Graco Atlas Instruction Manual

Do not install or use

this child restraint until

you read and understand

the instructions in this

manual.

FAILURE TO PROPERLY

USE THIS CHILD

RESTRAINT INCREASES

THE RISK OF SERIOUS

INJURY OR DEATH IN A

SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

ATLAS

CHILD RESTRAINT/BOOSTER SEAT

www.gracobaby.com

PD319294C 6/15

1-A Quick Guide to Your Manual 1-B Welcome to the Graco Family 1-C Correct Mode of Use 1-D Before You Begin

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

1-E Safety Warnings

1 Important Pages 6-21

2 Features Pages 22-27

2-A Car Seat Features

3-A Forward-Facing Use 3-B Install Forward-Facing with LATCH Straps 3-C Install Forward-Facing with the Vehicle Seat Belt

3 Forward-Facing Pages 28-39

4-A Booster Use 4-B Install Booster

4 Booster Pages 40-49

5-A Securing Child 5-Point Harness 5-B Securing Child Backed Booster 5-C Securing Child Backless Booster

5 Securing Child Pages 50-60

7-A How to Remove LATCH and Top Tether 7-B Choosing Vehicle Seat Location 7-C Unsafe Vehicle Seat Location 7-D Vehicle Seat Belts

8-A Cleaning Seat Pad 8-B Cleaning Buckle Strap 8-C Cleaning Harness and LATCH Straps

7 Vehicle Information Pages 62-72

6 Accessories Page 61

8 Care & Cleaning Pages 73-77

1-A Quick Guide to Your Manual

This car seat is for children: Forward-Facing: 22-65 lb (10-30 kg)

Booster: 30-100 lb (14-45 kg)

Car Seat Assembly (On Select Models)

Adult Assembly Required Cup Holders

To attach cup holders, hook the front of the cup holder to the shell and rotate it back until it snaps into place.

Get to Know Your Car Seat

What Seating Location Should I Use?

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

The best seating location for this 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. For example, sometimes the center rear seat has a lap belt only vehicle seat belt, which cannot be used when this car seat is in Booster mode.

Review section 7-B, 7-C of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

6. Attach Seat Pad Side Loops Pull elastic loop on the seat pad through the

vehicle belt guide on side of seat and attach to hook as shown. Repeat on other side.

Which Installation Method Should I Use?

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

Vehicle Seat Belt: Review section 7 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 car seat in your car without using the vehicle seat belt. All 2003 and newer model year vehicles are required to have lower anchor bars, although some manufacturers began including them earlier. Some vehicle owner manuals use the term ISOFIX to identify them.

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.

LATCH consists of lower anchor bars and a tether anchorage bar, which are built-in 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. The tether is 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.

What is LATCH?

Vehicle Tether

Anchorage Bars

Vehicle Lower

Anchor Bars

Typical seat in a passenger vehicle. Other vehicle types

may have different lower

anchor bar locations.

Vehicle Seat Bight

When Installing Forward-Facing

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 of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

LATCH System

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

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

Using The Car Seat Correctly

To make sure your child is secured properly, review section 3 and 4 to fit your child.

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 3.

Buckle Position (C)

The correct slot is the one that is closest to your child without being underneath them. Review section 3.

Harness Tightness (D)

If your fingers slide off the harness straps without pinching the straps, it is tight enough. Review section 3.

For Forward-Facing, You Need to Adjust:

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 3

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

Review section 3

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

Review section 3

Chest Clip Even With Armpits (D)

Review section 3

Cannot Pinch Harness Straps at the Shoulder (E)

Review section 3

Forward-Facing Installation

D E

Vehicle Seat Belt

Only use the Lap/Shoulder seat belt configuration.

Review section 4-B, 4-C of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

When Installing As a Booster

Use Lap/Shoulder Belt Only

Position Lap Belt

Lap belt must go in front of armrest and lie low across your child’s hips and thighs.

Position Shoulder Belt

Shoulder best lies across shoulder between neck and edge of shoulder.

For Booster, You Need to Adjust:

Never Use Lap Belt Only

Review section 4

Lap Belt In Front of Armrest and Lies Low Across Hips and Thighs

Review section 4

Shoulder Belt Lies On the Shoulder, Between the Neck and Edge of Shoulders

Review section 4

Booster Installation

22 lb (10 kg)

30 lb (14 kg)

40 lb (18.1 kg)

65 lb (30 kg)

100 lb (45 kg)

Forward-Facing with 5-Point Harness 22-30 lb (10-14 kg) and can sit upright unassisted MUST be forward facing. 30-65 lb (14-30 kg) SHOULD be forward-facing.

Booster Mode with Vehicle Lap/Shoulder Seat Belt 30-65 lb (14-30 kg) CAN be in high back booster mode. Over 65 lb (30 kg) MUST be in booster mode.

1-C Correct Mode of Use

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.

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

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.

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

If You Need Help

STOP using this car seat and throw it away 7 years after the date of manufacture. Look for date of manufacture label 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 only when used with the internal harness system. Use only on forward-facing aircraft

seats. Follow the instructions for vehicle installation. See section 3-C. This child restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft when used as a

booster seat because aircrafts do not have shoulder belts.

Contact the airline for their specific polices.

Certification

Car Seat’s Useful Life

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

Vehicle Seat Protection

Car seat parts can get very hot in the sun or warm weather. To avoid burns, always check before putting child in car seat.

Warm Weather Use

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.

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.

! 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.

! 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.

! 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 7-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. 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.

! Never attach two LATCH

connectors to one vehicle lower anchor bar 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 forwardfacing.

2 Features

2-A Car Seat Features

E H I

2 Features

A Height Adjust Lever B Head Support C Shoulder Belt Guide D Harness Strap E Harness Covers F Harness Storage Compartment (Behind Seat Pad) G Chest Clip H Buckle I Buckle Cover J Cup Holder K Harness Adjuster Lever (Under Seat Pad) L Recline Lip M Harness Adjustment Strap

2 Features

C D

E F

2 Features

A Tether Storage Bar B Tether Hook C Tether Strap D LATCH Storage Bar E LATCH F LATCH Adjuster G Cup Holder

2 Features

A Harness Straps B Splitter Plate

3 Forward

Facing

3-A Forward-Facing Use

Forward-Facing: 22-65 lb (10-30 kg) and 27-49” (69125 cm)

• Place car seat forward-facing in the vehicle back seat.

• Make sure LATCH strap or vehicle seat belt is routed through the forward-facing belt path marked with a orange label.

• Attach and tighten the tether. When used properly, the tether helps reduce injury in a sudden stop or crash.

• Install this car seat tightly in your vehicle. Car seat should not move at the forward-facing belt path more than 1” (2.5 cm) from side to side, front to back.

LATCH strap with Tether

Do not install by this method for a child weighing more than 45 lb (20 kg)

3 Forward

Facing

• Harness straps need to be even with or just above the top of child’s shoulders and

chest clip is at armpit level.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and NHTSA recommend that children should use the built-in harness system for as long as possible until they reach the maximum forward-facing weight and height for their car seat. This car seat can remain forward-facing using the built-in harness system for children up to 65 lb (30 kg) and 49” (125 cm).

Vehicle Lap/Shoulder Belt with Tether Strap

Vehicle Seat Lap Belt with Tether Strap

3 Forward

Facing

3-B Install Forward-Facing

with LATCH Straps

Review your vehicle’s owner manual for LATCH location and use. Do not install by this method for a child weighing more than 45 lb (20 kg)

1. Remove LATCH hooks and Tether Strap from Storage Locations

Unhook tether and lay it in the seat.

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