On June 23, 2008, Baby Trend issued a recall of over 3,500 Rigid Latch-Loc Base car seats. The models affected by the recall are as follows: 6400, 6439, 6448, 6481, and 6484.

The recall was issued due to the use of inadequate steel. The steel was used on the locking mechanism, causing the mechanism to crack and fail. If failure occurs during a severe car wreck, the safety seat may detach from the base, causing severe injuries to the child.

If a child is not properly protected during a car wreck, they may suffer severely debilitating, life-long injuries, such as paralysis and limb loss. In more extreme instances, death may result.

Baby Trend will replace the defective child safety seat base for free.

Car wreck attorneys are working on cases in which severe injuries have resulted due to the negligence of manufacturers.

More than 90,000 Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicles are being recalled because the third-row seat belts may not secure child safety seats tightly enough to prevent injury to the child during a collision. This recall applies to 2008 model gas and hybrid Highlanders. Dealerships have been asked not to sell affected models until the problem has been resolved, and current owners will be notified by Toyota starting in June.

About 90,000 Toyota Highlanders are being recalled due to defective safety seat belts. The defect involves the improper operation of the seat belt which can cause rear facing child safety seats to malfunction.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stated that the recall affects Highlander and Highlander hybrid sport utility vehicles manufactured in 2008. The NHTSA discovered the defect during standard testing. Testing showed that seat belts could not fasten properly when rear-facing child safety seats were used.

The defect may cause the child car seat to not be properly secured, allowing it to move during an auto accident.

Toyota Highlander vehicle owners will be notified by mail at the beginning of June.

Toyota has previously recalled vehicles due to defective safety seats. In 2002, a man was killed when his safety seat belt jammed after an accident, preventing him from being able to flee the vehicle when it caught fire. The man was in a Toyota Corolla. A civil trial began last year in California in order to determine if Toyota is liable for the death.

If a vehicle defect is the result of negligence, the vehicle manufacture can be held responsible for the serious injuries that may result from the defect. Car wreck attorneys are working on cases in which serious injury or fatality has resulted due to auto defects caused by negligence.