A YOUNG mother has blasted car giant Renault for allegedly failing to act quickly enough after her toddler was hurt because of a faulty seatbelt.

Mother-of-three Leanne Hughes- Evans, 29, from Cwmbran was travelling in her two-year-old Renault Megane Scenic with sons Luca, two and Lewis, four, and daughter Alicia, seven when she had to brake suddenly.

To her horror, Luca's car seat hurtled free from the rear seat belt and the toddler hit the back of driver's seat, causing his nose to bleed.

Checks revealed the seatbelt was faulty and the car should have been recalled.

Renault UK insist they wrote to Mrs Hughes-Evans twice by recorded delivery before the incident warning about the fault.

Mrs Hughes-Evans says she didn't receive the letters and wants to know why the company didn't phone.

And a month after the incident on February 2, her car is still waiting to be fixed.

"If I had been on the motorway Luca would have been killed," said Mrs Hughes-Evans of Daffodil Court.

"I made numerous phone calls to Renault UK and was promised the car would be collected and fixed on two occasions - nothing happened."

Renault's Wessex dealership in Newport has now promised her car will be fixed by next Tuesday.

But she is angry at the wait and lack of communication.

A Renault spokeswoman confirmed the car was recalled.

She said correct Department of Transport procedure was followed, and that the company wrote to her in May 2006 but nobody was home to receive the recorded delivery letter.

She said Mrs Hughes-Evans did not respond to a note left by the sorting office and added that another letter went out in November and the same thing happened.

Renault apologised for her son's "unpleasant" experience. Mrs Hughes-Evans has a courtesy car and was offered compensation for her son in the shape of some toys, she is considering.