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10.0
Securing Car Seat in Your Vehicle
10.0
Securing Car Seat in Your Vehicle
3. Check again for any Active Frontal Air bags. DO NOT use any
location that has an active frontal air bag or is adjacent to an
Active Air bag such that, when deployed, the Active Air bag
may come into contact with the Car Seat. Many passenger
side Frontal Air bags are designed to deploy to protect the
passenger side as well as the center front seating position.
Please see the Active Air bag warnings in your vehicle owner’s
manual to help determine unsafe locations in the vehicle.
4. If the front seat position is used, slide the vehicle seat as far to
the rear as possible to prevent the Car Seat from striking the
dash in a crash. If the rear seat position is used, slide the vehicle
seat directly in front of the Car Seat forward enough to prevent
the Car Seat from striking the vehicle seat back in a crash.
5. Remove toys or other objects attached to carry handle.
10.2 Base Installation with UAS System
WARNING!
• UAS CONNECTORS ON BASE MUST BE SECURED ONTO
VEHICLE LOWER ANCHORAGES.
• UAS LOWER ANCHOR BELT MUST BE
TIGHTLY ADJUSTED AND STAY TIGHTLY
ADJUSTED AROUND BASE AT ALL TIMES. IF
UAS BELT CANNOT BE TIGHTLY ADJUSTED
OR WILL NOT STAY TIGHTLY ADJUSTED,
MOVE CAR SEAT TO ANOTHER SEATING
LOCATION WITH UAS OR SECURE BASE
WITH A VEHICLE SEAT BELT.
• NEVER CONNECT MORE THAN ONE UAS CONNECTOR TO A
VEHICLE LOWER ANCHOR UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED IN
VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL.
• FAILURE TO INSTALL CAR SEAT AT CORRECT SEAT RECLINE
ANGLE CAN CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.
• PROPER RECLINE ANGLE FOR SEAT BACK RECLINE IS
REQUIRED. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADJUSTING
RECLINE ANGLE USING SEAT ANGLE INDICATOR.
- TOO UPRIGHT CAN CAUSE A YOUNG INFANT’S HEAD
TO FALL FORWARD AND RESTRICT BREATHING.
- TOO RECLINED CAN CAUSE EJECTION IN A SUDDEN STOP
OR CRASH.
10.2.1 Preparation for Installation with UAS
1. Follow instructions in Section 10.1
Preparation for Installation in Vehicle.
2. Locate a UAS seating position and locate
the UAS anchorages in the vehicle seat.
(See Section 7.0 UAS Anchorage System
for more information)
3. If vehicle seat back is adjustable, adjust into
the upright position or the position specified
in the vehicle owner’s manual for use with a
Car Seat.
UAS Lower Anchors
Vehicle Top
Tether Anchors
