Graco TurboBooster TakeAlong 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.

TurboBooster® TakeAlong

TM

www.gracobaby.com

NWL0000656225B 8/17

Read This Instruction Manual

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1-A Quick Guide to Your Manual
1-B Welcome to the Graco Family
1-C Before You Begin

Register This Car Seat

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

1-D Safety Warnings

1 Important Pages 5-19

2 Features Pages 20-21

2-A Car Seat Features

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3 Booster Pages 22-25

4-A Securing Child Backed Booster
4-B Securing Child Backless Booster

4 Securing Child Pages 26-35

3-A Booster Use
3-B Install Backed Booster
3-C Install Backless Booster

5 Accessories Page 36

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6-A Choosing Vehicle Seat Location
6-B Unsafe Vehicle Seat Location
6-C Vehicle Seat Belts

6 Vehicle Information Pages 37-40

7 Care and Cleaning Page 41

8 Fold and Carry Feature Pages 45-46

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1-A Quick Guide to Your Manual

This car seat is for children: Booster: 40-100 lb (18.1-45 kg) 43-57 in. (110.1-145 cm)

Car Seat Assembly (On Select Models)

Adult Assembly Required

1. Open the Seat Base

To open the seat base, grab both arm rests and pull apart. You
will hear a “click” when it is fully opened and locked. Push down
on the center of the base to make sure it is locked.

CLICK!

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2. Attach Headrest to Backrest

With the back side up, align the bottom of the headrest
with the grooves on the backrest. Squeeze the
headrest adjustment lever and slide the two pieces
together.

Check to make sure they are attached by trying to pull
them apart.

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3. Headrest pad

With the headrest in the upper most position, flip seat
over and insert the fabric from the headrest underneath
the fabric on the lower backrest as shown.

4. Attach Backrest to Base

With the base completely
open, attach the backrest
by inserting the seat back
connectors into the backrest.
Push on one side until you
hear a click, then the other
until you hear it click.

CLICK!

CLICK!

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Your Graco Booster Seat is Now Ready To Use

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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.

Get to Know Your Car Seat

What Seating Location Should I Use?

The best seating location for this booster seat is one that:

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

• Results in a secure installation of this booster seat.
Some vehicles have specific requirements for where the booster 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 with
this booster seat.

Review section 6-B, 6-C of this manual AND your vehicle owner’s manual.

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

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When Installing As a Booster

Vehicle Seat Belt

There is one type of vehicle seat belt that can be used:
Lap/Shoulder Seat Belt.

Review section 3 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.

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Use Lap/Shoulder Belt Only

Review section 3

Position Lap Belt

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

Review section 3

Position Shoulder Belt

Shoulder belt lies across shoulder
between neck and edge of shoulder in
the red zone as shown.

Review section 3

Booster Installation

Highback Backless

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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 Before You Begin

Please fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat pad 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

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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

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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 NOT certified for use in aircraft when used as a booster seat
because aircrafts do not have shoulder belts.

STOP using this car seat and throw it away 10 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.

Certification

Car Seat’s Useful Life