Ford F-650 2008 User Manual page 76

Seating and Safety Restraints
Reasons given... Consider...
"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 air bag" Air bags offer greater protection when used with
safety belts. Frontal air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear and side crashes or rollovers.
"I'd rather be Not a good idea. People who are ejected are 40
thrown clear" times more likely to DIE. Safety belts help
prevent ejection, WE CAN'T "PICK OUR CRASH".
Do not sit on top of a buckled safety belt or insert a latchplate
into the buckle to avoid the Belt-Minder chime. To do so may
adversely affect the performance of the vehicle's air bag system
One-time disable
Any time the safety belt is buckled and then unbuckled during an
ignition ON cycle, Belt-Minder will be disabled for that ignition cycle
only.
Deactivating/Activating the Belt-Minder feature
Read Steps 1 - 9 thoroughly before proceeding with the
deactivation/activation programming procedure.
The Belt-Minder feature can be deactivated/activated by performing the
following procedure:
Before following the procedure, make sure that:
• The parking brake is set.
• The gearshift is in P (Park) (if equipped) or N (Neutral) (automatic
transmissions) or the neutral position (manual transmission).
• The ignition switch is in the OFF position.
• All vehicle doors are closed.
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