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Vehicles · VE-17
Child Car Seat Record
A free printable child car seat record: five seats with serial, manufacture and replace-by dates, approval label, recall and fitting checks, and any crash history.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep each child seat's details, checks and history in one place for its whole life. A seat is retired on time and never passed on without its story.
Who it is for
Parents, grandparents and carers with child seats, and anyone passing a seat on or taking one second-hand.
How to use it
- Copy the make, model, serial number, date of manufacture and approval label from the labels on each seat.
- Write the replace-by date from the maker's label or instructions, and note where the instructions are kept.
- Log each recall check and each time the seat is fitted in a different car.
- Record any crash, drop or damage straight away, and the date the seat was retired.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Each child seat's identity, age and history in one place, with its recall checks and fitting checks, so a seat is retired when its maker says and never passed on with a history nobody knows.
The label and the instructions decide. No size limit or replacement age is printed: each seat's own label and instructions give them. Check the maker's or your government's recall list, and follow the maker's advice after any crash.
Seat 1 — one line for each recall check, and each time it is fitted in a car
Write-on lines: Make and model · Serial number · Made on · Replace by (label) · Approval label as shown · Bought new, or history known · Registered with maker? Y / N · Instructions kept
Table, 3 rows: Date · Recall check result · Fitted in (car) · Method (belt, ISOFIX) · Notes
Write-on lines: Crash, drop or damage: date and what happened · Retired on
Seat 2 — one line for each recall check, and each time it is fitted in a car
Write-on lines: Make and model · Serial number · Made on · Replace by (label) · Approval label as shown · Bought new, or history known · Registered with maker? Y / N · Instructions kept
Table, 3 rows: Date · Recall check result · Fitted in (car) · Method (belt, ISOFIX) · Notes
Write-on lines: Crash, drop or damage: date and what happened · Retired on
Page 2
Seat 3 — one line for each recall check, and each time it is fitted in a car
Write-on lines: Make and model · Serial number · Made on · Replace by (label) · Approval label as shown · Bought new, or history known · Registered with maker? Y / N · Instructions kept
Table, 3 rows: Date · Recall check result · Fitted in (car) · Method (belt, ISOFIX) · Notes
Write-on lines: Crash, drop or damage: date and what happened · Retired on
Seat 4 — one line for each recall check, and each time it is fitted in a car
Write-on lines: Make and model · Serial number · Made on · Replace by (label) · Approval label as shown · Bought new, or history known · Registered with maker? Y / N · Instructions kept
Table, 3 rows: Date · Recall check result · Fitted in (car) · Method (belt, ISOFIX) · Notes
Write-on lines: Crash, drop or damage: date and what happened · Retired on
Seat 5 — one line for each recall check, and each time it is fitted in a car
Write-on lines: Make and model · Serial number · Made on · Replace by (label) · Approval label as shown · Bought new, or history known · Registered with maker? Y / N · Instructions kept
Table, 3 rows: Date · Recall check result · Fitted in (car) · Method (belt, ISOFIX) · Notes
Write-on lines: Crash, drop or damage: date and what happened · Retired on
Questions
How old can a child car seat be?
That is set by each seat's maker, usually on a label or in the instructions, and it differs between seats. The sheet has a replace-by box for that date rather than a figure of its own.
Can I pass on or buy a second-hand seat?
Only when its full history is known, the instructions come with it and it is checked for damage and recalls. This record is the history a second owner would need; check the rules where you are as well.
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