Belt Minder - Mazda 3 Owner's Manual

Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
M Belt Minder
The belt minder 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 not fastened by intermittently
sounding a beep sound and flashing the
seat belt warning light in the instrument
cluster.
Condition
The driver's seat belt is
not fastened when the
vehicle speed reaches 8
km/h (5 mph) and about 1
minute has elapsed since
the ignition switch was
turned to the ON position.
The driver's seat belt is
fastened while the
warning light and the
beep are activated.
The driver's seat belt is
fastened before the
ignition switch is turned
to the ON position.
NOTE
The belt minder can be deactivated
temporarily using the following
methods:
1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON
position.
2. Fasten the driver's seat belt for
about 2 seconds or longer, and then
unfasten it within 20 seconds.
The belt minder will be deactivated
until the ignition switch is turned to the
ON position again.
2-20
Result
The warning light
flashes and the beep
sound will be heard
for about 6 seconds
every 30 seconds,
for a period of about
5 minutes.
The warning light
turns off and the
beep sound stops.
The warning light
will not illuminate
and the beep sound
will not be heard.