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WARNING
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Location Warnings
• According to statistics, children are safer when proper-
ly 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. Children under
13 should ride in the back seat of the vehicle.
•
ONLY
use this child restraint on forward-facing vehicle
seats.
DO NOT
use this restraint with vehicle seats
that face the rear or side.
•
ONLY
use this child restraint on vehicle seats with
backs that lock into place.
• Some child restraints do not fit all vehicles or all seat-
ing locations. There are many thousands of combina-
tions of vehicle makes, models, child restraint configu-
rations, 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 can not
be properly installed,
DO NOT
use the child restraint.
Consult vehicle owner’s manual, try a different seating
location or call Evenflo at 1-800-233-5921.
Air Bag Warning
•
DO NOT
use this restraint in the front seat of a vehicle
equipped with an active air bag. Air bags may cause
serious injury or death to children under 13 years of
age. If your vehicle has an air bag, refer to your vehicle
owner’s manual for child restraint installation.
• If the rear seat of your vehicle is equipped with side air
bags:
Vehicles built prior to the 2002 model year:
DO NOT
use this restraint in a vehicle seating position
equipped with a side air bag unless authorized by the
vehicle manufacturer.
Model year 2002 and newer vehicles:
Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual before placing
this restraint in a seating position equipped with a
side air bag.
DO NOT
place any objects between the
restraint and the side air bag, as an expanding air bag
may cause the items to strike your child.
Premature Infants
•
DO NOT
use this or any child restraint with a prema-
ture infant until after consulting your doctor. Prema-
ture infants may have difficulty breathing when in a
sitting position.
WARNING
Rear-facing Warnings
•
DO NOT
use this child restraint rear facing in a vehicle
equipped with lap belts that only lock during a sud-
den stop or crash (emergency locking retractors). You
must use a seating location with a locking seat belt.
Check your vehicle owner’s manual to see if you have
lap belts with emergency locking retractors.
• 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 your
child.
• 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 weighing less than 20 lbs (9 kg) or less than one
year of age, crash forces may cause serious injury or
death.
• 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 Warnings
• If your child weighs more than 50 lbs (22.6 kg) 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.
Seat Belt Warnings
•
DO NOT
use this child restraint in a vehicle with door-
mounted seat belts.
•
DO NOT
use this child restraint in a vehicle with seat
belts that automatically move along the vehicle frame
when the door is opened. These seat belts will not
hold a child restraint properly.
• Use only with vehicle seat belts that can be pulled
tight and will stay locked.
•
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.
• If the vehicle seat belts are not routed and fastened
correctly, the child restraint may not protect your child
in a crash.
