Safety Information; Important Notes - Britax B-SAFE User Manual

Safety Information

Important Notes

• Verify that the child seat is securely installed and the harness is
properly adjusted around the child each time the child seat is used
• Discontinue use of this child seat if it has been in a moderate
or severe crash. It is not necessary to replace a car seat after a
minor crash defined by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) as:
* The vehicle is drivable from the crash site.
* The vehicle door nearest the child seat was not damaged.
* No vehicle occupants were injured.
* There is no visible damage to the child seat.
* The airbags (if present) did not deploy.
• Adjust the harness to fit the clothes the child is wearing. Remove
bulky coats and/or jackets before putting the child in child seat.
• Cover the child seat when the vehicle is parked in direct sunlight.
Metal parts of child seat could become hot enough to burn a child.
• Do not, except as described in this booklet, attempt to disassemble
any part of the child seat or change the way the harness or vehicle's
seat belts are used.
• Do not allow children to play with this child seat.
• Do not use anything to raise the child seat off vehicle seat except as
described in these instructions. In a crash, this could cause the child
seat not to perform as intended.
Transportation of Unoccupied Infant Car Seat
• Attach this infant car seat to a securely installed base or install
the infant car seat with a vehicle seat belt without the base
even when it is not occupied. In a crash, an unsecured infant
car seat may injure occupants in your vehicle. See pages 12 –
27 for installation instructions.
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