Beltminder - Ford 2005 Freestyle Owner's Manual

BeltMinder

Note: If your vehicle is built without the passenger occupant
classification sensor, the passenger 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.
Both the driver's and passenger's safety belt usages are monitored and
either may activate the BeltMinder
for the driver and the front passenger. If the BeltMinder
expired (warnings for approximately 5 minutes) for one occupant (driver
or front passenger), the other occupant can still activate the
BeltMinder feature.
If...
The driver's and front
passenger's safety belts are
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position or less than 1-2
minutes have elapsed since the
ignition switch has been turned
ON...
The driver's or front
passenger's safety belt is not
buckled when the vehicle has
reached at least 3 mph (5
km/h) and 1-2 minutes have
elapsed since the ignition
switch has been turned to
ON...
2005 Freestyle (219)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Seating and Safety Restraints
feature is not available.
feature. The warnings are the same
Then...
The BeltMinder
activate.
The BeltMinder
the safety belt warning light
illuminates and the warning chime
sounds for 6 seconds every 30
seconds, repeating for approximately
5 minutes or until the safety belts are
buckled.
warnings have
feature will not
feature is activated -
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