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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Consultants hired by Consumer Reports to investigate how it botched a story about infant car seats concluded Tuesday that a major misunderstanding between the magazine and the lab that conducted the test resulted in the error.
The findings of the test — that most seats "failed disastrously" — were withdrawn two weeks after their Jan. 4 publication when the magazine learned its side-impact tests had simulated speeds twice as fast as it reported. The error prompted criticism from the manufacturers involved and confusion among readers, especially parents of young children.
The results of the magazine's investigation were released Tuesday and will be published in the May issue. The issue also includes a pledge from Jim Guest, president of parent company Consumers Union, that in the future he will have to sign off on "any report that calls a product Not Acceptable or raises questions about an entire group of products."
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