Safety Belt Warning Light And Indicator Chime; Beltminder; Conditions Of Operation - Ford Escape Hybrid 2006 Owner's Manual

Failure to inspect and if necessary replace the safety belt
assembly under the above conditions could result in severe
personal injuries in the event of a collision.
For proper care of soiled safety belts, refer to Interior in the Cleaning
chapter.

Safety belt warning light and indicator chime

The safety belt warning light illuminates in the instrument cluster and a
chime sounds to remind the occupants to fasten their safety belts.

Conditions of operation

If...
The driver's safety belt is not
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled while the indicator
light is illuminated and the
warning chime is sounding...
The driver's safety belt is
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position...

BeltMinder

The BeltMinder feature is a supplemental warning to the safety belt
warning function. This feature provides additional reminders by
intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning
lamp in the instrument cluster when the driver's and front passenger's
safety belt is unbuckled.
The BeltMinder feature uses information from the passenger occupant
classification sensor to determine if a front seat passenger is present and
therefore potentially in need of a warning. To avoid activating the
BeltMinder feature for objects placed in the front passenger seat,
warnings will only be given to large front seat occupants as determined
by the passenger occupant classification sensor.
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Seating and Safety Restraints
Then...
The safety belt warning light
illuminates 1 minute and the warning
chime sounds 6 seconds.
The safety belt warning light and
warning chime turn off.
The safety belt warning light and
indicator chime remain off.
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