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How our car seat tests went wrong: the missteps we made and some lessons we learned.
Aseries of misjudgments and a key misunderstanding between Consumer Reports and an outside laboratory led to the publication of erroneous crash-test data in our recent report on infant car seats, an expert investigation and interviews with those involved has revealed.
The report, in the February 2007 issue of Consumer Reports, was made public on Jan. 4 but was withdrawn-along with its test results-just 14 days later when evidence first surfaced that it was flawed.
The report attracted wide public attention because it said 10 of the 12 seats tested provided poor protection. Some seats twisted on their bases or flew apart. W e urged recall of two models ...
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