Car Seat Expiration & Replacement Checker

🗓 Car-seat safety record

Car Seat Expiration & Replacement Checker

Review the seat’s service life, crash history, recall status, condition, and second-hand history. The result helps you identify what to verify before the seat is used again.

Your answers remain in your browser. This tool does not transmit or store the seat information.
Step 1 of 4 Seat information

Seat information

Use the labels on the seat shell or base. Do not guess an expiration period from another brand or model.

This is not necessarily the purchase date.
Enter only the lifespan printed in this seat’s manual or on its label.
Where to look: check the underside, back, seat shell, base, or manufacturer label. Some products list a specific expiration date; others state a usable period after the manufacture date.
Result

Manufactured —
Expiration —
Estimated status —
Estimated service-life timeline —

🚨 Reasons for this result

    ✅ Checks reported as complete

      📋 Your next 3 actions

        Official resources

        Confirm the model label and follow the instructions issued by the seat manufacturer.

        Check NHTSA recalls ↗ NHTSA crash guidance ↗ Car-seat safety resources ↗ Find a seat check ↗
        Educational screening only: this checker cannot inspect hidden damage, verify a recall remedy, identify a model from incomplete information, or override the manufacturer. Do not use a seat that is expired, recalled without a completed remedy, visibly damaged, missing required parts, or required by its manufacturer to be replaced after a crash.