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WARNING
WARNING
General Warnings
Rear-facing and Forward-facing Use
• Failure to follow installation instructions can result in
the child striking the vehicle’s interior during a sudden
stop or crash. Serious injury or death may result. These
instructions and the instructions in your vehicle owner’s
manual must be followed carefully. If there is a conflict
between the two, the vehicle owner’s manual regarding
child restraint installation must be followed.
•
NEVER
leave child unattended.
• Children have
STRANGLED
in loose or partially
buckled harness straps. Fully restrain the child.
•
DO NOT
use child restraint if it is damaged, broken,
or missing parts.
•
DO NOT
use this restraint if it has been involved in a
crash. It must be replaced.
Location Warnings
Rear-facing, Forward-facing Use
•
ALWAYS
read and follow exactly the instructions that
accompany your vehicle and child restraint.
• According to statistics, children are safer when properly
restrained in a rear seating position than in the front
seating position. Generally, the center rear position is
safest and should be used if available.
• Some child restraints do not fit all vehicles or all seating
locations. There are many thousands of combinations
of vehicle makes, models, child restraint configurations,
vehicle seat belt designs, and seat cushion shapes. The
easiest way to determine whether your child restraint is
suitable for a particular seating position is to check for a
tight installation. If the child restraint cannot be properly
installed,
DO NOT
use the child restraint. Consult vehicle
owner’s manual, try a different seating location, or call
Evenflo for further assistance.
•
ONLY
use this child restraint on
forward-facing
vehicle seats.
DO NOT
u
se this restraint with
vehicle seats that face the rear or side.
WARNING
Children have
STRANGLED
in loose or partially buckled
harness straps. Fully restrain
the child.
Location Warnings
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Rear-facing and Forward-facing Use
•
ONLY
use this child restraint on vehicle seats with backs
that lock into place.
Premature Infants
Rear-facing and Forward-facing Use
•
DO NOT
use this or any child restraint with a
premature infant until after consulting your doctor.
Premature infants may have difficulty breathing when
in a seated or semi-reclined position. Using additional
padding or pillows behind the infant’s head or failing
to properly recline the child restraint could increase the
child’s risk of serious injury or death.
Rear-facing Position Warnings
Rear-facing Use Only
• When using this restraint rear-facing,
DO NOT
loosen
the vehicle seat belt to provide more leg room, as this will
prevent the child restraint from protecting the child.
•
DO NOT
use the highest set of harness slots rear-facing.
The harness will not properly restrain the child during a
crash.
• Fold-down armrests could pose a hazard to a rear-
facing child in certain types of collisions. Consult your
vehicle owner’s manual before installing any rear-facing
child restraint in front of a fold-down armrest.
•
NEVER
turn a child restraint forward-facing with an
infant who weighs less than 10 kg (22 lbs) or is less than
one year of age. Crash forces may cause
serious injury or death.
•
DO NOT
use the tether strap when the child restraint is
in the rear-facing position.
• The headrest on the vehicle seat that the child faces
when sitting in the rear-facing mode should be placed in
the lowest position. The vehicle seat back that the child
faces must be fully padded and free of any hard objects.
Forward-facing Position Warnings
Forward-facing Use Only
• If your child weighs more than 29.4 kg (65 lbs) or their
shoulders are above the highest harness level, you
MUST
discontinue using this child restraint as it may no longer
adequately protect your child.
