Graco ARGOS 70 ELITE User manual

© 2013 Graco PD247328A 6/13 US
READ THIS MANUAL
Do not install or use this child restraint until
you read and understand the instructions in this
manual. FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
Child Restraint/Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual
ARGOS 70
ELITE

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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 Useful Information .............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 an Appropriate 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.............22-23
8.6 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems.............24-25
9.0 LATCH.....................26
9.1 WhatisLATCH?.......26-27
9.2 LATCHSystem...........28
10.0 Using Child Restraint WITH
Built-in Harness ...........29-31

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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 ......32-34
11.3WithLATCH..........35-36
12.0 Securing Your Child in the
Child Restraint ............37-39
13.0 Adjust Head Support/Harness
Straps......................40
14.0CheckHarnessSystem........41
15.0 Harness Removal or
Re-attaching Harness ......42-46
16.0 Using Your Child Restraint WITHOUT
Built-inHarness ...........47-49
17.0 Securing Child & Booster Seat in
Vehicle .....................50
18.0 Adjusting Head Support in
Booster Mode .............51-52
19.0 Removing or
Re-attaching Back Support . . 53-55
20.0 Securing Child in Vehicle
with Shoulder Belt
Positioning Clip ...........56-59
21.0 Using the Tether ..............60
21.1 Storing Lower Anchors
and Tether ..............61
22.0 Airplane Use ................62
23.0 Accessories.................63
23.1 Body Support and Harness
Covers.................63
24.0 Recline Foot ................64
25.0 Care and Maintenance ........65
25.1 Buckle Cleaning Process . . .66
26.0 To Remove Head Support and
SeatCovers..............67-68
27.0 Replacement Parts, Warranty
and Owners Manual Storage ....72

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1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users
NEVER PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT IN A VEHICLE
SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS A FRONT AIR BAG. If an air
bag inÀates, 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.

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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.
Even if using this child restraint seems easy to ¿gure 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. 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.

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2.0 Registration Information
Please ¿ll in the above information. The model number and date of manufacture can be found on
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 date of manufacture
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:

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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
date of manufacture ready so that we may help you ef¿ciently. These numbers can be found
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
Standards and is certi¿ed for
use in motor vehicles.
It is certi¿ed for use in Aircraft
only when used with the
built-in harness. When used
as a booster without the
harness, this restraint is not
certi¿ed for use in aircraft.
3.1 CertiÀcation
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

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4.0 Features

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United States Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards have
de¿ned a system for
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
KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR
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Harness Strap
T-slot
5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint
Adult assembly required.
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