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On January 18, 2007, Consumer Reports withdrew its recent claim that most infant car seats failed the magazine's front and side crash tests.   A new report will be published with any necessary revisions as soon as possible after the new tests are complete.

The magazine stated: "[W]e withdrew the report immediately upon discovering a substantive issue that may have affected the original test results. The issue came to light based on new information received Tuesday night and Wednesday morning from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) concerning the speed at which our side-impact tests were conducted." 

Consumer Reports still urges the public to remember that use of any child seat is safer than no child seat, but to suspend judgment on the merits of individual products until the new testing has been completed and the report re-published.

For more information, please review the statements made concerning this issue by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Consumer Reports.