One Time Disable (Beltminder); Deactivating/Activating The Beltminder Feature - Ford Expedition 2006 Owner's Manual

Seating and Safety Restraints
Reasons given...
"Seat belts don't work"
"Traffic is light"
"Belts wrinkle my clothes"
"The people I'm with don't
wear belts"
"I have an airbag"
"I'd rather be thrown clear"
Do not sit on top of a buckled safety belt to avoid the
BeltMinder chime. Sitting on the safety belt will increase the
risk of injury in an accident. To disable (one-time) or deactivate the
BeltMinder feature please follow the directions stated below.
One time disable
Any time the safety belt is buckled and then unbuckled during an
ignition ON cycle, BeltMinder
only.
Deactivating/activating the BeltMinder
Read Steps 1 - 4 thoroughly before proceeding with the
deactivation/activation programming procedure.
The driver BeltMinder
performing the following procedure:
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2006 Expedition (exd)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Consider...
Safety belts, when used properly,
reduce risk of death to front seat
occupants by 45% in cars, and by
60% in light trucks.
Nearly 1 of 2 deaths occur in
single-vehicle crashes, many when
no other vehicles are around.
Possibly, but a serious crash can do
much more than wrinkle your clothes,
particularly if you are unbelted.
Set the example, teen deaths occur 4
times more often in vehicles with
TWO or MORE people. Children and
younger brothers/sisters imitate
behavior they see.
Airbags offer greater protection when
used with safety belts. Frontal airbags
are not designed to inflate in rear and
side crashes or rollovers.
Not a good idea. People who are
ejected are 40 times more likely
to DIE. Safety belts help prevent
ejection, WE CAN'T "PICK OUR
CRASH".
will be disabled for that ignition cycle
feature
feature can be deactivated/activated by