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Child booster seats

The belt-positioning booster (booster seat) is used to improve the fit of

the vehicle safety belt. Children outgrow a typical child seat (e.g.,

convertible or toddler seat) when they weigh about 40 lb (18 kg) and are

around four (4) years of age. Consult your child safety seat owner guide

for the weight, height, and age limits specific to your child safety seat.

Keep your child in the child safety seat if it properly fits the child,

remains appropriate for their weight, height and age AND if properly

secured to the vehicle.

Although the lap/shoulder belt will provide some protection, children

who have outgrown a typical child seat are still too small for lap/shoulder

belts to fit properly, and wearing an improperly fitted vehicle safety belt

could increase the risk of serious injury in a crash. To improve the fit of

both the lap and shoulder belt on children who have outgrown child

safety seats, Ford Motor Company recommends use of a belt-positioning

booster.

Booster seats position a child so that vehicle lap/shoulder safety belts fit

better. They lift the child up so that the lap belt rests low across the hips

and the knees bend comfortably at the edge of the cushion, while

minimizing slouching. Booster seats may also make the shoulder belt fit

better and more comfortably. Try to keep the belt near the middle of the

shoulder and across the center of the chest. Moving the child closer (a

few centimeters or inches) to the center of the vehicle, but remaining in

the same seating position, may help provide a good shoulder belt fit.

When children should use booster seats

Children need to use booster seats from the time they outgrow the

toddler seat until they are big enough for the vehicle seat and

lap/shoulder belt to fit properly. Generally this is when they reach a

height of at least 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 meters) tall (around age eight to

age twelve and between 40 lb (18 kg) and 80 lb (36 kg) or upward to

100 lb (45 kg) if recommended by your child restraint manufacturer).

Many state and provincial laws require that children use approved

booster seats until they reach age eight, a height of 4 feet 9 inches

(1.45 meters) tall, or 80 lb (36 kg).

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