Graco ARGOS 80 User manual

© 2014 Graco PD273684B 6/14 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 USETHIS CHILD
RESTRAINT INCREASESTHE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURYOR DEATH INASUDDEN STOPOR CRASH.
Child Restraint/Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual
ARGOSTM 80

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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 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 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems.............23-24
9.0 LATCH.....................25
9.1 WhatisLATCH?.......25-26
9.2 LATCHSystem...........27
10.0Using Child Restraint WITH
Built-inHarness...........28-30

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Table of Contents (cont.)
11.0 Securing the Child Restraint
in Your Vehicle ...............31
11.1 Using a Child Restraint WITH a
Built-inHarness..........31
11.2 With a Vehicle Lap or
Lap/shoulder belt ......31-33
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

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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.

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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.
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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.