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

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Protect vehicle seat. Use a car seat mat, towel, or thin blanket under and behind car seat.
Car seat parts can get very hot in the sun or warm weather. To avoid burns, always check
before putting child in car seat.
1-C Safety Warnings
No car seat can guarantee protection from injury in every situation,
but proper use helps reduce the risk of serious injury or death.
READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY.
Vehicle Seat Protection
Warm Weather Use

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Failure to follow these instructions and child restraint’s labels can result in
child striking the vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or crash.
! 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 car seat with great force and
cause serious injury or death to your child.
! Review your vehicle owner’s manual for more information about air bags
and car seat use.
! If your vehicle does not have a back seat, review your vehicle owner’s
manual.
! The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that children be rear-facing
until age 2 or until they reach the maximum rear-facing height and weight
rating for their seat.

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! Choose the correct mode of use for the car seat depending on your child’s
size. Infants less than 20 lb (9 kg) MUST use this car seat rear-facing.
! Select a suitable location for the car seat in your vehicle.
! Secure car seat with a vehicle seat belt orLATCH that is properly routed as
shown in this manual.
! Vehicle seat belt system MUST hold car seat securely. Not all vehicle seat
belts can be used with a car seat.
! If vehicle seat belt does not hold car seat securely, read “Vehicle Seat
Belts” section 9-F and your vehicle owner’s manual.
! Always secure car seat with LATCH or a vehicle seat belt, even when
unoccupied. In a crash, an unsecured car seat can injure passengers.
! If car seat is in a crash, it must be replaced. DO NOT use it again! A crash
can cause unseen damage and using it again could result in serious injury
or death.
! DO NOT use car seat if it is damaged or missing parts.
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! DO NOT use accessories or parts other than those provided by Graco. Their
use could alter the performance of the car seat.
! DO NOT remove LATCH system from car seat. If using vehicle seat belt to
secure car seat, LATCH hooks must be stored.
! Never leave child unattended, even when sleeping. Child may become
tangled in harness straps and suffocate or strangle.
! Rear-facing car seat must be properly leveled:
• Too reclined can result in injury or ejection.
• Too upright can result in breathing difficulties.
! Never attach two LATCH hooks to one vehicle lower anchor
point unless specifically allowed by the vehicle manufacturer.
! Do not use both the vehicle seat belt and LATCH strap at the
same time when using the car seat rear-facing or forward-facing.

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1-D Right Mode of Use
Note: Preterm or low birth weight infants may be at special risk in a vehicle or aircraft. According to the
AAP, these infants may suffer breathing issues if improperly reclined in a car seat. When rear-facing, use the
corrected age for preemies. Graco advises that you have your physician or hospital staff evaluate your infant
and recommend the proper car seat or car bed before you and your infant leave the hospital.
4 lb
(1.8 kg) 20 lb
(9 kg) 40 lb
(18 kg) 65 lb
(30 kg)
Rear-Facing with 5-Point Harness
4-20 lb (1.8-9 kg) less than 1 year old MUST be rear-facing.
20-40 lb (9-18 kg) CAN be rear-facing.
Forward-Facing with 5-Point Harness
20-40 lb (9-18 kg) can sit upright unassisted CAN be forward-facing.
40-65 lb (18-30 kg) SHOULD be forward-facing.
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2 Features
2-A Car Seat Features
A
B
F
G
C
D
E

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2 Features
A Harness Slots
B Harness Buckle
C Buckle Strap
D Harness Release Lever
(under flap)
E Harness Adjustment Strap
F Harness Straps
G Chest Clip

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2 Features
A
B
C
DE
C

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2 Features
A Level Indicator
B Forward-Facing Belt Path
C LATCH Storage Bar
D LATCH Strap (stored)
E Rear-Facing Belt Path

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2 Features
AE
D
H
I
B
C
J
EF
G
JK
L