Graco PD202192A User Manual

Seat pad sold separately

Booster Seat

Owner’s Manual

READ THIS MANUAL.

Do not install or use this car seat until you read and

understand the instructions in this manual.

FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CAR SEAT

INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY

OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

Table of Contents

Registration Information................3

For Recall Information .................3

If You Need Help .....................5

Parts List............................6

Warnings to Parents and Other Users....7-9

Assembling the Booster Seat ........10-12

Weight and Height Limits..............13

Vehicle Seat Location Requirements .....14

Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements ......15-16

SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems ..........15

UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems .......16

Using your Graco Booster Seat ........ 17-19

Securing your Child in Vehicle....... 20-21

Securing Child in Vehicle with

Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip ......22-25

Airplane Use........................26

Cupholders .........................26

Care and Maintenance .............26-27

Instruction Sheet Storage ..............28

Replacement Parts....................28

Registration Information

Model Number:

Date of Manufacture:

Purchase Date:

Please fill in the aboYe information. The model number and date of manufacture can be found on

a label underneath your booster seat. Fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat coYer and mail it today.

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 date of manufacture to:

150 OaNlands BlYd. Exton, PA 19341 or call 1-800-345-4109 or register online at http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration

Graco Children¶s Products Inc.

For Recall Information

 Call the U.S. GoYernment¶s Vehicle Safety Hotline

at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.NHTSA.goY

 Graco: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com

 NEVER PLACE THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN A

VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS AN AIR BAG. If an air

bag inflates, it can hit the child and booster seat with great force and cause serious injury or death to your child. Refer to your Yehicle owner¶s manual for information about air bags and booster seat installation.

If You Need Help

Please contact our Customer SerYice Department with any questions you may haYe concerning parts, use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please haYe your product¶s model number ready so that we may help you efficiently. This number can be found on a sticker on the underside of your booster seat.

1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com

Booster Seat Useful Life

STOP using this child restraint and throw it away

10 years after the date of manufacture.

Look for this sticker on the bottom of the child restraint:

Parts List

Adult assembly required.

Tool required: Philips screwdriYer

Left / right armrests

Base

Height adjustment

screw (2)

On certain models

Armrest coYers

Shoulder belt

positioning clip

Seat pad

Warnings to Parents and

Other Users

 NO BOOSTER SEAT CAN GUARANTEE

PROTECTION FROM INJURY. HOWEVER, PROPER USE OF THIS BOOSTER SEAT REDUCES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOUR CHILD.

 DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS

BOOSTER SEAT UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others

install or use the booster seat unless they understand how to use it.

 FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS

BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. Your

child can be injured in a Yehicle eYen if you are not in a crash. Sudden braking and sharp turns can injure your child if the booster seat is not properly installed or if your child is not properly secured in the booster seat.

 According to accident statistics, CHILDREN

ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER THAN FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a Yehicle

with a front passenger air bag, refer to your Yehicle owner¶s manual as well as these instructions for booster seat installation.

 NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD

UNATTENDED.

 NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER SEAT

UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE. An

unsecured booster seat can be thrown around and may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. RemoYe it or make sure that it is securely belted in the Yehicle.

 REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER

AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident

can cause damage to the booster seat that you cannot see.

 DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT

or use any accessories or parts supplied by other manufacturers.

 NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS

DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT

use a cut, frayed or damaged Yehicle seat belt.

 THE BOOSTER SEAT CAN BECOME VERY

HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with these

parts can burn your child¶s skin. Always touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts before putting your child in the booster seat.

 THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all

applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and is certified for use in motor Yehicles. This restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft because there is no shoulder belt aYailable.

 NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to

someone else without also giYing them this manual.

 NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER

SEAT or a booster seat whose history you do not

know.

 NEVER USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT without

the armrests attached to the base.

 DO NOT USE BOOSTER SEAT without

TurboBooster

Colorz seat pad.

Assembling the Booster Seat

Step 1.

Insert armrest into base as shown until buttons snap into slots on side of

base .

Step 2.

Select the desired armrest height for your child, then insert the height adjustment

screw and tighten.

Repeat for other armrest.

Step 3.

To adjust armrests, remoYe screw and press in button on side of base as shown to raise or

lower . Reinsert screw

and tighten. CHECK to make sure

armrests are securely attached by pulling up on them.

SNAP!

Seat Pad (sold separately)

Step 4.

Lay seat pad face down and flip up end of pad with clips. Insert 3 tabs from plastic clip into seat as shown

Step 5.

Wrap seat pad oYer on top of base 5.

Step 6.

Attach elastic to hooks to bottom of base 6.

Step 7.

Slip armrest coYers (on certain models) onto armrests as shown.

Step 8.

Your Graco booster seat is now ready to use. See page 22, “Securing Child in Vehicle with Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip”.

Weight and Height Limits

FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner appropriate for your child¶s size may increase the risk of serious injury or death.

To use this Graco booster seat, your child MUST meet ALL of the following requirements:

 approximately 4 to 10 years old

 weigh between 40 and 100 lbs.

(mass between 18 and 45 kg), and

 are between 40 and 57 inches

(101 and 145 cm) in height, and

 the shoulder belt MUST

lie across child¶s shoulders in red zone as shown in and the lap portion is positioned low on the childs hips, and

 when sitting on the booster

seat, your child¶s ears are below the top of the Yehicle seat cushion / head rest.

Vehicle Seat Location Requirements

IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. Some seating positions in

your Yehicle may NOT be safe for this booster seat. Some Yehicles do not haYe any seating positions that can be used safely with the booster seat. If you are not sure where to place the booster seat in your Yehicle, consult your Yehicle owner¶s manual or call Graco Children's Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.

 Children are safer when properly restrained in

rear vehicle seating positions. WheneYer possible

secure the Graco booster seat in the center position of the seat directly behind the front seats. HoweYer, this position is often equipped with a lap belt only and cannot be used.

 The Yehicle seat MUST face forward.

Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements

MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE TO USE WITH THE BOOSTER SEAT.

Pay careful attention to these systems; some of the seat belts that are NOT safe to use look Yery much like seat belts that are safe to use. If you are unsure,

or call Graco Children's Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.

consult your Yehicle owner¶s manual

SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt System

ONLY A LAP/SHOULDER BELT SYSTEM CAN BE USED WITH THIS BOOSTER SEAT, IF

the seat location meets all other requirements of these instructions and those in your Yehicle owner's manual.

UNSAFE Vehicle Seat Belt Systems

DO NOT USE ANY

OF THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE BELT SYSTEMS.

 NEVER use a

lap-only belt.

 NEVER use a

Passive Restraint Lap or Shoulder Belt Mounted on Door

 NEVER use a

Passive Restraint Lap Belt with Motorized Shoulder Belt

NEVER use Yehicle

belts that are attached to the door in any way or that moYe along a track to automatically surround the passenger when the door is closed.

Using your Graco Booster Seat

FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE YOUR CHILD AND THE BOOSTER SEAT IN YOUR VEHICLE INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

WARNING: Use only

the Yehicle¶s lap and shoulder belt system when restraining the child

in this booster seat .

NEVER use a Yehicle lap-only belt across front

of child .

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