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.

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! 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 accessories or parts other than those
provided by Graco except for a thin towel or mat to
protect your vehicle seat or rolled towels or pool
noodles to help get your car seat level. Their use could
alter the performance of the car seat.
! DO NOT remove lower anchor attachment system from
car seat. If using vehicle seat belt to secure car seat,
lower anchor attachment connectors 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 lower anchor attachment
connectors to one vehicle lower anchor
point unless specifically allowed by the
vehicle manufacturer.
! Do not use both the vehicle seat belt and lower anchor
attachment strap at the same time when using the car
seat rear-facing.
! Do not to allow children to play with the base unit even
outside the vehicle.

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2 Features
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2-A Car seat base Features
A
C
A Car Seat Base Lock
B SnugLock®Lock-Off
C SnugLock®Lock-Off
Release Lever
D Level Indicator
E Instruction Manual
and Lower Anchor
Attachment Storage
F Anti-Rebound Bar
G Base Recline Lever
H Base Recline Foot
H
G
D
E
B
F

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Attaching Car Seat To
Base
Align the locking bar at the
front of the car seat with
the locks in the base. Set
car seat in the base. Push
down on the front of the car
seat. You will hear a “click”
when it is locked.
Pull up on the front corners
of the seat to make sure it is
locked.
2-B Remove Car Seat from Base
To Remove Car Seat from
Base
From the back of the car
seat, squeeze the base
release handle and lift the
car seat out of the base.
2-C Attach Car Seat to Base

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2-D Recline the Base
Base Has 5
Recline Positions
Squeeze the base
recline lever and lift the
base to extend the foot.
Squeeze the base
recline lever and lower
the base to retract the
foot.
Check the level
indicator for
appropriate install.
(See Next Page)
When the foot is
completely extended
and the level indicator
is not correct for your
child’s age, you may
raise the foot and place
a rolled towel under the
foot until the indicator
shows correctly.

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3+ months (meses)
0+ months (meses)
When Reading The
Level Indicator
Vehicle MUST be on level
ground.
Use corrected age for
preemies.
- If the bubble is entirely
under the light blue line, the
restraint is level for infants
0+ months in age.
- If the bubble is entirely
under the dark blue line,
the restraint is level for a
child 3+months in age.
- If the bubble is not
completely under the blue
lines, the child restraint is
NOT level. You must adjust
your recline position.

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According to accident statistics, children
are safer when properly restrained
in the rear seating positions than
in the front seating positions. The
center of the back seat can be the
safest during a possible side impact.
Review your vehicle owner’s manual for seating
locations. Review section 4 for additional information.
Some vehicles have specific requirements for where the
car seat can be installed. Be sure to check your vehicle
owner’s manual for all available seating positions.
2-E Choosing Vehicle Seat
Location
NEVER place this child restraint rear-
facing in a vehicle seating location that
has an active front air bag.
In the event there is no back seat, review your vehicle
owner’s manual to see how to use your infant child restraint.

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2-G What is Lower Anchor
Attachment?
Review your vehicle’s owner manual for exact location
and use. Review section 4 for additional information.
Vehicle Lower
Anchor
Typical seat in a passenger
vehicle. Other vehicle types
may have different lower anchor
attachment locations.
Vehicle Seat Crease
2-F Choosing Lower Anchor
Attachment or Seat Belt
This car seat base can be installed in your vehicle using either the
vehicle seat belt OR the lower anchor attachment system. Both
systems are equally safe to use. DO NOT USE BOTH AT THE
SAME TIME. Review section 4 for additional information.
Lower anchor attachment consists of lower anchors,
which are built-in to your vehicle, and connecting hooks
that are built-in to your car seat base. Lower anchors are
used INSTEAD of the vehicle’s seat belt to secure the child
seat to the vehicle.

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Facing
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3-A Rear-Facing Checklist
Lower Anchor Attachment
Strap
Vehicle Lap/Shoulder
Seat Belt
Rear-Facing:
• Car seat MUST be rear-
facing in the vehicle back
seat.
• Make sure lower anchor
attachment strap or
vehicle seat belt is routed
through the rear-facing
belt path, marked with a
blue label.
• Install this base tightly in
your vehicle. The base
should not move at the
belt path more than 1”
(2.5 cm) from side to
side and front to back.
• Make sure to check the
level indicator or level
line for proper recline.
• Make sure base is a
minimum of 80% on
vehicle seat.

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Facing
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NEVER
place this
child
restraint
rear-facing in a
vehicle seating
location that has an
active front air bag.
Vehicle Lap Only Seat Belt
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.

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Facing
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3-B Install With Base With
Lower Anchor Attachment
Review your vehicle owner’s manual for lower
anchor attachment location and use.
1. Place Base in
Back Seat of the
Vehicle
Place the base flat
on the vehicle seat.
Push it back until
the anti-rebound bar
touches the vehicle
seat back. Center the
base between the
lower lower anchor
attachment anchors.
If allowed by your
Vehicle Owner’s
Manual, the center
seating position may
be used if the anchor
spacing is 11” (28
cm) or greater.