Chicco NextFit — expiration

Convertible car seat.

Chicco ties the NextFit to a 8-year useful life — the NextFit convertible car seat, per the "Check Condition of Restraint" warning in Chicco's NextFit Convertible Car Seat User Guide (IS0122.2E, (c)2016 Artsana USA, Feb 2017.

DO NOT use this Child Restraint if it is more than 8 years old. Check manufacturer's label on underside of Child Restraint for the "Do Not Use After" date.

Chicco's own wording — source, checked 2026-08-27.

Read your label against the formula

Find the date of manufacture on the seat's label, then add 8 years — the same month. As Chicco applies it:

Where the date is on this seat

On an adhesive manufacturer's label on the underside/bottom of the car seat, and on the car seat base. Chicco's manuals direct owners to the manufacturer's label on the underside of the Child Restraint, which carries a printed "Do Not Use After" date; the model and serial number sit on a label on the bottom of the Child Restraint. Chicco's expiration article adds that the date also appears on the product registration card, and its contact page describes the label as a white sticker on the frame of the product. Chicco stamps a date of manufacture and, on these seats, a "Do Not Use After" date — not a bare expiration date alone.

Chicco's general guidance — source, checked 2026-08-27.

1. Underside of the seat base
2. Side of the shell, below the cover edge
3. Back of the shell