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Section 12 - Re-use After A Crash
Child restraint systems or booster car seats are
damaged in vehicle crashes and in many cases,
the child restraint systems or booster car seats
must be destroyed and replaced. However, the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) advises that if a child restraint system
or booster car seat has been used in a minor
crash that the child restraint system or booster
car seat can continue to be used with your child.
For information on child restraint systems or
booster car seats re-use after a crash,
check the NHTSA website at:
www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/childps/
ChildRestraints/ReUse/
Damage to child restraint systems or booster car
seats may be difficult to see or it may be difficult
to verify the damage to the child restraint systems
or booster car seats. For those situations where
any of the NHTSA Child Restraint Re-use criteria
has not been met, or if there is uncertainty whether
damage to the seat has occurred, NHTSA and
Combi USA advise parents or caregivers to
contact their automobile insurance company
regarding its policy on replacement of seats.
DO NOT risk your child’s safety.
WARNING
DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur
• DO NOT allow any re-use of this booster car
seat after a crash unless crash and booster
car seat meet ALL conditions in “Re-use After
A Crash” section of this manual. Do not sell
or allow others to use a booster car seat that
has been in a crash and it does not comply
with ALL of these conditions.
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