Evenflo Triumph Advance, Owner'S Manual

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WARNING
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WARNING
• DO NOT allow the seat belt release button to touch
the child restraint. Accidental contact may cause the
seat belt to release. If necessary, turn the seat belt
release button away from the child restraint or move
the child restraint to a different location.
• Failure to adjust the harness or seat belts snugly
around your child may result in your child striking the
vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or crash.
Serious injury or death may occur.
• Remove locking clip from vehicle seat belt when not
used with a child restraint, or the vehicle seat belt will
not properly restrain an adult or child. Serious injury
could occur.
LATCH Warnings
•
ONLY
use for securing child restraint to lower LATCH
anchor points.
• ALWAYS read and follow exactly the instructions that
accompany your vehicle and child restraint.
• NEVER attach two hooks to one vehicle lower anchor
point.
• DO NOT use the vehicle seat belts to install a child
restraint when using the LATCH system.
• This LATCH system is intended to be used ONLY as
described in these instructions. Serious injury or death
may result from misuse.
• When not in use, the LATCH harness and hook should
be securely clipped onto the base of the child restraint.
Keep out of reach of children.
• ALWAYS be sure that the LATCH hook is fully en-
gaged onto the LATCH anchor point by pulling hard
on the LATCH harness. If it is not totally engaged, the
LATCH system will not secure your child restraint.
Serious injury or death may result.
• DO NOT use this child restraint if it moves more than
1 inch (25 mm) forward or side-to-side at the vehicle
belt path. Serious injury or death may result from poor
installation. If you can not tightly secure the child
restraint, try again or move it to another location.
• In addition to these instructions, read and follow your
vehicle owner’s manual regarding installation of the
child restraint and LATCH. If there is a discrepancy,
follow your vehicle owner’s manual.
Top Tether Warnings
• When not in use, the Tether Strap and hook should be
securely stored on the back of the child restraint. Keep
out of reach of children.
• To avoid a strangulation hazard, you MUST tightly roll
or fold excess tether strap and secure with the rubber
band. Attach the tether hook to the storage clip when
not in use. This will keep an unused tether from
hitting someone during a crash.
• The top tether strap MUST be used if your vehicle has
a plain lap belt that only locks during a sudden stop or
crash (emergency locking retractors) AND/OR if your
vehicle has seat belts whose buckles extend from a slot
in the vehicle seat cushion in front of the crease where
the seat and back cushions meet. Otherwise the child
restraint cannot be installed tightly, increasing the risk of
injury to your child. Check your vehicle owner’s manual
to see if your vehicle has emergency locking retractors.
Additional Warnings
• 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.
• NEVER leave child unattended.
• DO NOT remove back cover.
• In hot or sunny weather, ALWAYS check the seat, the
buckle and LATCH hooks, and adjuster for hot areas
before placing a child into the child restraint. Your
child could be burned. Cover the child restraint with a
light colored blanket when you leave the vehicle.
• This child restraint must be securely belted to the
vehicle at all times. An unsecured child restraint may
injure someone if a crash occurs.
• DO NOT attach additional padding, toys, or other de-
vices not made by Evenflo to the child restraint. Items
not tested with the child restraint could injure the child.
• Failure to follow installation instructions could result in
serious injury or death. These instructions and the in-
structions in your vehicle owner’s manual must be fol-
lowed carefully. If there is a conflict between the two,
the vehicle owner’s manual regarding child restraint
installation must be followed.
• In cold weather, DO NOT dress the child in bulky
clothing like snowsuits if the child is riding in a child
restraint. Bulky coats/snowsuits make it difficult to
properly tighten the harness to the child which may
allow the child to be ejected from the restraint during
a crash. If necessary, place a blanket over the
harnessed child without interfering with the child
restraint harness system.