Graco 8491 User manual

Booster Seat

Owner’s Manual

Model 8491, 8493, 8495, 8496, 8497, 8498

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.

Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Recall Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

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

Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Warnings to Parents and Other Users . . . .6-8

Assembling the Booster Seat . . . . . . . . .9-10

Assembling the Back Support . . . . . . .11-15

Weight and Height Limits . . . . . . . . . .16-17

Vehicle Seat Location Requirements . . . . .18

Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements . . . . . .19-20

SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . . . . . .19

UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . . . .20

Using your Graco Booster Seat . . . . . . . .21-23

Booster Seat Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Securing your Child in Vehicle . . . . . .25-27

Adjusting the Head Support . . . . . . . . . . .28

Securing Child in Vehicle with

Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip . . . . . .29-31

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Airplane Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Instruction Sheet Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-35

Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37

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Model Number:

Manufactured on:

Purchase Date:

Registration Information

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.

150 Oaklands Blvd.

Exton, PA, 19341

or call 1-888-224-6549

• 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

Recall Information

If You Need Help

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

Parts List

Adult assembly required.

Tool required: Philips screwdriver

Left / right armrests

Base

Shoulder belt

positioning clip

Head support

Lower back support

Armrest covers

On certain models

Height adjustment screw (2)

Warnings to Parents and

Other Users

• NO BOOSTER SEAT CAN GUARANTEE

PROTECTION FROM INJURY. HOWEVER,

PROPER USE OF THIS BOOSTER SEAT

REDUCES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY

OR DEATH TO YOUR CHILD.

•DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS

BOOSTER SEAT UNTILYOU READ AND

UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN

THIS MANUALAND 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 OFANY KIND. An accident can

cause damage to the booster seat that you cannot

see.

•DO NOT MODIFYYOUR 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.

•NEVER USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT without

the armrests attached to the base.

Assembling the Booster Seat

Step 1.

Insert armrest into base

as shown until buttons

snap into slots on side of

base .

Step 2.

Select the desired

armrest height for your

child, then insert the

height adjustment

screw and tighten.

Repeat for other

armrest.

Step 3.

To adjust armrests,

remove screw and press

in button on side of base

as shown to raise or

lower . Reinsert

screw and tighten.

CHECK to make sure

armrests are securely

attached by pulling up

on them.

SNAP!

Step 4.

Slip armrest covers

(on certain models)

onto armrests as shown.

Step 5.

Your Graco booster seat

is now ready to use. See

page 29, “Securing

Child in Vehicle with

Shoulder Belt

Positioning Clip”.

FOR MODELS with a

back support continue

on to Step 6.

This manual suits for next models

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