UPPAbaby Mesa V3 — expiration

Infant car seat.

UPPAbaby ties the Mesa V3 to a 10-year useful life — the Mesa V3 infant car seat, under "NOTICE OF EXPIRATION" on p.4 of the Mesa V3 manua.

Discontinue use of this child restraint after 10 years from the date of manufacture or after a crash.

UPPAbaby'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 10 years — the same month. As UPPAbaby applies it:

Manufactured inReaches its stated life in
2019 2029 (same month as your label)
2020 2030 (same month as your label)
2021 2031 (same month as your label)
2022 2032 (same month as your label)
2023 2033 (same month as your label)
2024 2034 (same month as your label)
2025 2035 (same month as your label)
2026 2036 (same month as your label)

Where the date is on this seat

On labels on the bottom of both the carrier and the base on the Mesa V2 and Mesa V3; the manuals add that the same information is on the manufacture labels or engraved on the underside of the carrier. On the KNOX it is on the bottom of the restraint; on the Alta V2, on the manufacture labels or engraved on the underside of the booster.

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

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Typical places the date-of-manufacture label sits on this kind of seat:
  1. Underside of the carrier shell
  2. Back of the seat shell
  3. On the separate base, top or side

Recalls

Run the label's model number and date of manufacture through NHTSA's recall lookup — it is the authoritative record for any seat, this one included.

The label on your seat is authoritative; this page is a reference.