Graco 8481 User manual

Booster Seat

Owner’s Manual

Model 8481

READ THIS MANUAL.

Do not install or use this car seat until you read and

understand the instructions in this manual.

FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS

CAR SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF

SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A

SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users . . . . . .3

2.0 Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

2.1 Register Your Booster Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

2.2 Recall Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

2.3 If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

3.0 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6

4.0 Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-10

4.1 Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

4.2 Height and Weight Limitations . . . . . . . . . . .9

5.0 Booster Seat Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-16

5.1 Vehicle Seat Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .10

5.2 Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements . . . . . . . .11

5.2.1 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . .11

5.2.2 SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . .13

6.0 Using Booster Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15

6.1 Securing Child and Booster

Seat in Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

7.0 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

7.1 Airplane Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

7.2 Cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

8.0 Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

9.0 Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19

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Failure to properly use this booster seat increases the risk

of serious injury or death in a sharp turn, sudden stop or

crash. Your child’s safety depends on you installing and

using this booster seat correctly.

Even if using this booster seat seems easy to figure out

on your own, it is very important to READ THE OWNER’S

MANUAL and the vehicle owner’s manual.

Your child’s safety depends on:

1. Selecting a suitable location for the booster seat in

your vehicle.

2. Placing child in booster seat.

3. Properly securing the booster seat and child in

the vehicle using a seat belt designed to restrain

the booster seat and your child. This booster seat

MUST be used with a lap/shoulder belt. Not all

lap/shoulder belts can be used. NEVER use a

vehicle lap-only belt.

4. Use belt positioner if necessary to adjust vehicle

belt to fit child properly.

1.0 Warnings to Parents and

Other Users

Model Number:

Manufactured on:

Purchase Date:

2.0 Registration Information

2.1 Register Your Booster Seat

2.3 If You Need Help

Please fill in the above information. The model

number can be found on a label underneath your

booster seat. Fill out the prepaid registration

postcard attached to the seat cover and mail it today.

Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons.

You must register this restraint to be reached in a

recall. Send your name, address and model number to:

Graco Children’s Products Inc.

P.O. Box 100

Elverson, PA, 19520-9974

or call 1-888-224-6549

Please contact our Customer Service Department with

any questions you may have concerning parts, use, or

maintenance. When you contact us, please have your

product’s model number ready so that we may help

you efficiently. This number can be found on a

sticker on the underside of your booster seat.

1-888-224-6549 or www.gracobaby.com

• Call the U.S. Government’s Auto Safety Hotline

at 1-800-424-9393 (202-366-0123 in D.C. area)

• www.nhtsa.dot.gov

• Graco: 1-888-224-6549 or www.gracobaby.com

2.2 Recall Information

3.0 Features

Cupholder (certain models)

Shoulder belt

positioner

*Tether

Vehicles are now (or can be) equipped with tether

anchor points behind some seats. A tether anchors

the top of the car seat to the body of the vehicle.

When used properly with the vehicle seat belt, a

tether helps reduce injury in a sudden stop or crash.

A tether and hardware kit may be purchased by

calling Customer Service at 1-888-224-6549.

Owner’s manual

storage compartment

Expiration date

—

Tether slots*

•DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT

UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE

INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR

VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let

others install or use the booster seat unless they

understand how to use it.

•FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS BOOSTER

SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS

INJURY OR DEATH IN A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN

STOP OR CRASH. Your child can be injured in a

vehicle even if you are not in a crash. Sudden

braking and sharp turns can injure your child if the

booster seat is not properly installed or if your child is

not properly secured in the booster seat.

• According to accident statistics, CHILDREN ARE

SAFER WHEN PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN

REAR VEHICLE SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER

THAN FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a vehicle

with a front passenger air bag, refer to your vehicle

owner’s manual as well as these instructions for

booster seat installation.

•NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.

•NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER SEAT UNSECURED

IN YOUR VEHICLE. An unsecured booster seat can

be thrown around and may injure occupants in a

sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Remove it or make

sure that it is securely belted in the vehicle.

•REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER AN

ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident can cause

damage to the booster seat that you cannot see.

4.0 Important Information

4.1 Warnings

•STOP USING BOOSTER SEAT AND THROW IT

AWAY after the date molded into the back of

the booster seat.

•DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT or

use any accessories or parts supplied by other

manufacturers.

•NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS

DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT

use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt.

•THE BOOSTER SEAT CAN BECOME VERY HOT

IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with these parts can

burn your child’s skin. Always touch the surface of

any metal or plastic parts before putting your child

in the booster seat.

•THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all

applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

and is certified for use in motor vehicles. This

restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft because

there is no shoulder belt available.

•NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to someone

else without also giving them this manual.

•NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER SEAT

or a booster seat whose history you do not know.

FAILURE TO USE BOOSTER SEAT IN A MANNER

APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CHILD’S SIZE MAY

INCREASE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR

DEATH.

4.2 Height and Weight Limits

Your child MUST meet all requirements:

• WEIGHT: 30 to 80 lbs. (14 to 36 kg)

• HEIGHT: 35 to 54 inches (89 to 138 cm)

• Child’s ears are BELOW top of booster seat. If tops

of ears are above top of seat, child is too large for

booster seat.

•Children are safer when properly restrained in

rear vehicle seating positions. Whenever possible

secure the booster seat in the center position of the

seat directly behind the front seats. However, this

position is often equipped

with a lap belt only and

cannot be used.

•The vehicle seat must face forward.

5.0 Booster Seat Location

5.1 Vehicle Seat Requirements

IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOOSTER SEAT

INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY

OR DEATH. Some seating positions in your vehicle

may not be safe for this booster seat. Some vehicles

do not have any seating positions that can be used

safely with the booster seat. If you are not sure where

to place the booster seat in your vehicle, consult your

vehicle owner’s manual or Graco Children's Products

Inc., 1-888-224-6549.

•Front of booster seat must not

hang over edge of vehicle seat.

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