Spike in Brixat car seat stabbed boy in back for 1. A mother was horrified on finding a spike in her infant sons car seat that had been stabbing him in the back for a year and a half. Nichola Griffiths was at the end of her tether with two year old Maxs temper tantrums every time he was being strapped into his 7. Britax Black Prince car seat. The youngster would fight and struggle when he realised he was being put into his car seat and would scream and cry on every car journey, sometimes even making himself sick. Nichola, a mother of six, and her husband, Nigel, thought he may have car sickness but were horrified when they put young Max in the seat without a shirt on and discovered the plastic spike had created an angry red mark. Nichola Griffiths was at the end of her tether with two year old Maxs temper tantrums every time he was being strapped into his 7. Britax Black Prince car seat. Speaking about Maxs car seat problems, Nichola said We just thought he was acting up at first. But eventually I went to Boots to see if I could get some car sickness medicine because he was sick a few times. But they said he was too young to be able to take anything so we just had to put up with it really. Nichola, 4. Farsley, West Yorkshire, and husband Nigel, 5. Max into his car seat without a shirt on July 1. An expert on the best cover songs unveils nearly 1,900 tracks from his library for your iPod. Its the exhausting but ultimate cover song list, from a man who knows. Corvettes are dirty cars. I dont care how many times they go to LeMans with the Z06, a Corvette will always remind me of Dirk Diggler, the 1970s, shag carpeting. Guitar Nick Spike Driver Blues' title='Guitar Nick Spike Driver Blues' />Harold Streeter, offering guitar, banjo, and mandolin instructional materials since 1974. Subscribe and SAVE, give a gift subscription or get help with an existing subscription by clicking the links below each cover image. AOL Radio is powered by humans Great radio is all about unexpected connectionsthe kind that an algorithm cant predict. Pick any station in any of the 30 genres. A mother was horrified on finding a spike in her infant sons car seat that had been stabbing him in the back for a year and a half. Nichola Griffiths was at the end. PHJEN_IhxFo/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Guitar Nick Spike Driver Blues' title='Guitar Nick Spike Driver Blues' />Nigel explained We strapped him in without a shirt on because of the hot weather. The family inspected the car seat that Max had been using for the 1. When we took him out we could see this big red mark on his spine. We only saw it because he wasnt wearing a shirt. It hadnt made a mark through his clothes. I thought it was a bee sting at first but then I couldnt find the bee in the car. The family inspected the car seat that Max had been using for the last 1. Nichola said It was like putting him in a torture chamber every time we went somewhere for the last two years. I just feel sick thinking about it. Its really affected me emotionally. I think the worst thing about it is thinking about the risk weve put him at. Weve been on holidays to places like Cornwall and Wales. Weve literally been up and down the country with him. Nichola said It was like putting him in a torture chamber every time we went somewhere for the last two yearsIf we had crashed or had an accident I dread to think what could have happened with that spike digging into his spine. The shocked family got in touch with the retailer and after waiting for two weeks for a reply they went straight to the manufacturers Britax. Britax got back to the family immediately and asked them to send the offending seat back to them so that they could examine it. The company sent out a replacement car seat for the family to use in the meantime, and even though Nichola didnt really want to give up the valuable evidence they were stuck without a car seat. Nichola said Ever since weve started using another seat the problem has just gone away. He loves car journeys now. The shocked family got in touch with the retailer and after waiting for two weeks for a reply they went straight to the manufacturers Britax. Britax examined the car seat and agreed that there was an issue. They told the family that it was a one off and that they had removed the spike so that the seat was now safe to use again. The company are sending the seat back to Nichola and Nigel. But now Nichola has said that she doesnt trust the company and doesnt think that she would use any of their products again. Im his mother so Im supposed to protect him and wrap him in up in a bundle of love. Sometimes I think he must have hated me every time I put him in it because he couldnt have understood why I was doing it to him. His speech is a bit slow, so he couldnt tell me. He could only act out and make himself sick and so on. This company are really reputable. We didnt scrimp or cut corners we got the best we could. The spike was sharp enough to poke a hole through fabric in the seat. General Installation Error Flash Player Mac. A spokesperson for Britax said Safety is our number one priority and the quality of our products is key to our companyIt was meant to protect him and keep him safe, but really it was doing the opposite. A spokesperson for Britax said Safety is our number one priority and the quality of our products is key to our company. We can confirm that we recently investigated an issue with one of our Prince car seats following a communication received from a consumer. We identified a quality issue with the product and a replacement product was supplied. A thorough inspection of our stock and materials in respect of the relevant product range was carried out and we did not find the same or any comparable issues. On this basis we concluded that it was a regrettable, but isolated occurrence. Lines of communication with the consumer remain open.