Graco Car Booster Seat User manual

READ THIS MANUAL.
Do not install or use this car seat until you read and
understand the instructions in this manual.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CAR SEAT
INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
© 2012 Graco PD202192A 3/12 US
Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual
*Seat pad sold separately
*

Registration Information................3
For Recall Information .................3
IfYouNeedHelp .....................5
PartsList............................6
WarningstoParentsandOtherUsers....7-9
Assembling the Booster Seat ........10-12
Weight and Height Limits..............13
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements .....14
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements ......15-16
SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems ..........15
UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems .......16
Using your Graco Booster Seat ........ 17-19
Securing your Child in Vehicle.......20-21
Securing Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip ......22-25
AirplaneUse........................26
Cupholders .........................26
CareandMaintenance .............26-27
Instruction Sheet Storage ..............28
Replacement Parts....................28
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Table of Contents

Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:
Registration Information
Register Your Booster Seat
Call the U.S. GoYernment¶s Vehicle Safety Hotline
at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go
to http://www.NHTSA.goY
Graco: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
For Recall Information
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Please fill in the aboYe information. The model
number and date of manufacture can be found on
a label underneath your booster seat. Fill out the
prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat
coYer 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.
150 OaNlands BlYd.
Exton, PA 19341
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at
http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration

NEVER PLACE THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN A
VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION
THAT HAS AN AIR BAG. If an air
bag inflates, it can hit the child and
booster seat with great force and
cause serious injury or death to your
child. Refer to your Yehicle owner¶s
manual for information about air bags
and booster seat installation.
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If You Need Help
Please contact our Customer SerYice Department
with any questions you may haYe concerning parts,
use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please
haYe your product¶s model number ready so that
we may help you efficiently. This number can be
found on a sticker on the underside of your booster
seat.
1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
Booster Seat Useful Life
STOP using this child restraint and throw it away
10 years after the date of manufacture.
Look for this sticker on the bottom of the child
restraint:

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Parts List
Adult assembly required.
Tool required: Philips screwdriYer
Left / right armrests
Base
Shoulder belt
positioning clip
Armrest coYers
On certain models
Height adjustment
screw (2)
Seat pad

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Warnings to Parents and
Other Users
NO BOOSTER SEAT CAN GUARANTEE
PROTECTION FROM INJURY. HOWEVER,
PROPER USE OF THIS BOOSTER SEAT
REDUCES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH TO YOUR CHILD.
DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS
BOOSTER SEAT UNTIL YOU READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN
THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR VEHICLE
OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others
install or use the booster seat unless they
understand how to use it.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS
BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A SHARP
TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. Your
child can be injured in a Yehicle eYen if you are
not in a crash. Sudden braking and sharp turns can
injure your child if the booster seat is not properly
installed or if your child is not properly secured in
the booster seat.

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According to accident statistics, CHILDREN
ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY
RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE
SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER THAN
FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a Yehicle
with a front passenger air bag, refer to your
Yehicle owner¶s manual as well as these
instructions for booster seat installation.
NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD
UNATTENDED.
NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER SEAT
UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE. An
unsecured booster seat can be thrown around and
may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden
stop or crash. RemoYe it or make sure that it is
securely belted in the Yehicle.
REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER
AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident
can cause damage to the booster seat that you
cannot see.
DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT
or use any accessories or parts supplied by other
manufacturers.
NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS
DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT
use a cut, frayed or damaged Yehicle seat belt.

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THE BOOSTER SEAT CAN BECOME VERY
HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with these
parts can burn your child¶s skin. Always touch the
surface of any metal or plastic parts before
putting your child in the booster seat.
THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all
applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and is certified for use in motor Yehicles. This
restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft
because there is no shoulder belt aYailable.
NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to
someone else without also giYing them this
manual.
NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER
SEAT or a booster seat whose history you do not
know.
NEVER USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT without
the armrests attached to the base.
DO NOT USE BOOSTER SEAT without
TurboBoosterTM Colorz seat pad.

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Assembling the Booster Seat
Step 1.
Insert armrest into base
as shown until buttons
snap into slots on side of
base .
Step 2.
Select the desired
armrest height for your
child, then insert the
height adjustment
screw and tighten.
Repeat for other
armrest.
Step 3.
To adjust armrests,
remoYe screw and press
in button on side of base
as shown to raise or
lower . Reinsert screw
and tighten.
CHECK to make sure
armrests are securely
attached by pulling up
on them.
SNAP!
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Step 4.
Lay seat pad face down
and flip up end of pad
with clips. Insert 3 tabs
from plastic clip into
seat as shown 4.
Step 5.
Wrap seat pad oYer on
top of base 5.
Step 6.
Attach elastic to hooks
to bottom of base 6.
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Seat Pad (sold separately)

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Step 7.
Slip armrest coYers
(on certain models)
onto armrests as shown.
Step 8.
Your Graco booster seat
is now ready to use. See
page 22, “Securing
Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt
Positioning Clip”.

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approximately 4 to 10 years old
weigh between 40 and 100 lbs.
(mass between 18 and 45 kg), and
are between 40 and 57 inches
(101 and 145 cm) in height, and
the shoulder belt MUST
lie across child¶s shoulders
in red zone as shown in 1
and the lap portion is positioned
low on the childs hips, and
when sitting on the booster
seat, your child¶s ears are
below the top of the Yehicle
seat cushion / head rest.
FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner
appropriate for your child¶s size may increase the
risk of serious injury or death.
Weight and Height Limits
To use this Graco booster seat, your child MUST
meet ALL of the following requirements:
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IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOOSTER
SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH. Some seating positions in
your Yehicle may NOT be safe for this booster seat.
Some Yehicles do not haYe any seating positions
that can be used safely with the booster seat. If you
are not sure where to place the booster seat in your
Yehicle, consult your Yehicle owner¶s manual or call
Graco Children's Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements
Children are safer when properly restrained in
rear vehicle seating positions. WheneYer possible
secure the Graco booster seat in the center position
of the seat directly behind the front seats. HoweYer,
this position is often equipped with a lap belt only
and cannot be used.
The Yehicle seat MUST face forward.

MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE
TO USE WITH THE BOOSTER SEAT.
Pay careful attention to these systems; some of
the seat belts that are NOT safe to use look Yery
much like seat belts that are safe to use. If you
are unsure, consult your Yehicle owner¶s manual
or call Graco Children's Products Inc.,
at 1-800-345-4109.
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements
ONLY A LAP/SHOULDER
BELT SYSTEM CAN
BE USED WITH THIS
BOOSTER SEAT, IF
the seat location meets
all other requirements
of these instructions
and those in your Yehicle
owner's manual.
SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt System
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DO NOT USE ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING
VEHICLE BELT
SYSTEMS.
NEVER use a
lap-only belt.
UNSAFE Vehicle Seat Belt Systems
NEVER use a
Passive Restraint -
Lap or Shoulder Belt
Mounted on Door
NEVER use a
Passive Restraint -
Lap Belt with
Motorized Shoulder
Belt
NEVER use Yehicle
belts that are attached to
the door in any way or
that moYe along a track
to automatically
surround the passenger
when the door is closed.
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Using your Graco Booster Seat
WARNING: Use only
the Yehicle¶s lap and
shoulder belt system
when restraining the child
in this booster seat .
NEVER use a Yehicle
lap-only belt across front
of child .
FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE YOUR
CHILD AND THE BOOSTER SEAT IN YOUR
VEHICLE INCREASES THE RISK OF
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE
EVENT OF A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP
OR CRASH.
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2
2

Vehicle belts MUST lie
flat against child and
MUST not be twisted.
DO NOT use shoulder
belt loose or positioned
under child¶s arm .
DO NOT position Yehicle
belt oYer top of the
armrests . It must pass
underneath the armrests.
Make sure vehicle belt
is NOT twisted.
Lap portion of
lap/shoulder belt MUST
be low and snug on hips,
just touching thighs.
DO NOT allow child
to slide down in booster
seat .
If child will not keep
Yehicle restraint properly
positioned, DO NOT
use this booster seat.
Use a different child
restraint system.
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The front of booster seat
MUST NOT hang oYer
front of Yehicle seat .
The back of the booster
seat MUST fit tight
against the Yehicle seat
back as shown 7.
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Securing Your Child in Vehicle
1. Place booster seat firmly against the back of a
forward-facing Yehicle seat equipped with a lap/
shoulder belt only .
2. HaYe your child sit in booster seat with their back
flat against back of Yehicle seat.
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