Graco 4Ever User manual

FAILURE TO PROPERLY

USE THIS

CHILD RESTRAINT

INCREASES THE

RISK OF SERIOUS

INJURY OR DEATH IN

A SUDDEN STOP OR

CRASH.

Do not install or use this

child restraint until you

read and understand

the instructions in this

manual.

www.gracobaby.com

PD276106E 4/14

1-A Safe Use Checklist

1-B Before You Begin

If You Need Help

Certification

Car Seat’s Useful Life

Vehicle Seat Protection

Warm Weather Use

1-C Safety Warnings

1-D Right Mode of Use

2-A Car Seat Features

3-A Rear-Facing Checklist

3-B Prepare to Install LATCH Rear-Facing

Important Pages 6-16

Features Pages 17-23

Rear-Facing Use Pages 24-38

Rear-Facing Continued

3-C Installing With LATCH Straps

3-D Installing With Vehicle Seat Belt

4-A Forward-Facing Checklist

4-B Prepare to Install LATCH Forward-Facing

4-C Installing Using the LATCH Strap

4-D Installing Using the Vehicle Seat Belts

Forward-Facing Use Pages 39-53

5-A Booster Seat Checklist

5-B Prepare for Backed Booster Use

5-C Install Backed Booster

5-D Prepare Backless Booster Use

5-E Install Backless Booster

Belt-Positioning Booster Use Pages 54-68

6-A Securing Child 5-Point Harness

6-B Securing Child Backed Booster

6-C Securing Child Backless Booster

6-D Securing With Belt-Positioning Clip

Securing Child Pages 69-81

7-A Cleaning Seat Pad

7-B Cleaning Crotch Buckle

7-C Cleaning Harness and LATCH Straps

7-D Accessories

Care & Cleaning Pages 82-86

8-A Choosing Vehicle Seat Location

8-B Unsafe Vehicle Seat Locations

8-C What is LATCH?

Additional Information Pages 87-99

Additional Information Continued

8-D Choosing LATCH or Seat Belts

8-E How to Remove LATCH and Tether

8-F Vehicle Seat Belts

1-A Welcome to the Graco Family!

Your child’s safety depends on you. No car seat can guarantee protection from injury in

every situation, but proper use helps reduce the risk of serious injury or death.

Even if this car seat seems easy to figure out on your own, you must follow the detailed

instructions in this instruction manual to ensure the steps below are performed correctly.

SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…

Choose the correct mode of use for your

child, depending on their weight.

• Rear-Facing: 4-40 lbs. (1.8-18 kg)

• Forward-Facing: 20-65 (9-30 kg)

49 in. (125 cm) or less

• Booster Use: With back: 30-100 lbs.

(14-45 kg) 38-57 in. (96-145 cm)

Without back: 40-120 lbs. (18.1-54 kg)

40-57 in. (101-145 cm)

• Children less than 20 lbs (9 kg) MUST

use this car seat rear-facing.

Review section 1-D.

Important

SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…

Choose a suitable location for this car seat

in your vehicle.

• Never place a child rear-facing in a

seating position with an active frontal

airbag.

• You MUST use a lap and shoulder

vehicle seat belt when using as a

booster seat.

Review section 8-A.

Install this car seat tightly in your vehicle.

• Car seat should not move at the belt path

than 1 in. (2.5 cm) from side to

side, front to back when installed rear

facing or forward-facing.

• Use the top tether strap when using

forward-facing.

Review sections:

Rear-Facing 3-C or 3-D.

Forward-Facing 4-C or 4-D.

Booster 5-C or 5-D

SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…

Secure your child tightly in this car seat

• Rear-Facing: Harness strap height

MUST be at or just below top of child’s

shoulders. Top of head must be 1 in.

below the headrest adjustment lever.

• Forward-Facing: Harness strap height

MUST be at or just above top of child’s

shoulders. Top of child’s ears below top

of headrest.

• Harness strap snug enough you cannot

pinch the strap.

• Chest clip at armpit level.

• Booster Use: shoulder belt should lie

between child’s neck and edge of

shoulder and the lap belt should lay low

on the child’s hips.

Review section 6.

Important

1-B Before You Begin

Please fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the harness

and mail it in today or register online at www.gracobaby.com/

carseatregistration.

Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must register

this restraint to be reached in a recall. Send your name, address, and the

restraint’s model number and manufacturing date to:

Graco Children’s Products, Inc.

Attn: Customer Service

3 Glenlake Parkway Atlanta, GA 30328

or call 1-800-345-4109

or register online at

www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration

For recall information, call the U.S. Government’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-

327-4236 (TTY: 1–800–424–9153), or go to http://www.NHTSA.gov.

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Model Name_________________________

Model Number_______________________

Date of Manufacture __________________

Date of Purchase _____________________

For future reference or if you change addresses, record the model name,

model number, date of manufacture and purchase date of this car seat on the

below. You can find this information either on the registration card if you still

have it or on the date label located on the back of the car seat.

In the U.S.A, please contact our Customer Service Department with any

questions you may have concerning parts, use, or maintenance. When you

ture ready so that we may help you efficiently. These numbers can be found

on a sticker on the back side of your car seat.

For additional resources or to get your car seat checked by a child passenger

safety technician, please visit the following web sites:

www.nhtsa.gov • www.seatcheck.org • www.safekids.org • www.cpsc.gov

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