Minor car accident in parking lot - replace car seat?

mrsz2008 · July 2011

Hello, so I was backed into in a parking lot, some jacka$$ decided not to turn around and just back right into the front of my car. There is very minimal damage to the car and the guy was going 5mph at most. Would you replace the car seat? We have a Britax Roundabout 55 ordered that we were gonna get anyway, but it wont be here for close to 2 weeks, WDYT?

starsmaycollide · July 2011

No, I don't think I would if it was a very minor incident..

Heifergal · July 2011

No. We were in a low speed fender bender and we didn't replace the seat. We barely rolled into the car, it didn't even jar us so I can't believe it compromised the car seat.

ablythed02 · July 2011

Not sure where you are located, but I do believe in the event of any accident, a car seat is to be replaced. The other parties insurance should pay for it including damage to your vehicle.

JhawkCE · July 2011

I hit a deer and it did 7K worth of damage to my car. My child didn't even wake up and the airbags were not deployed and we drove it away. It just hit the front passenger side and kind of rolled down causing minor damage all along so there was a lot of replacement.

Each manufacturer is different, but Britax suggests replacement is not needed in minor crashes where:

The vehicle was able to be driven away from the crash site; AND

The vehicle door nearest the child restraint was undamaged; ANDThere were no injuries to any of the vehicle occupants; ANDThe air bags (if present) did not deploy; ANDThere is no visible damage to the child seat.https://www.britaxusa.com/support/faq/after-a-crash

mrsz2008 · July 2011

JhawkCE:
I hit a deer and it did 7K worth of damage to my car. My child didn't even wake up and the airbags were not deployed and we drove it away. It just hit the front passenger side and kind of rolled down causing minor damage all along so there was a lot of replacement.
Each manufacturer is different, but Britax suggests replacement is not needed in minor crashes where:
The vehicle was able to be driven away from the crash site; AND
The vehicle door nearest the child restraint was undamaged; ANDThere were no injuries to any of the vehicle occupants; ANDThe air bags (if present) did not deploy; ANDThere is no visible damage to the child seat.https://www.britaxusa.com/support/faq/after-a-crash

Thanks everyone, there's no damage to any doors and no injuries so I guess we're fine. I was going to be annoyed if we were going to have to buy something to hold us over until our britax got here. Thanks again!

SapphireKat18 · July 2011

Your insurance (or the other guy's) may cover it. My sister backed into a tree in her own yard and the insurance company told her the car seats had to be replaced and sent her money. They'll probably ask when the claim is filed if there were any car seats and then go from there.

gobbler · July 2011

my car was parked and was side swiped...the insurance company sent me a check to replace the car seat. I think they are required to cover car seats...

Valleybugt · July 2011

I used to work as a claims adj and we only replaced car seats if the child was in the seat at the time of the impact. If your LO was then they will replace it. Just send them a receipt for the new car seat on the way. They should pay for it.

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