One Time Disable; Deactivating/Activating The Beltminder Feature - Ford Econoline Owner's Manual

Reasons given... Consider...
"Seat belts don't Safety belts, when used properly, reduce risk of
work" death to front seat occupants by 45% in cars,
and by 60% in light trucks.
"Traffic is light" Nearly 1 of 2 deaths occur in single-vehicle
crashes, many when no other vehicles are around.
"Belts wrinkle my Possibly, but a serious crash can do much more
clothes" than wrinkle your clothes, particularly if you are
unbelted.
"The people I'm Set the example, teen deaths occur 4 times more
with don't wear often in vehicles with TWO or MORE people.
belts" Children and younger brothers/sisters imitate
behavior they see.
"I have an airbag" Airbags offer greater protection when used with
safety belts. Frontal airbags are not designed to
inflate in rear and side crashes or rollovers.
"I'd rather be People who are ejected are 40 times more
thrown clear" likely to DIE. Safety belts help prevent ejection,
WE CAN'T "PICK OUR CRASH".
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, the BeltMinder
cycle only.
Deactivating/activating the BeltMinder
Read Steps 1 - 5 thoroughly before proceeding with the
deactivation/activation programming procedure.
The BeltMinder feature can be deactivated/activated by performing the
following procedure:
Before following the procedure, make sure that:
• the parking brake is set
2005 Econoline (eco)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Seating and Safety Restraints
will be disabled for that ignition
feature
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