Graco ontender 65, Admiral 65 Instruction Manual

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NWL0000644875C 4/19

65/ADMIRAL

CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT

Do not install or use this child

understand the instructions in

FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE

SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH

restraint until you read and

this manual.

THIS CHILD RESTRAINT

INCREASES THE RISK OF

IN A SUDDEN STOP OR

CRASH.

1 Important Pages 6-23

1-A A Quick Guide to Your Manual 1-B Welcome to the Graco Family 1-C Right Mode of Use 1-D Before You Begin Register This Car Seat

If You Need Help Certification Car Seat’s Useful Life Vehicle Seat Protection Warm Weather Use

1-E Safety Warnings

2 Features Pages 24-29

2-A Car Seat Features

3 Rear-Facing Use Pages 30-44

3-A Rear-Facing 3-B Install Rear-Facing with LATCH Strap 3-C Installing With Vehicle Seat Belt

4 Forward-Facing Use Pages 45-58

4-A Forward-Facing 4-B Install Forward-Facing with LATCH Strap 4-C Installing With Vehicle Seat Belt

5 Securing Child Pages 59-66

5-A Securing Child 5-Point Harness

6 Accessories Pages 67-68

6-A Accessories

7 Moving LATCH Pages 69-71

7-A Moving the LATCH Strap

8 Additional Information Pages 72-82

8-A How to Remove LATCH and Tether 8-B Choosing Vehicle Seat Location 8-C Unsafe Vehicle Seat Locations 8-D Vehicle Seat Belts

9 Care & Cleaning Pages 83-86

9-A Cleaning Seat Pad 9-B Cleaning Buckle 9-C Cleaning Harness and LATCH

1-A A Quick Guide to Your Manual

This car seat is for children: Rear-Facing: 5-40 lb (2.2-18 kg)

• Children less than 22 lb (10 kg) MUST use this car seat rear-facing. Review section 1-C for more information.

Get to Know Your Car Seat

Review section 2-A to see all of the features of this infant car seat.

What Seating Location Should I Use?

The best seating location for this infant car seat is one that:

• Is recommended by your vehicle owner’s manual, and

• Results in a secure installation of this car seat. Some vehicles have specific requirements for where the car seat can be

installed, so be sure to check your vehicle owner’s manual for available seating positions, if any.

Review section 8-B, 8-C of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

Forward Facing: 22-65 lb (10-30 kg)

According to accident statistics, the safest place for your child in any vehicle is the back seat. The center of the back seat can be the safest during a possible side impact.

Which Installation Method Should I Use?

This car seat can be installed in your vehicle using either the vehicle seat belt OR the LATCH system. Both are equally safe to use. DO NOT USE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

Vehicle Seat Belt: Review section 8 and your vehicle owner’s manual to learn how to install your car seat with the vehicle seat belts.

LATCH: The LATCH system allows you to securely attach your safety seat in your car without using the vehicle seat belt and possibly to get a better fit. All 2003 and newer model year vehicles are required to have a LATCH system, although some manufacturers began including LATCH earlier. Some vehicle owner manuals use the term ISOFIX to identify the LATCH system.

What is LATCH?

LATCH consists of lower anchors and top tether anchors, which are builtin to your vehicle, and connecting hooks that are built-in to your car seat. Lower anchors are used INSTEAD of the vehicle’s seat belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle. Top tethers are used IN ADDITION to the lower anchors OR the vehicle’s seat belt to secure a forward-facing car seat to the vehicle.

Review your vehicle’s owner manual for exact location and use.

Vehicle Top Tether

Anchor Points

Vehicle Seat Bight

Typical seat in a passenger vehicle. Other vehicle types

may have different LATCH

locations.

Vehicle Lower Anchor Points

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When Installing Rear-Facing & Forward-Facing

LATCH System

LATCH consists of two lower anchors, which are built-in to your vehicle, and connecting hooks that are built-in your car seat.

Review section 3-B & 4-B of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

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-C & 4-C of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

Does Your Car Seat Fit Your Child Correctly?

To make sure your child is secured properly, review section 3 and 4 to understand all of the actions you need to take to properly adjust the car seat to fit your child.

For Rear-Facing, You Need to Adjust:

Harness Height, Rear-Facing (A)

Harness straps at or just below the child’s shoulders and below the headrest adjustment lever section 5.

Buckle Position (C)

The correct slot is the one that is closest to your child without being underneath them. Review section 5.

Harness Tightness (D)

If your fingers slide off the harness straps without pinching the straps, it is tight enough. Review section 5.

top of head must be 1” (2.5 cm)

(B). Review

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Harness Height, Forward-Facing (A)

Harness straps at or just above the child’s shoulders and top of child’s ears below top of headrest (B). Review section 5.

For Forward-Facing, You Need to Adjust:

Buckle Position (C)

The correct slot is the one that is closest to your child without being underneath them. Review section 5.

Harness Tightness (D)

If your fingers slide off the harness straps without pinching the straps, it is tight enough. Review section 5.

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Rear-Facing Installation

Car Seat Does Not Move More than 1” (2.5 cm) at the Belt Path (A)

Review section 3

Check level indicator (B)

Review section 3

Harness Straps at or Just Below Child’s Shoulders (C)

Review section 5

Chest Clip Even With Armpits (D)

Review section 5

Cannot Pinch Harness Straps at the Shoulder (E)

Review section 5

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D E

Forward-Facing Installation

Use the top tether strap when using forward-facing (A)

When used properly, the top tether helps reduce injury in a sudden stop or crash. Review section 4

Car Seat Does Not Move More than 1” (2.5 cm) at the Belt Path (B)

Review section 4

Harness Straps at or Just Above Child’s Shoulders (C)

Review section 5

Chest Clip Even With Armpits (D)

Review section 5

Cannot Pinch Harness Straps at the Shoulder (E)

Review section 5

D E

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1-B 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.

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1-C Right Mode of Use

5 lb (2.2 kg)

Rear-Facing with 5-Point Harness*

5-22 lb (2.2-10 kg) less than 1 year old MUST be rear-facing. 22-40 lb (10-18 kg) SHOULD be rear-facing.

* Check your state laws and the AAP/NHTSA recommendations. See page 21.

22 lb (10 kg)

Forward-Facing with 5-Point Harness*

22-40 lb (10-18 kg) can sit upright unassisted CAN be forward-facing. 40-65 lb (18-30 kg) MUST be forward-facing.

40 lb (18 kg)

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65 lb (30 kg)

1-D 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.

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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.

Model Name _________________________

Model Number _______________________

Date of Manufacture __________________

Date of Purchase _____________________

If You Need Help

In the U.S.A, please contact our Customer Service Depar tment 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

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Certification

This child restraint meets or exceeds all applicable requirements of Federal motor vehicle safety standard 213 for use in motor vehicles.

This child seat is certified for use in aircraft. Use only on fowardfacing aircraft seats. Follow the instructions for vehicle installation. For rear-facing installation, see section 3-C and 8-D Lap Belt Installation. For forward-facing installation, see section 4-C and 8-D Lap Belt Installation, but do not use top tether.

Contact the airline for their specific polices.

Car Seat’s Useful Life

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.

Vehicle Seat Protection

Protect vehicle seat. Use a car seat mat, towel, or thin blanket under and behind car seat.

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Warm Weather Use

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-E 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.

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! 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.

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! Children are safer riding rear-facing and should ride rear-

facing as long as possible, until they reach the maximum rearfacing height or weight rating for their car seat. Then children should ride forward-facing, using the built-in harness system for as long as possible until they reach the maximum forwardfacing weight or height for their car seat. Be sure to check your local and state laws, as well AAP and NHTSA recommendations, for car seat usage.*

! Choose the correct mode of use for the car seat depending on

your child’s size. Infants less than 22 lb (10 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 or LATCH that is

properly routed as shown in this manual.

* 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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! 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 8-D 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. ! 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 LATCH system from car seat. If using vehicle seat belt to

secure car seat, LATCH connectors must be stored.

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! 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 connectors to one vehicle

lower anchor point unless specifically allowed by the vehicle manufacturer.

! Do not use both the vehicle belt and LATCH belts at the

same time when using the car seat rear or forward facing.

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.

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2 Features

2-A Car Seat Features

B C

G H

2 Features

A Harness Slots B Harness Buckle C Buckle Strap D Harness Release Lever

(Under Flap) E Harness Adjustment Strap F Headrest/ Harness

Adjustment Handle G Harness Straps H Chest Clip

2 Features

A B

2 Features

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

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