Missing Instruction Manual/FMVSS 213

Affected vehicles (1)

Component / system

Defect

Evenflo Company, Inc. (Evenflo) is recalling certain Titan 65 child seats with model number 3712198 manufactured between March 17, 2025 and May 1, 2025. The child seat may have been packaged with an incorrect instruction manual. As such, these child seats and travel systems fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 213, "Child Restraint Systems."

Risk / consequence

A child seat with an incorrect instruction manual may result in improper installation and an improperly restrained child, which can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

Remedy

Evenflo will mail owners information on how to inspect and replace the instruction manual, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 15, 2025. Owners may contact Evenflo customer service at 1-800-233-5921.

Chronology of events

1. May 5, 2025

   On May 5, 2025, Evenflo received a report from an institutional customer that took delivery of 4 Titan 65 seats that the product was delivered with Instructional Manuals for a different product. Shortly thereafter, Evenflo initiated an investigation of the issue, which included review of the production process at the relevant plant (Piqua, Ohio) and, ultimately, inspection of all inventory in Evenflo's possession of the subject product. Evenflo ultimately found instances of product packaged with the wrong instructions traceable to eight (8) different manufacturing dates between March 13, 2025 and

2. Apr 30, 2025

   April 30, 2025. Of note, Evenflo discovered no incorrect manuals in other products fabricated on the same production line.

3. Jun 11, 2025

   On June 11, 2025, Evenflo management determined that a potential noncompliance existed in Titan 65 child restraints manufactured between March 13, 2025 and April 30, 2025 and that a recall should be conducted accordingly.

Notification schedule

Dealer notification

Jul 15, 2025 - Aug 15, 2025 No Dealers

Owner notification

Jul 15, 2025 - Aug 15, 2025 Phased Recall