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Safety Belt Minder Deactivating/Activating: Deactivating/Activating

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer and 2005 Ford Explorer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
  1. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN position. (Do not start the engine.)
  2. Wait until the safety belt warning lamp turns off (approximately 1 to 2 minutes).
  3. NOTE: Steps 3 through 5 must be completed within 60 seconds or the procedure must be repeated.
  4. Buckle then unbuckle the safety belt 3 times, ending with the safety belt unbuckled. This portion of the procedure can be done before or during belt minder warning activation.
  5. Turn the parking lamps/headlamps ON then OFF.
  6. Buckle then unbuckle the safety belt 3 times ending with the safety belt unbuckled. After this step the safety belt warning lamp will be illuminated for 3 seconds.
  7. Within 7 seconds of the safety belt warning lamp turning off, buckle then unbuckle the safety belt. This enables the belt minder if disabled or disables the belt minder if enabled.
  8. The following sequence of events confirms the belt minder is enabled:
    • flashing of the safety belt warning lamp 4 times per second for 3 seconds
    • 3 seconds with the safety belt lamp off
    • flashing the safety belt lamp 4 times per second for 3 seconds again
  9. The safety belt lamp flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds provides confirmation that the belt minder is disabled.
  10. After confirmation, the deactivation/activation procedure is complete.