6.4 Reclining Child Restraint/Base

For your child’s safety, it is important that your child restraint/base be properly reclined. Attached to the side of your child restraint is a level indicator to help properly recline the child restraint/base on the vehicle seat.

Failure to properly recline the child restraint on the vehicle seat increases the risk of serious injury or death.

If the child restraint is too upright, a child’s head may drop forward and cause breathing problems.

If the child restraint is too reclined, a crash could put too much force on a child’s neck and shoulders.

The child restraint must be properly reclined according to the following instructions.

Child restraint must be properly reclined. Too upright can result in breathing difficulties.

USING CHILD RESTRAINT ONLY:

1) Red level line on warning label on child restraint MUST be level with the ground.

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Graco PD261471A manual Reclining Child Restraint/Base