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Maxi-Cosi Nomad Plus

Based on 1 independent scored test: ADAC (2025).

Tested for Europe & UK
18
Shortlist score
Poor
#322 of car seats for Europe & UK
Single test

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⚠ Harmful substances found⚠ Don't Buy⚠ Failed a safety test

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Test results

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ADAC DE · Lab test
ADAC Kindersitztest Herbst 2025
4.6
mangelhaft
Our scale18
weight 1.00

Same test also published by dTest, counted once.

Safety
3.9
Handling
3.3
Ergonomics
1.6
Harmful substances
1.0
Environmental substances
4.6
⚠ Harmful substances found Listed at €150 Zulassung: Körpergröße von 76 cm bis 105 cm (> 15 Monate, < 18 kg); Sitzschale mit Hosenträgergurt für Kinder von 76-105 cm (ca. 1 1/2 bis 4 Jahre); Sitzgewicht: 4,4 kg | ADAC age class: Kleinkind | direction: Vorwärtsgerichtet | Isofix: Nein | mounting: In Fahrtrichtung mit 3-Punkt-Fahrzeuggurt | 2025+ protocol: separate "Umweltschadstoffe" sub-grade recorded as environmental_substances | Test vom Oktober 2025
Which? GB · Consumer organisation
Which? child car seat test (first reviewed Oct 2025)
Don't Buy
Pick or pass/fail. Shown, not scored.
⚠ Don't Buy⚠ Failed a safety test Listed at £150 Listed on public Which? Don't Buy page (https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/child-car-seats/article/which-dont-buy-child-car-seats-adDS07f6KrWI); numeric score is members-only. Public safety alert: This child car seat has passed the regulatory tests required by UN-Regulation 129 to be sold as an i-Size child car seat for children measuring 76cm to 105cm tall, which is 18 months to four years old. But in our own tests – which are conducted at higher speeds and involve greater forces than the standard requires – this seat scored poorly during the frontal-impact crash tests. When we carried out a front-on crash test using the Q3 dummy (which represents a three-year-old child), the connection between the seat base and the back rest broke on the side nearest the vehicle door. This caused the dummy to move forward too much, and while still restrained, there would be a risk of the dummy ... joint_program round inferred from first-review month.
1 older or duplicate result not counted
dTest CZ · Consumer organisation
Nové výsledky testu dětských autosedaček 2025 (dTest, 21.10.2025)
19 %
nedostatečně
Our scale19
not counted

Not counted: Same joint ICRT test as ADAC.

⚠ Failed a safety test Listed at CZK 5,945 dTest group: autosedačky od 18 měsíců do 4 let. Product page: https://www.dtest.cz/test/maxi-cosi-nomad-plus/135071. Rated nedostatečně (19 %).

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