Ford 2002 Explorer Owner's Manual page 159

If...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position...
The BeltMinder feature is a supplemental warning to the seat belt warning
function. This feature provides additional reminders to the driver that the
driver's seat belt is unbuckled by intermittently sounding a chime and
illuminating the seat belt warning lamp in the instrument cluster.
If...
The driver's seat belt is not
buckled before the vehicle has
reached at least 5 km/h (3 mph)
and 1-2 minutes have elapsed
since the ignition switch has
been turned to ON...
The driver's seat belt is buckled
while the seat belt indicator light
is illuminated and the seat belt
warning chime is sounding...
The driver's seat belt is buckled
before the ignition switch is
turned to the ON position...
The purpose of the BeltMinder is to remind occasional wearers to wear
safety belts all of the time.
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts:
(All statistics based on U.S. data)
Reasons given...
"Crashes are rare events"
"I'm not going far"
Seating and safety restraints
Then...
The BeltMinder feature will not
activate.
Then...
The BeltMinder feature is activated -
the seat belt warning light illuminates
and the warning chime sounds for 6
seconds every 30 seconds, repeating for
approximately 5 minutes or until seat
belt is buckled.
The BeltMinder feature will not activate.
The BeltMinder feature will not activate.
Consider...
36700 crashes occur every day. The
more we drive, the more we are
exposed to "rare" events, even for
good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be
seriously injured in a crash during
our lifetime.
3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25
miles of home.
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