Graco My Ride 65 User manual

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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.
www.gracobaby.com
PD285530A 9/14
MY RIDE
TM
65
CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT

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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
1 Important Pages 6-15
2 Features Pages 16-21

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4-A Forward-Facing
4-B Install Forward-Facing with LATCH Strap
4-C Installing With Vehicle Seat Belt
4 Forward-Facing Use Pages 35-46
3-A Rear-Facing
3-B Install Rear-Facing with LATCH Strap
3-C Installing With Vehicle Seat Belt
3 Rear-Facing Use Pages 22-34
5-A Securing Child 5-Point Harness
5 Securing Child Pages 47-54

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7-A Cleaning Seat Pad
7-B Cleaning Crotch Buckle
7-C Cleaning Harness and LATCH Straps
7 Care & Cleaning Pages 58-60
6-A Moving the LATCH Strap
6 Moving LATCH Pages 55-57
8 Accessories Pages 61-64

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9-A Choosing Vehicle Seat Location
9-B Unsafe Vehicle Seat Locations
9-C What is LATCH?
9-D Choosing LATCH or Seat Belts
9-E How to Remove LATCH and Tether
9-F Vehicle Seat Belts
9 Additional Information Pages 65-77

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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 lb (1.8-18 kg)
• Forward-Facing: 20-65 lb (9-30 kg)
49” (125 cm) or less
• Children less than 20 lb (9 kg) MUST use this car seat
rear-facing.
Review section 1-D.
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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.
Review section 9-A and
9-B.

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SAFE USE CHECKLIST For More Information…
Install this car seat tightly in your vehicle.
• Car seat should not move at the belt path more than
1” (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. When used properly, the top tether
helps reduce injury in a sudden stop or crash.
Review sections:
Rear-Facing section 3.
Forward-Facing section 4.
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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” (2.5 cm) 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 car seat.
• Harness strap snug enough you cannot pinch the
strap at the shoulders.
• Chest clip at armpit level.
Review section 5.

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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 register online at
www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
or call 1-800-345-4109
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.
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 manufacture 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
If You Need Help

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STOP using this car seat and throw it away 7 years after the date of manufacture. 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.
Contact the airline for their specific polices.
Certification
Car Seat’s Useful Life