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Parents - Not Sure Which Car Seat to Use?Are you looking for a new car seat for your infant, toddler or 4-8 year old child but overwhelmed by the choices and worried about how to properly install your car seat?
Use the New Five-Star Ease of Use RatingsNHTSA now provides parents a new five-star ratings system that allows you to evaluate how easy certain car seat features are to use before you buy a seat.
Are All Seats Safe?All car seats rated by NHTSA meet Federal Safety Standards & strict crash performance standards. While all rated seats are safe, they do differ in their ease of use in four basic catagories:
Evaluation of Instructions
Vehicle Installation Features
Evaluation of Labels
Securing the Child
NHTSA Ease-of-Use 5-Star RatingsNHTSA uses a five-star rating system to help consumers evaluate the four basic category ratings:
= Excellent features on this child restraint for this category. 
= Above average features on this child restraint for this category. 
= Average features on this child restraint for this category. 
= Below average features on this child restraint for this category.
= Poor features on this child restraint for this category. N/A= Does not contain any features that require a rating.
Simply click on the type of car seat you are buying and find the NHTSA ratings for:
Infant RearFacing Seat
Toddler ForwardFacing Seat
Convertible Seat
Child Booster Seat
Infant RearFacing Seat
Toddler ForwardFacing Seat
Convertible Seat
Child Booster Seat
It Must Fit Right To Work RightRemember, the best car seat is the one that fits your child properly, is easy to use, and fits in your vehicle correctly.
Get Your Car Seat Checked for Free. Be certain you've installed your car seat correctly by having it checked at an inspection station or by a certified child passenger safety technician.
Find a local inspection station - Click HERE.
For more information on NHTSA's Ease-of-Use Ratings, click HERE.
For additional information on child restraint systems click HERE.
For guidelines in using Ease-of-Use ratings in advertising and communications click HERE.
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