How to Move Up Straps on a Car Seat
Properly securing your child in an appropriate car seat or booster seat is a task that all parents must learn to do. Children are injured and killed in crashes every year because of improper use or absence of an appropriate safety seat. Children grow quickly, and adjustments to car seat straps or restraints must be made once the child reaches a certain weight or height. All car seats are manufactured with a variety of features. Adjusting the straps, however, is typically a universal process on most child safety seats.
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Instructions
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Place your child in the safety seat. If the shoulder harness strap slots are lower than the top of the child's shoulder you will need to adjust the straps to the higher slot setting.
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Turn the seat around and locate the strap bracket on the back. This is a metal, wing-shaped bracket tethered to the bottom of the seat with open slots for removing the straps.
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Pull the straps off of the bracket and slide them back through the strap slots on the car seat. Simply pulling the straps will slide them out of the slots.
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Fit the straps through the higher set of slots, located just above the original slots, and reattach them to the bracket.
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Ensure that the adjustment fits your child securely just above the shoulders.
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Tips & Warnings
Consult the manufacturer's instructions for properly adjusting seat straps.
Car seats must securely fit your child throughout his growth. You may need to purchase a larger car seat or booster seat if the straps cannot be adjusted securely.
