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.

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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:

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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
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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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only when used with the
built-in harness. When used
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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

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4.0 Features

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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
KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR
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Harness Strap
T-slot
5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint
Adult assembly required.
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