Lower-priced childseat now offered by Perodua

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Lower-priced childseat now offered by Perodua

If you have a chance to watch a video of what happens to the occupants during a severe frontal collision, you will see how a child at the back who is not retrained will fly through the air, forward into the front seat or up onto the ceiling. They use dummies in crash tests but imagine if it is a real child…serious injuries and even death could occur.

For this reason, authorities in many countries have made use of childseats a mandatory requirement and in Malaysia, the same applies. While carmakers are not in the business of making childseats, some do try to help their customers by offering such items – referred to as Child Restraint Systems (CRS) – as accessories.

Lower-priced models from Perodua
Perodua has been offering childseats for many years now and recently introduced its Care Seat, a lower-priced new childseat suitable for both infants and toddlers. Priced at RM680 in Peninsular Malaysia and RM695 in East Malaysia, the Care Seat is suitable for children of all ages up to 12 (or weighing up to 36 kgs), replacing Perodua’s previous GearUp Infant and Toddler seats, which cost RM785 and RM975, respectively.

Even when restrained in a childseat, the child can be subjected to violent forces during an accident (above) and if unrestrained, can literally fly about the cabin (below). Pictures from crash tests by EuroNCAP.

“The Perodua Care Seat forms part of our continuous drive for higher road safety as a caring, People First company, in line with the government’s aspirations,” said Perodua President & CEO, Dato’ Zainal Abidin Ahmad.

“It bears repeating that all children should be properly secured in child seats in moving vehicles for their safety. In encouraging this, Perodua is bringing out a product that is durable, adaptable, comfortable, affordable and meets safety standards,” he added.

Meets international safety standards
The Care Seat complies with ECE R44/04 standards and can be rotated to face forward or backward (backwards is recommended by safety experts). It has 6 recline angles as well as a harness that self-adjusts according to headrest position.

It also has ISOFIX connectors which make it easy to install the seat and ensure it is secure. ISOFIX points are provided in the back seat area of all Perodua models.

*ISOFIX points are usually indicated by a tab or label on the rear seat. All Perodua models have ISOFIX points provided, including the Axia (below).*

“The Perodua Care Seat is more cost-effective as the same seat can be used for the child throughout, without needing to change from an infant to a toddler seat as the child gets older,” said Dato’ Zainal.

“Perodua will continue to spread awareness, educate and advocate the use of child seats amongst our customers. We hope the use of childseats in Malaysia will become commonplace one day – this would go a long way in reducing road injuries and fatalities, especially of our precious young ones,” he added.

Cost can be included H-P loan
Available in grey or blue, the Perodua Care Seat comes with a 1-year warranty which is double the warranty period of the outgoing GearUp Infant and Toddler seats. Parents who buy the Care Seat when purchasing their new Perodua vehicle can include it in the Hire-Purchase loan as it is an official accessory from the manufacturer.

Alternatively, if they wish to buy one separately, it is available at all authorised Perodua outlets nationwide. To locate an outlet near you, visit www.perodua.com.my.