6.4 Reclining Infant Restraint/Base
For your child’s safety, it is important that your infant restraint/base be properly reclined. Attached to the side of your infant restraint is a level indicator to help properly recline the infant restraint/base on the vehicle seat.
Failure to properly recline the infant restraint on the vehicle seat increases the risk of serious injury or death.
If the infant restraint is too upright, a child’s head may drop forward and cause breathing problems.
If the infant restraint is too reclined, a crash could put too much force on a child’s neck and shoulders.
The infant restraint must be properly reclined according to the following instructions.
Infant restraint must be properly reclined. Too upright can result in breathing difficulties.
USING INFANT RESTRAINT ONLY:
1) Red level line on warning label on infant restraint MUST be level with the ground.
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