Britax Willow S User manual

WillowTM S Car Seat
with AlpineTM Base
Canadian User Guide
Guide d’utilisation

THIS USER GUIDE CONTAINS A MANDATORY ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND
CLASS ACTION WAIVER (“ARBITRATION AGREEMENT”) THAT AFFECTS YOUR
LEGAL RIGHTS, REQUIRES YOU TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES, AND LIMITS THE
MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF.
CE GUIDE DE L’UTILISATEUR CONTIENT UNE CLAUSE D’ARBITRAGE
OBLIGATOIRE ET UNE RENONCIATION AU RECOURS COLLECTIF (“ACCORD
D’ARBITRAGE”) QUI AFFECTE VOS DROITS LÉGAUX, VOUS OBLIGENT
D’ARBITRER LES DIFFÉRENDS ET LIMITE LA MANIÈRE DONT VOUS POUVEZ
DEMANDER RÉPARATION.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT
WILLOWTM S, ALPINETM, CLICKTIGHT®, and BRITAX® are trademarks owned by Britax.
All rights reserved. ©2023 Britax Child Safety, Inc. This product and its components
are subject to change without notice.
WILLOWTM S, ALPINETM, CLICKTIGHT®, et BRITAX® sont des marques de commerce qui
appartiennent à Britax Child Safety, Inc. Tous droits réservés. © Britax Child Safety, Inc.,
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Table of Contents
Child Restraint Overview����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3
Safety Information������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6
Important Notes.........................................................................................................................................9
Certication ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������10
Registration..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Child Fit Information..............................................................................................................................12
Using with the Base ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13
Overhang.........................................................................................................................................................13
Adjusting the Recline Angle .........................................................................................................13
ClickTight Indicator.................................................................................................................................15
LUAS Installation.........................................................................................................................................16
Lap-Shoulder Belt Installation...................................................................................................20
Lap Belt Installation..............................................................................................................................23
Attaching the Child Restraint to the Base.....................................................................26
Removing the Child Restraint from the Base.............................................................26
Uninstalling the Base...........................................................................................................................27
Using without the Base�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29
Adjusting the Recline Angle.........................................................................................................30

Lap-Shoulder Belt Installation with European Belt Guide...............................................31
Lap-Shoulder Belt Installation..................................................................................................................34
Lap Belt Installation............................................................................................................................................. 37
Securing Your Child����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 40
Child Restraint Functions����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 44
Adjusting the Harness......................................................................................................................................44
Adjusting the Buckle Position ....................................................................................................................46
Adjusting the Hip Slots.....................................................................................................................................49
Handle Position........................................................................................................................................................52
Head Pad & Infant Positioning Pillow.................................................................................................53
Britax Strollers............................................................................................................................................................54
Using the Lower Anchors...............................................................................................................................55
Vehicle Compatibility������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 56
Care and Maintenance��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 59
Cleaning������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������68
Warranty �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������69
Arbitration Agreement ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������71

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Child Restraint Overview
Alpine Infant Seat Base
1. ReboundReduceTM
Stability Bar
2. Recline Button
3. ClickTight Locking Point
4. Recline Angle Indicator (2)
5. Recline Foot (under base)
6. Belt Guides (2)
7. ClickTight
8. ClickTight Handle
9. ClickTight Indicator Window
10. Lower Connectors
11. Serial Number & Manufacture
Date Label (inside compartment)
12. Lower Connector Storage
Compartment Lid
13. Secondary User Guide Storage
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1. Carry Handle
2. Carry Handle Adjustment Buttons
3. Canopy
4. European Shoulder Belt Guide
5. National Safety Mark
6. SafeCell®
7. Seat Cover
8. Stroller Adapters
9. Release Lever from
Base and Stroller
10. Serial Number &
Manufacture Date Label
11. Harness Straps
12. Harness Yoke
13. Harness Slots
14. Hip Slots
15. Buckle Slots
Willow S Carrier
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16. Sun Visor
17. Infant Positioning Pillow (optional)
18. Harness Adjuster Lever
(under cover)
19. Harness Adjuster Strap
20. Head Pad Pillow (optional)
21. Baseless Install Belt Guides (2)
22. User Guide Storage Pouch (under cover)
23. Carrier Shell
24. Chest Clip
25. Harness Buckle
26. Comfort Pads
(optional)
27. Harness Straps
28. Buckle Strap
29. Belly Pad (optional)
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Read these instructions before use of the child restraint.
• Failure to follow all warnings and instructions could result in
SERIOUS INJURY or DEATH.
• Use only in a rear-facing position when using it in a vehicle.
• Use only with children who weigh between 1.8 and 13.6 kg (4 and
30 pounds) and whose height is 81.3 cm (32”) or less.
• Snugly adjust the belts provided with this child restraint around
your child.
• Secure this child restraint with the vehicle’s child restraint
anchorage system if available or with a vehicle belt. Using both
methods is not approved and may cause the child seat not to
perform as intended.
• This child restraint must be secured to the vehicle with a lower
connector system, if the restraint system is installed in a seating
position that is equipped with a Lower Universal Anchorage
System (LUAS), or a vehicle seat belt if the restraint system is
installed in a seating position that is not equipped with a LUAS.
• This child restraint system must be used only in a forward-facing
seating position equipped with a vehicle seat belt or a lower
universal anchorage system.
Safety Information
WARNING!
DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur.

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• Follow all instructions on this child restraint and in the written
instructions located under the seat cover. Keep the instructions
with the restraint for future use.
• Register your child restraint with the manufacturer.
• This child seat can only be used in the following classes of
vehicles: multi-purpose passenger vehicles, passenger cars, or
trucks.
• In a vehicle with rear designated seating positions, vehicle owners
should be alerted that, according to accident statistics, children
are safer when properly restrained in the rear seating positions
than in the front seating positions. To ensure your child’s safety,
please study Vehicle Seating Positions on page 56 and consult
your vehicle owner’s manual.
• NEVER leave child unattended.
• The use of non-Britax covers, inserts, toys, accessories, or
tightening devices is not approved by Britax. Their use could
cause this child seat not to perform as intended in a crash.
• ALWAYS check the back seat upon leaving your vehicle to prevent
leaving a child restrained in the infant car seat alone in the
vehicle.
• Suffocation Hazard: Infant carrier can roll over on soft surfaces
and suffocate child. NEVER place carrier on beds,
sofas, or other soft surfaces.
• Fall Hazard: Child’s activity can move carrier. NEVER
place carrier on counter tops, tables, or any other
elevated surface.
• Fall Hazard: The carrier can fall from the shopping cart.

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DO NOT use on shopping carts.
• Fall Hazard: NEVER use this child restraint on boats, low speed
vehicles (LSV), all-terrain vehicles (ATV), golf carts, or any other
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• Strangulation Hazard:
Children have STRANGLED in loose or
partially buckled harness straps. Fully restrain the child even when
carrier is used outside the vehicle.
• ALWAYS lift infant car seat by both sides of carry handle after
installation in base to verify that it is secure.
• DO NOT use the infant carrier if it is damaged or broken.
• To prevent injury due to deterioration or hidden damage, DO NOT
use this infant car seat and base if it is older than six (6) years or
has been in a moderate or severe crash. See expiration date on
the date of manufacture label located on the infant car seat and
base.
• Always make sure the child restraint system is secured to the
vehicle, even when unoccupied, since in a crash an unsecured
child restraint system may injure occupants.
• The primary protection for occupants of a vehicle in a collision is
the body of the vehicle itself; a child seat will not protect a child
when a vehicle is seriously impacted.
However, correctly installed, a child seat
will substantially improve chances for
survival in most crashes. Make sure all
users fully understand the correct ways to
use this child seat in a vehicle.
• Do NOT route belt(s) through ClickTight
handle opening for any installation
method.

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Important Notes
• Discontinue use of this child seat if it has been in a moderate
or severe crash. It is not necessary to replace a car seat after a
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Administration (NHTSA) as:
a. The vehicle is drivable from the crash site; and
b. The vehicle door nearest the child seat was not damaged;
and
c. No vehicle occupants were injured; and
d. There is no visible damage to the child seat; and
e. The airbags (if present) did not deploy.
• Do not, except as described in this booklet, attempt to
disassemble any part of the child seat or change the way the
harness or vehicle’s seat belts are used.
• Do not allow children to play with this child seat.
• Do not use anything to raise the child seat off vehicle seat except
as described in these instructions. In a crash, this could cause the
child seat not to perform as intended.
• Never use the adjuster strap to lift or carry this infant car seat.
Doing so could cause damage to the harness adjuster and
webbing. Always carry an infant car seat by the handle or shell.
• Store the infant car seat in a safe, dry place when it will not be
used for an extended period of time. Do not place heavy objects
on top of it.
• Third party recommendations are subject to change, so we
recommend you visit their websites for the most up to date
recommendations.

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Certified for
Aircraft Travel
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when installed without the base.
Motor Vehicles
This child seat system conforms to all applicable Canadian Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS 213 and 213.1).
‐Install your child restraint in a window seat to avoid blocking the aisle.
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belt extender.
‐Your child may experience discomfort if the buckle is located in the
seating area of the child restraint after installation.
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Aircraft - Baseless Installation with Lap Belt (see page 38)
Certication

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Registration
Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must
register this restraint to be reached in a recall. Send your name,
address, e-mail address if available and the restraint’s model
number and manufacturing date to Britax Child Safety, Ltd., P.O. Box
7289, RPO Brunswick Square, Saint John NB E2L 4S6, or call 1-888-
427-4829, or register online at britax.ca/registration.
For your convenience, record all the information about your child
seat below. Refer to the Serial Number & Manufactured Date Label
for all information (see page 3).
Model Name and Number: __________________________________________
Serial Number: ______________________________________________________
Batch Number:______________________________________________________
Date of Manufacture:________________________________________________

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Use rear-facing only with children:
• who weigh between 1.8 and 13.6 kg (4 and 30
lbs) and
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• when the top of the head is 2.5 cm (1”) or more
below the top of the shell and
• when the harness straps are located in the
closest harness slot below the child’s shoulders.
IMPORTANT: See Adjusting the Harness
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Child Fit Information
Top of child’s head
at least 2.5 cm (1”)
below top of shell
Chest clip at
armpit level
Closest harness
slot below
shoulder level

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ReboundReduceTM Stability Bar
Attaching the ReboundReduceTM Stability Bar
1. Push the ReboundReduceTM Stability
Bar into the receivers on the base
until a click is heard.
2. Pull up on the ReboundReduceTM
Stability Bar to verify that it is secure.
NOTE: The ReboundReduceTM Stability
Bar cannot be removed once installed.
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Before installing the child restraint:
‐Check that your vehicle seat belt is compatible with
the child restraint by referring to your vehicle owner’s
manual and page 59 in this user guide.
Adjusting the Recline Angle
IMPORTANT: Vehicle must be parked on a
level surface.
1. Press the recline adjustment button.
2. Position the base on the vehicle seat
in contact with the seat back.
11.9 cm
Using with the Base
Overhang
It is important that the base of the child
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seat with no side overhang. It is permissible
to allow up to 11.9 cm (or 4.7”) of the base to
hang over the edge of the vehicle seat.
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3. Move the base up or down until the
entire blue marker is completely visible
between the two lines on the recline
angle indicators.
IMPORTANT: After the child is secured in
the child restraint and the child restraint
is attached to the base, ensure that the
entire blue marker is completely visible
between the two lines on the recline angle
indicator.
If there is a problem achieving the proper
recline angle after installing, try another
approved seating position in your vehicle or:
a. Uninstall the base and lower the
recline angle adjustment foot to the
lowest position.
b. Remove the base from the vehicle and
place a rolled towel or pool noodle in
the vehicle seat bight.
c. Place the base against the towel or
pool noodle and install.
NOTE: If a towel or pool noodle is needed
for the recline angle, the recline angle
adjustment foot on the base should remain
in its lowest position.
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CLICKTIGHT OPEN CLICKTIGHT CLOSED
YES NO
ClickTight Indicator
The ClickTight indicator window will be ENTIRELY GREEN (a) when the ClickTight
is fully open and (b) when it is closed correctly.
a. When ClickTight is fully open, the indicator
window will be entirely green.
b. When ClickTight is closed correctly, the
indicator window will be entirely green.
NOTE: If any red is visible, continue to push
ClickTight closed until only green can be seen.
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1. Place the base on the vehicle seat.
2. Open the ClickTight.
a. Grab the ClickTight handle and
squeeze the button.
b. Lift the ClickTight handle.
NOTE: When ClickTight is fully
open the indicator window will be
ENTIRELY GREEN.
3. Open the storage compartment lid
and remove the lower connectors
and lengthen. Close the storage
compartment lid.
LUAS Installation 1
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4. Tuck the lower connector strap under
the ClickTight and belt guides.
NOTE: Ensure the strap is tucked under
the ClickTight completely.
NOTE: Ensure the connector strap
is not blocking the locking point for
the ClickTight.
5. Push the lower connectors onto
the vehicle lower anchors until a
click is heard.
NOTE: Pull the lower connectors to verify
they are secure.
6. Pull the adjustment strap to
remove slack.
NOTE: Overtightening the belt may
prevent the ClickTight from closing.
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