Safety Belt Warning Indicator
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Milan, 2006 Lincoln Zephyr, and 2006 Ford Fusion. 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 or her safety belt and/or the front passenger's safety belt is unbuckled. The first 70 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 70 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 illuminates again if a safety belt is unbuckled after both are buckled and the 70 seconds has not yet expired.