{"id":3491,"date":"2023-10-11T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carseaton.com\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2023-10-14T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T07:07:10","slug":"when-do-chicco-car-seats-expire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carseaton.com\/when-do-chicco-car-seats-expire\/","title":{"rendered":"When Do Chicco Car Seats Expire – 6 to 10 Years after DOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When do Chicco car seats expire?<\/strong><\/p>

If you want to know when Chicco car seats expire, check this ultimate guide. We summarize everything about the car seat expiry dates for the most popular Chicco car seats available on the market (it\u2019s not as more as Graco<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>

Very similar to the Britax<\/a>, Chicco also has the expiry date imprinted on the white sticker you can find on the car seat or base. Unlike the Britax, the expiry dates of Chicco car seats (including the manufacture date) do not contain the exact date. It gives the exact year and month, no date.\u00a0<\/p>

It seems that the expiration date should be expiration month. However, this does not change much for the final expiry date anyway. The discrepancy does not go over 30 days. That\u2019s a very very short period compared to the six or eight years of useful time.<\/p>

When a Chicco car seat expires depends much on the car seat type<\/strong>. Infant, convertible, or booster seats may have a different expiry date, you can click on the icon below to view the details.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What Do Car Seat Expiry Dates Mean?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Parents won’t feed their kiddie expired food, but many of them are unintentionally transporting their child in an expired car seat that no longer meet safety standards. They don’t even know what exactly it means for a car seat to expire<\/a>.<\/p>

Car seat expiry date estimates the usage time that a purchased car seat will completely protect your child in case of a crash<\/strong>. It’s given by the manufacturer based on the crash tests they’ve conducted. It’s not changeable.\u00a0<\/p>

However, a car seat expiry date does not mean that the car seat turns useless once it reaches that date or month (for Chicco). As a matter of fact, it’s not illegal to keep using a car seat after it expires.\u00a0<\/p>

NOT illegal at least by the laws, as the car seat laws in the United States do not require the manufacturers to have an expiry date on their products.<\/p>

But the majority of car seat brands do include the manufacture date and expiration date so that the parents could know this information and use the car sat in that specific period of time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\tTypically, the Chicco car seats are good for between 6 and 10 years after the date of manufacture (DOM). \nA car seat\u2019s expiration date varies by the type of seat. The Chicco infant, convertible, all-in-one, and booster seats have different lifespans. \nIt's important to check the manufacture date and expiry date when you get a Chicco car seat. This allows you to know how long it will serve you, even if you know that it's not changeable.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Why Do Car Seats Expire?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If you are thinking that manufacturers give their car seats an expiry date in order to increase sales, you’re totally wrong. Your Graco car seats expire due to various reasons:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Recalls happen when the manufacturers find a faulty car seat. Sometimes, the faulty is found in specific models; sometimes a series of models manufactured during a specific time.\u00a0<\/p>

It’s STRONGLY recommended to register your car seat<\/strong> with the manufacturer (via the warranty card or online contact) when you get it the very first time. Then you can get updates if any recall happens on your model.<\/p>

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator (NHTSA for short) makes a list of the car seats<\/a> (including make and model number) that were recalled in the past 10 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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You can’t expect a phone from 10 years ago to work like the one you just got this year. So does the child safety seat. New features and technologies are applied in newer models that are more competitive than old car seats<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>

For example, Chicco only applies the zip-off feature for newer premium models, like the NextFit Zip<\/a> and its siblings.\u00a0<\/p>

Newer car seats will have enhancements that testing has proven to save kiddies’ lives in case of any incidents. Manufacturers frequently conduct crash tests for new features that ensure a child’s survival rate during accidents is increased.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Car seat standards and requirements may change<\/strong>. That will result in previous models being unfit for continued use. A typical example is that the local laws<\/a> on car seats changed.<\/p>

A few states updated their regulations on the age for rear-facing, increasing from 1 year old to 2 years old. This rule causes parents to change to a car seat with extendable rear-facing, instead of an infant car seat.\u00a0<\/p>

If your car seat has been used in a crash, no matter if it’s damaged or not, you should not continue to use it. This will discontinue a car seat before its expiry date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Your Chicco car seat degrades along with the long-term use<\/strong>. They endure various environmental conditions like heat, UV rays, cold, etc. All these have the potential to affect the materials and the integrity of the seat.<\/p>

For example, plastic parts may be contracted and expanded by extreme cold or heat. Metal parts may turn rusty under humid weather conditions like rainy.\u00a0<\/p>

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According to Chicco, their infant car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture<\/strong>.<\/p>

The expiry date of Chicco infant car seats can be easily found on the white sticker on the underside of the car seat or on the car seat base. You\u2019ll find only year and month displayed following the word \u201cDO NOT USE AFTER:\u201d<\/p>

Besides the manufacture date and expiry date, the white manufacturer label also includes the model name, number, code, and other car seat information like origin.\u00a0<\/p>

To make it simple, we have listed the most popular Chicco infant car seats and their expiry date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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