Graco ARGOS 65 User manual

READ THIS MANUAL

Do not install or use this child restraint until

you read and understand the instructions in this

manual. FAILURE TO PROPERLY USETHIS CHILD

RESTRAINT INCREASESTHE RISK OF SERIOUS

INJURYOR DEATH INASUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

Child Restraint/Booster Seat

Owner’s Manual

ARGOSTM 65

Table of Contents

1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other

Users.....................4-5

2.0 Registration Information.........6

2.1 Register Your Child Restraint .6

2.2 For Recall Information.......6

2.3 If You Need Help...........7

3.0 UsefulInformation.............7

3.1 Certification...............7

3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life....7

3.3 Second Hand Child Restraint .7

4.0 Features...................8-9

5.0 Assembling the Child

Restraint.................10-13

6.0 WARNINGS..............14-15

7.0 Height and Weight Limitations . ..16

7.1 WITHBuilt-inHarness......16

7.2 WITHOUT Built-in Harness. .17

7.3 WITHOUT Back Support....18

8.0 Choosing anAppropriate Vehicle

Seat Location ...............19

8.1 Vehicle Seat Location

Requirements............19

8.2 Vehicle Seat Belt

Requirements............20

8.3 SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt

Systems................20

8.4 For Built-in Harness Only . .21

8.5 WITH or WITHOUT Built-in

Harness................22

8.6 To Install Locking Clip .....23

8.7 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt

Systems.............24-25

9.0 LATCH.....................26

9.1 WhatisLATCH?.......26-27

9.2 LATCHSystem...........28

10.0Using Child Restraint WITH

Built-inHarness...........29-31

Table of Contents (cont.)

11.0 Securing the Child Restraint

in Your Vehicle ...............32

11.1 Using a Child Restraint WITH a

Built-inHarness..........32

11.2 With a Vehicle Lap or

Lap/shoulder belt ......32-33

11.3WithLATCH..........34-35

12.0Securing Your Child in the

Child Restraint ............36-38

13.0Adjust Head Support/Harness

Straps......................39

14.0CheckHarnessSystem........40

15.0Harness Removal..........41-45

16.0Using Your Child Restraint WITHOUT

Built-inHarness...........46-48

17.0Securing Child & Booster Seat in

Vehicle .....................49

18.0Adjusting Head Support in

Booster Mode................50

19.0 Removing Back Support ....51-53

20.0 Securing Child in Vehicle Belt

with Shoulder Belt

Positioning Clip ...........54-57

21.0 Using the Tether..............58

21.1 Storing LATCH and Tether. .59

22.0 Airplane Use ................60

23.0Accessories.................61

23.1 Body Support and Harness

Covers.................61

24.0 Recline Foot ................62

24.1 Buckle Cleaning Process. . .63

25.0 Care and Maintenance ........64

26.0 To Remove Head Support and

SeatCovers..............65-66

27.0 Replacement Parts, Warranty

and Owners Manual Storage ....68

1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users

NEVER PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT

REAR-FACING IN A VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION

THAT HAS AN ACTIVE FRONT AIR BAG. If an air bag

inflates, it can hit the child and child restraint with great

force and cause serious injury or death to your child. Refer

to your vehicle owner’s manual for information about side

air bags and child restraint installation.

Failure to properly use this child restraint 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 child

restraint correctly.

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THE OWNER’S MANUALand the vehicle owner’s manual.

Your child’s safety depends on:

1. Choosing the correct mode of use for the child restraint depending on your child’s size.

2. Inserting the harness straps (if needed) in the proper slots for your child.

3. Selecting a suitable location for the child restraint in your vehicle.

4. Properly routing the vehicle seat belt or LATCH.

5. Properly securing the child restraint in the vehicle using a seat belt designed to restrain

both the child restraint and your child or by using LATCH. Many seat belts are NOT safe to use

with this child restraint, even though they can easily be threaded through or around the child

restraint!

6. Properly securing your child in the child restraint.

2.0 Registration Information

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a label on the child restraint. Fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the harness 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 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:

http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration

2.1 Register Your Child Restraint

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 or contact Graco:

1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com

2.2 For Recall Information

Model Number:

Date of Manufacture:

Purchase Date:

3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life

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 and

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on a label on the child restraint.

USA: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com

www.cpsc.gov

www.NHTSA.gov

www.seatcheck.org

2.3 If You Need Help

THIS CHILD RESTRAINT

CONFORMS to all applicable

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

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use in motor vehicles.

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only when used with the

built-in harness. When used

as a booster without the

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Graco Children’s Products Inc. advises against loaning or

passing along a child restraint.

3.3 Second Hand Child Restraint

3.0 Useful Information

STOP using this child restraint and throw it away 10 years after

the date of manufacture. Look for this sticker on rear of child

restraint: MODEL

Date of Manufacture

GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.

ATLANTA, GA 30328 1-800-345-4109

Made in China

PD206938A

NAME

year month day

4.0 Features

The locking clip is stored

on the back of the child

restraint. You will need

to use it with certain

types of vehicle seat

belts.

United States Federal

Motor Vehicle Safety

Standards have

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installing child restraints

in vehicles. The system

is called LATCH (Lower

Anchors and Tethers

for CHildren). LATCH

may ONLY be used

IN PLACE of vehicle belt

if vehicle is equipped

with LATCH anchor

points. Please refer to

vehicle owners manual

for LATCH locations in

vehicles.

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1. Lay child restraint flat on back. Grab seat pad

fabric in sitting area to expose the gutters .

MAKE SURE all hands, fingers and other objects

are clear of the gutters.

2. MAKE sure the harness straps are securely

attached within the “T”-shaped slots around the

arms as shown .

With your other hand, raise seat back so that

both arms LOCK into the gutters .

KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR

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Harness Strap

T-slot

5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint

Adult assembly required.

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