Graco SNUGRIDE SNUGFIT 35 User manual

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INFANT CAR SEAT BASE
SNUGRIDE®SNUGFITTM 35
FAILURE TO PROPERLY
USE THIS
CHILD RESTRAINT
INCREASES THE
RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN
A SUDDEN STOP OR
CRASH.
KEEP INSTRUCTIONS
FOR FUTURE USE.
Do not install or use this
child restraint until you
read and understand
the instructions in this
manual.
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1-A Quick Guide to Your Manual
1-B Before You Begin
1-C Safety Warnings
3-A Rear-Facing Checklist
3-B Install With Base With Lower Anchor Attachment
3-C Install With Base With Vehicle Seat Belt
Important Pages 4-11
Features Pages 12-17
Rear-Facing Use Pages 18-35
2-A Car seat base Features
2-B Remove Car Seat from Base
2-C Attach Car Seat to Base
2-D Recline the Base
2-E Choosing Vehicle Seat Location
2-F Choosing Lower Anchor Attachment or Seat Belt
2-G What Is Lower Anchor Attachment

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Vehicle Information Pages 36-46
4-A Additional Lower Anchor Attachment Information
4-B How to Remove Lower Anchor Attachment
4-C Unsafe Vehicle Seats
4-D Vehicle Seat Belts
Care & Cleaning Page 47
5-A Lower Anchor Attachment

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1-A Quick Guide to Your Manual
Get to Know Your Car seat base
Review section 2-A to see all of the features of this infant car seat
base.
What Seating Location Should I Use?
Which Installation Method Should I Use?
This infant car seat base can be installed in your vehicle using either
the vehicle seat belt OR the lower anchor attachment system. Both
are equally safe to use. DO NOT USE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
The best seating location for this infant car seat base is one
that:
• Is recommended by your vehicle owner’s manual, and
• Results in a secure installation of this car seat base.
Never place a child rear-facing in a seating position with
an active front air bag.
Review section 4 of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.
This base is compatible with any Graco® Click
ConnectTM car seat.

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When Installing Base
Vehicle Seat Belt
There are two types of
vehicle seat belts that can
be used. Lap/Shoulder Seat
Belt or Lap Only Seat Belt.
Review section 3-B of this
manual AND your vehicle
owner’s manual.
Review section 3-C of this
manual AND your vehicle
owner’s manual.
Lower Anchor
Attachment System
Lower anchor attachment
consists of lower anchors,
which are built-in to your
vehicle, and connecting
hooks that are built-in your
car seat base.

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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
P.O. Box 169, Elverson, PA 19520-9901
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at
www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
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
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 base 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.

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Register This Child Restraint
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 base 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 base.
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
base.
For additional resources or to get your car seat base
checked by a child passenger safety technician, please visit
the following web sites:
www.nhtsa.gov • www.seatcheck.org • www.safekids.org
If You Need Help

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Certification
STOP using this car seat base and throw it away 7 years after the
date of manufacture. Look for date of manufacture label on back
of the car seat base.
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.
Car seat base’s Useful Life
Protect vehicle seat. Use a car seat mat, towel, or thin blanket
under and behind car seat base.
Vehicle Seat Protection
This child restraint meets or exceeds all applicable requirements
of Federal motor vehicle safety standard 213 for use in motor
vehicles.
This child restraint’s base is NOT certified for use in
aircraft.
Contact the airline for their specific polices.

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! 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.
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.
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.

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! Children are safer riding rear-facing and should ride
rear-facing as long as possible, until they reach the
maximum rear-facing height or weight rating for their
car seat. Graco convertible and all-in-one car seats
have higher rear-facing limits that will allow children
to ride rear-facing longer after outgrowing their infant
car seat. Be sure to check your local and state laws, as
well as AAP and NHTSA recommendations, for car seat
usage.*
! Select a suitable location for the car seat in your
vehicle.
! Secure car seat base with a vehicle seat belt or lower
anchor attachment 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 base
securely, read “Vehicle Seat Belts” section 4-D and
your vehicle owner’s manual.
! Always secure car seat with lower anchor attachment
or a vehicle seat belt, even when unoccupied. In a
crash, an unsecured car seat can injure passengers.
! DO NOT use car seat if it is damaged or missing parts.
*Graco Supports the American Academy of Pediatrics and National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration‘s Car Seat Guidelines. Visit
www.gracobaby.com/en-US/safety for information on car seat
usage recommendations.