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[quote=Anonymous]We had a carseat tech come to one of my mom's groups.  His stance was this:

If the accident caused any injury in any way to any passenger, replace the carseat. 
If the seatbelt of the adult passenger left any kind of red mark or injury, replace the seat.
He also said that you need to always tell the insurance company that there was a carseat in the car the first time you talk to them (even if you don't plan on replacing it at that time).  He said that 95% of insurance companies will pay the couple hundred dollars to replace a seat.  If the refuse to replace it and it causes damage later they would be in a much worse position.
He also said that if you are replacing an infant seat and it's almost time to move onto a convertible, then just buy a convertible.  Insurance companies don't care about buying the exact same seat.  (I did this)

My mom was in a fender bender with my son and I replaced the seat.  It was his first accident and being a FTM I felt the need to replace it.  
My DH was later in an accident with a carseat in his car without my son in it.  I did not replace that one.
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