federal regulators say that graco, they knew about a defect that caused the buckle on certain car seats to get stuck in the latched position. trapping kids in the seat. of course that's problematic in the case of an emergency. despite that the company waited months before recalling the more than four million seats. here's the breakout $3 million will have to be paid to the federal government right away. and $7 million must go towards a safety campaign essentially educating parents. ntsa says this is a record-breaking find and it's sending one message -- >> largest car seat recall and it's the largest penalty for that sort of particular kind of defect. so yeah you follow the law and if not, we're going to be there to make sure it's enforced. >> so other thing that nhtsa wants parents to ham anywhere on is the fact that when the recalls come out, a lot of parents do not take the car