Safety Belt

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Montego, 2006 Ford Freestyle, and 2006 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The safety belt warning indicator informs the driver that his/her safety belt and/or the front passenger's safety belt is unbuckled. The first 65 seconds after the ignition switch transitions from OFF or ACC to RUN or START, the safety belt warning indicator and the associated chime are used as a reminder to the driver that the front row safety belts are not buckled. In this first 65 seconds the indicator illuminates when the driver and/or front passenger safety belt is unbuckled (with a person in the seat) and turns off whenever the safety belt(s) in the occupied front row seat(s) is buckled. The indicator re-illuminates if a safety belt is unbuckled after both are buckled and the 65 seconds has not yet expired. After 65 seconds, the indicator turns off regardless of the front row safety belts status.