failure to report under 49 CFR Part 579
On February 23, 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened an Audit Query (AQ21001) into Uppababy Other, concerning the child seat. An Audit Query reviews whether a manufacturer has met its federal safety reporting or recall obligations. As of NHTSA’s latest data it is still open.
- Action
- AQ21001 (Audit Query)
- Status
- Open
- Component
- Child Seat
- Listed
- 1 make/model/year entry in NHTSA’s file
Vehicles under investigation
| Make | Uppababy |
|---|---|
| Model | Other |
As listed in NHTSA’s investigation file. Not every vehicle of a listed model is necessarily affected.
What ODI says
NHTSA is opening this AQ to better understand and evaluate UPPAbabys process for required reporting under 49 C.F.R. Part 579.NHTSA received a report from the public in April 2020, regarding the 2020 UPPAbaby KNOX child restraint. NHTSA discussed this issue with UPPAbaby and the manufacturer claimed that it did not have any information to report about the KNOX child restraint system under any part of 49 C.F.R. Part 579. On October 30, 2020, UPPAbaby submitted documentation to NHTSA regarding complaints it received about the performance of the KNOX child restraint. Upon review of the complaints, UPPAbaby may have failed to report injuries, foreign recalls, consumer complaints, and manufacturer communications under 49 U.S.C. § 30166 and49 C.F.R. Part 579. To date, UPPAbaby either failed to report and/or untimely reported death or injury incidents, consumer complaints, manufacturer communications, and foreign recalls reports under 49 C.F.R. Part 579. This AQ is opened to seek information from UPPAbaby relating to its compliance with 49 C.F.R. Part 579.
Official summary by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation for AQ21001, quoted in full (U.S. government work, public domain).
Timeline
- ODI opens audit query AQ21001
- OpenNo closing date yet
What this means for owners
- An investigation is not a recall. NHTSA has not made a defect finding here, and owners are not asked to do anything yet. If a safety defect is confirmed, the manufacturer recalls the vehicles and the repair is free.
- Check your vehicle for open recalls with a free VIN recall check.
- Had this problem? File a complaint with NHTSA. Owner complaints are the evidence ODI uses to open and expand investigations.
Official record: search AQ21001 or your vehicle at NHTSA.gov/recalls, which lists investigations alongside recalls. Data: NHTSA ODI investigations file, updated daily. All NHTSA investigations.