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.
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PD276106E 4/14

1-A Safe Use Checklist
1-B Before You Begin
Register This Car Seat
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
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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
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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
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Additional Information Continued
8-D Choosing LATCH or Seat Belts
8-E How to Remove LATCH and Tether
8-F Vehicle Seat Belts
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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.
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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
more
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
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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
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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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Register This Child Restraint

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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
contact us, please have your product’s model number and date of manufac-
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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If You Need Help

Important
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STOP using this car seat and throw it away 10 years after the date of manu-
facture. Look for this sticker on back of the car seat.
Graco Children’s Products Inc. advises against loaning or passing along
a car seat unless you know the complete history of the product. We also
advise against purchasing a car seat second hand.
This child restraint meets or exceeds all applicable requirements of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213 for use in motor vehicles.
This child restraint is certified for use in aircraft only when used
with the internal harness system.
This child restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft when used as
a booster seat because aircrafts do not have shoulder belts.
Contact the airline for their specific polices.
Certification
Car Seat’s Useful Life

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Protect vehicle seat. Use a car seat mat, towel, or thin blanket under and
behind car seat.
Car seat parts can get very hot in the sun or warm weather. To avoid burns,
always check before putting child in car seat.
1-C Safety Warnings
No car seat can guarantee protection from injury
in every situation, but proper use helps reduce the
risk of serious injury or death. READ THIS MANUAL
CAREFULLY.
Vehicle Seat Protection
Warm Weather Use

Important
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Failure to follow these instructions and child restraint’s labels
can result in child striking the vehicle’s interior during a sudden
stop or crash.
! 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 car seat with great
force and cause serious injury or death to your child.
! Review your vehicle owner’s manual for more information
about air bags and car seat use.
! If your vehicle does not have a back seat, review your
vehicle owner’s manual.
! The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends
that children be rear-facing until age 2 or until they reach the
maximum rear-facing height and weight rating for their seat.
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! Choose the correct mode of use for the car seat depending
on your child’s size. Infants less than 20 lbs. (9 kg) MUST use
this car seat rear-facing.
! Select a suitable location for the car seat in your vehicle.
! Secure car seat with a vehicle seat belt orLATCH that is
properly routed as shown in this manual.
! Vehicle seat belt system MUST hold car seat securely. Not
all vehicle seat belts can be used with a car seat.
! If vehicle seat belt does not hold car seat securely, read
“Vehicle Seat Belts” section 8-F and your vehicle owner’s
manual.
! Always secure car seat with LATCH or a vehicle seat belt,
even when unoccupied. In a crash, an unsecured car seat can
injure passengers.
! If car seat is in a crash, it must be replaced. DO NOT use it
again! A crash can cause unseen damage and using it again
could result in serious injury or death.
! DO NOT use car seat if it is damaged or missing parts.

Important
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! DO NOT use accessories or parts other than those provided
by Graco. Their use could alter the performance of the car
seat.
! DO NOT remove LATCH system from car seat. If using vehicle
seat belt to secure car seat, LATCH connectors must be stored.
! Never leave child unattended, even when sleeping. Child
may become tangled in harness straps and suffocate or
strangle.
! Rear-facing car seat must be properly leveled:
• Too reclined can result in injury or ejection.
• Too upright can result in breathing difficulties.
! Never attach two LATCH connectors to one
vehicle lower anchor point unless specifically
allowed by the vehicle manufacturer.
! Do not use both the vehicle belt and LATCH belts
at the same time when using the car seat rear or forward
facing.

Important
1-D Right Mode of Use
Note: Preterm or low birth weight infants may be at special risk in a vehicle or aircraft.
According to the AAP, these infants may suffer breathing issues if improperly reclined in
a car seat. When rear-facing, use the corrected age for preemies. Graco advises that you
have your physician or hospital staff evaluate your infant and recommend the proper car
seat or car bed before you and your infant leave the hospital.
4 lbs
(1.8 kg) 20 lbs
(9 kg) 30 lbs
(14 kg) 40 lbs (18 kg) 65 lbs
(30 kg) 120 lbs
(54 kg)
Rear-Facing with 5-Point Harness
4-20 lbs (1.8-9 kg) less than 1
year old MUST be rear-facing.
20-40 lbs (9-18 kg) CAN be
rear-fcing.
Forward-Facing with 5-Point Harness
20-40 lbs (9-18 kg) can sit upright
unassisted CAN be forward-facing.
40-65 lbs (18-30 kg) SHOULD be
forward-facing.
Booster Mode with Vehicle Lap/Shoulder Seat Belt
30-65 lbs (14-30 kg) CAN be in backed booster mode.
40-65 lbs (18.1-30 kg) CAN be in backless booster mode.
Over 65 lbs (30 kg) MUST be in booster mode.
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Installing
Cup Holders
R
L
Cup Holders
To attach the cup holders, match
the right cup holder to the right
side of the seat and the left to
the left. Align the tab on the
cup holder with the slot in the
seat and slide down. You will
hear a “Click” when they are
secured in place.
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2-A Install Cup Holders

Features
2-B Car Seat Features
A
C
D
H
I
N
G
K
M
B
EF
L
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J

Features
A Headrest/Harness
Adjustment Lever
B Headrest
C Booster Shoulder Belt
Guide
D Headrest Infant Pillow
E Infant Body Pillow
F Harness Covers
G Harness Straps
H Chest Clip
I Buckle
J Harness Release Lever
(under flap)
K Harness Adjustment Strap
L Recline Handle
M Seat Base
N Cup Holder 19

Features
A
D
H
E
F
G
20
B
C