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- Page 1 Mico 30 Infant Car Seat 4358-8113A 4.21.22 KEEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE USE. Read all instructions before using this car seat. Failure to follow the warnings on the labels and in the instruction manual can result in serious injury or death to your child.
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Page 2: Quick Navigation
Overview Quick Navigation Welcome to the Maxi-Cosi family and thank you for choosing REAR-FACING this car seat, also known as a child restraint! 2.3-14 kg (5-30 lb) and 81.3 cm (32 in.) or less in height To help you get started using your child’s new car seat, PAGE 6 here are the 4 main tasks you’ll need to complete:... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Installing Car Seat to Installed Base ...54 Getting Started Rear-Facing Use Without Base ....57 Parts of Car Seat ............Vehicle Belt Install Without Base ........ Accessory Use ............Wash & Care of Car Seat Parts Rear-Facing Use Requirements ......... Preparing Car Seat for Child Fit ........ -
Page 4: Parts Of Car Seat
Parts of Car Seat Rear- Facing Belt Carry Path (when Handle installed without the base) Base Canopy Stroller Release Carry Release Handle Handle Buttons Instruction Adjustment Manual Buttons Level Line Harness Storage Release Lever (under pad) (under flap) Harness Base Back of Car Seat Adjustment Adjustment... -
Page 5: Accessory Use
Accessory Use Top of Base For wash and care instructions, see page 69. Base Belt Head Pillow Path Openings When using the head pillow, make sure it does not cover your infant’s face in any way. You may remove it for bigger infants. To remove, pull it off of the harness straps. -
Page 6: Rear-Facing Use Requirements
Rear-Facing Use Requirements Harness Covers The harness covers help provide comfort to your child’s neck. If the harness covers will not allow proper positioning of the chest clip or interfere Measure your child’s weight and height with getting a tight enough harness (do not guess) before using this car seat. -
Page 7: Preparing Car Seat For Child Fit
Preparing Car Seat for Child Fit School-Aged Children Once they have outgrown their forward-facing car seat, children should use a belt-positioning booster seat until the vehicle’s lap and shoulder seat belt fits properly. This Remove Car Seat is often when they have reached at least 4 feet 9 inches From Base in height and are 8 to 12 years old. - Page 8 Release Chest Clip Check for Proper Fit • Hold each side of the See page 11. chest clip. • Press the release button with your thumb. • Pull the chest clip Release Button apart. Unbuckle Harness • Press the red button. •...
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Page 9: Checking Your Child's Fit
Checking Your Child’s Fit Securing Child in Car Seat Head Position The top of your child’s head must be Place Child in at least 2.5 cm (1 in.) below the top Car Seat of the car seat • Your child’s bottom and back should be flat against the car Harness Strap Position... - Page 10 Check Tightness Buckle Harness • Unfasten the harness • Push the buckle covers. tongues into the buckle until you hear • Try to vertically pinch them “click”. the harness strap at your child’s shoulder • Pull up on the harness between your index straps to make sure finger and thumb as...
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Page 11: Changing Harness Strap Position
Changing Harness Strap Position Finished! Your child is now secured in the Loosen Harness car seat. Straps Check your child’s fit often and make any needed adjustments to the car seat as they grow. To Remove Child from Car Seat: 1. - Page 12 Rethread Harness Check your child’s fit often. Strap Into Correct If you cannot achieve a snug harness fit for your Shoulder Harness child, see pages 22-26. Slots For Your Child To learn how to check harness tightness, see pages For Child Fit, 12-15.
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Page 13: Changing Buckle Position
Changing Buckle Position From Top of Car Seat, Pull Buckle Unbuckle Harness Out of Shell and • Press the red button. • Pull the buckle tongues out. Buckle Tongue Insert Buckle’s Metal Retainer into Turn Car Seat Buckle Slot Closest Over to Your Child Locate the buckle’s... -
Page 14: Harness System Adjustments For Smaller Infants
Harness System Adjustments Check Buckle for Smaller Infants Pull up on the buckle to make sure it is secured. The buckle must not pull If you cannot achieve a snug harness fit for your child, out. you may need to adjust the buckle strap and harness strap length as shown in this section. - Page 15 Adjusting Harness Strap From Top of Car Seat, Lift Pad Up and Lay the Metal Loosen Harness Retainer Flat Against Straps Shell As Shown Replace Pad and Check Buckle From Back of Car Pull up on the buckle to Seat, Remove make sure it is secured.
- Page 16 Rethread Harness Check your child’s fit often. Strap Into Correct Shoulder Harness To learn how to check harness tightness, see pages Slots For Your Child 12-15. Make sure the shoulder Check the harness straps often for any wear or harness slots in the damage.
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Page 17: Car Seat & Base: Removing & Installing
Car Seat & Base: Carry Handle Use Removing & Installing • Squeeze both buttons on the carry handle. Removing Car Seat From • Rotate the carry handle up or down to the desired location. Base • Release the buttons. • From the back of the car seat, slide the base release •... -
Page 18: Adjusting Base
Adjusting Base WARNINGS The base has multiple Read ALL instructions before using child restraint as positions to help achieve the a carrier. correct recline angle. NEVER use carrier unless child is properly secured. • The adjustment handle is at the back of the base. Use only as a carrier by children weighing 2.3-14 kg (5-30 pounds) and 81.3 cm (32 inches) or less •... -
Page 19: Uas Use
UAS Use Adjuster UAS Connectors Removing Connectors from Storage Location • Press in red button. Push connector into storage location. • Then pull it and the belt out. Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different than those pictured here. Removing UAS Belt from The Universal Anchorage System (UAS) is a universal Vehicle Anchor Bars system for installing infant restraints without using vehicle... -
Page 20: Vehicle Belt Use
Vehicle Belt Use You Must Review Your Vehicle Owner’s Manual Your vehicle owner’s manual will let you know which vehicle belts and seating positions car seats can be installed in. Check How This Car Seat Will Be Locked Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different than those pictured here. - Page 21 Types of Retractors The AutoLock When used correctly, Switchable Retractor this car seat base’s (most vehicles have this type) AutoLock will lock the vehicle belt. This retractor can be switched to a locking mode. Please go to the vehicle belt installation with base You must have the retractor in the locking mode to section of the manual to see how to properly use this feature.
- Page 22 If the latch plate slides up and down the vehicle belt, it is a Emergency Locking sliding latch plate. See Step 5, “Check Latch Retractor Plates”. Sliding latch plates easily slip between the lap and shoulder portions of the belt. If the retractor does not lock, it is most likely an Emer- gency Locking Retractor.
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Page 23: Rear-Facing Use With Base
Rear-Facing Use With Base Never install a rear-facing child 2.3-14 kg (5-30 lb) and restraint in the front seat of a 81.3 cm (32 in.) or less in height vehicle equipped with an active frontal airbag. Check the vehicle belt or the UAS belt before each use. -
Page 24: Uas Belt Install With Base
UAS Belt Install With Base Place Base in Vehicle Before you begin installing the base into your Center the base in the vehicle, did you check: chosen seating position as shown. Your child’s weight and height? See page 7. Your child’s fit? See page 11. Remove UAS Belt from Storage Location... - Page 25 Attach UAS Thread Free End of Connectors to UAS Belt Up Through Vehicle’s UAS Belt Path Opening Anchors As Shown Make sure the arrows on connectors are facing up. Fasten one UAS belt connector to the anchor located in the vehicle seat bight.
- Page 26 Check Belt Tightness • Hold the base at the belt path with your weaker hand. • Push and pull from side to side. • It should not move more than 2.5 cm (1 in.). UAS Belt with Base If it moves more than 2.5 cm (1 in.), you can try: Install Finished! •...
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Page 27: Vehicle Belt Install With Base
Vehicle Belt Install With Base IMPORTANT! If you will be using the Before you begin installing the base into your AutoLock: Do not pull the vehicle, did you check: vehicle belt all the way out AutoLock to lock it BEFORE routing Your child’s weight and height? See page 7. - Page 28 Route Belt Through Tighten Belt Belt Path Openings Place your hand on the As Shown base. The lap belt or the lap/ Firmly push the base shoulder belt both go down and towards the completely under the vehicle seat back while belt path guides and the pulling the shoulder belt Lockoff as shown.
- Page 29 Locate AutoLock on Check Belt Tightness Side of Base That • Hold the base at the Does Not Have Vehicle belt path with your Buckle weaker hand. Slide only the shoulder • Push and pull from portion of the belt into the side to side.
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Page 30: Installing Car Seat To Installed Base
Installing Car Seat to Installed Base Illustrations show the base installed with the UAS belt; however, the same steps apply for a vehicle belt install. Secure Child in Vehicle Belt with Car Seat Base Install To properly secure your Finished! child in the car seat, see pages 12-15. - Page 31 Check Level Line Only if necessary, you may need to place a Check the level line on tightly rolled towel(s) or foam pool noodle(s) the side of shell to see under the back of the base to help get the if it is parallel with the correct angle.
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Page 32: Rear-Facing Use Without Base
Rear-Facing Use Without Base Vehicle Belt Install Without Base 2.3-14 kg (5-30 lb) and Before you begin installing the seat into your 81.3 cm (32 in.) or less in height vehicle, did you check: Your child’s weight and height? See page 7. Your child’s fit? See page 11. - Page 33 Tighten Belt Only if necessary, you may need to place a tightly rolled towel(s) or foam Lay your forearm across pool noodle(s) under the front of the the car seat at the belt car seat to help get the correct angle. path while pulling the shoulder belt or the free Check the padding often to make...
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Page 34: Removing Seat Pad
Removing Seat Pad Recheck Level Line Redo the installation if level line is not You do not need to remove the harness system parallel with the to remove the pad. ground. To remove accessories, see pages 4-5. Carry Handle Must Release Chest Clip Be Upright and and Buckle... -
Page 35: Removing Harness System
Removing Harness System Pull Shoulder Harness Pad Slots Out From Behind Loosen Harness Plastic Strip in Pad Straps As Shown Pull Back Panel of Pad Forward As From Back of Car Shown Seat, Remove Harness Strap Pull the buckle down through the slot in the Loops From pad. - Page 36 Turn Car Seat Over Unthread Chest Clip Locate the buckle’s metal retainer on the bottom of the shell. Rotate Metal Unthread Buckle Retainer and Push Do not unbuckle. It Up Through The buckle cannot be Shell and Pad removed from the car seat.
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Page 37: Removing & Installing Canopy
Removing & Installing Canopy Installing Canopy Thread Canopy For wash and care instructions, see page 69. Hoop Completely Through Channel on Canopy Parts the Front Edge of Canopy The canopy hoop has an angle that will make the canopy lean forward Canopy Hoop when installed. -
Page 38: Cleaning Parts Of Car Seat
Cleaning Parts of Car Seat Installing Seat Pad Cleaning Seat Pad, Head & Body Pillows, & Starting From Bottom Buckle & Harness Covers of Car Seat, Slip Pad Machine wash separately with cold water on a gentle on Shell and Wrap cycle. -
Page 39: Installing Harness System
Installing Harness System Tuck Pad Behind Harness Strap Thread the harness Insert Buckle’s strap into the shoulder Metal Retainer into harness slots in the Buckle Slot Closest pad and push the slits to Your Child behind the plastic strip The buckle must face in the pad. - Page 40 Thread Buckle and Thread Harness Chest Clip Strap The harness strap ends With the sewn end of go through the back of the harness strap loop the buckle tongues and facing the buckle, thread through the chest clip, the harness strap down front to back as shown.
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Page 41: Aircraft Information
Aircraft Information Attach 1st Harness Strap Loops to Splitter Plate This restraint is certified for aircraft use. • The sewn ends of the harness strap loops Install the car seat in a window seat to avoid blocking the aisle. If the aircraft lap belt is too short, ask the flight must face towards attendant for a belt extender. -
Page 42: Replacement And Expiration Of Car Seat
During a crash, the car seat and all of its parts absorb even if it was not occupied at the time. crash energy which can deform or weaken it. Damage AB123CDE MAXI-COSI CAR SEAT is not always visible. A damaged car seat must be Replacement After a Minor Crash replaced immediately. -
Page 43: Child Restraint Use
For vehicles without a back seat, refer to motorcycle or in a cargo van or bus where there your vehicle owner’s manual. are no seat belts. Read all instructions for additional warnings. Maxi-Cosi Car Seat Maxi-Cosi Car Seat continued on next page Maxi-Cosi Car Seat... -
Page 44: Transport Canada Regulations
Transport Canada Regulations Children are safer when properly restrained in rear seating positions Transport Canada Road Safety Directorate regulates than in the front seating positions. children’s restraint systems under the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems Safety Regulations (RSSR). According to accident statistics, children in rear seat- The regulations require the manufacturer and/or importer ing positions are statistically safer, whether you have air bags, advanced air bags, or no air bags at all. -
Page 45: Registration And Safety Notices
Online: www.djgusa.com/registration/carseat/can Telephone: 1-800-951-4113 Mail: Send your name, address and your child Maxi-Cosi Car Seat AB123CDE MAXI-COSI CAR SEAT restraint’s model number, manufacture date, line code, and date of purchase to: Dorel Juvenile Canada Maxi-Cosi Car Seat... -
Page 46: Troubleshooting
Warranty Troubleshooting Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (DJG) warrants this 1. If the car seat’s buckle or harness release lever product to the original retail purchaser as fol- sticks or you cannot get the straps tight enough lows: This product is warranted against defec- around your child: tive materials or workmanship for one year from... - Page 47 Maxi-Cosi retailer. The origin of products not you can check www.maxicosi.com/ca-en/ purchased through these authorized retailers is shops.aspx; or call our Consumer Care unknown and could be counterfeit.
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Page 48: Replacement Parts List
Replacement Parts List Dorel Juvenile Group Information Thank you for choosing this car seat, also known as a child restraint. The DJG family is committed to creating Chest Clip Base car seats with the most comfort and convenience available today. Buckle Assembly Instructions Remember, parents are a child’s first teachers and...
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