Warning Chimes: Belt-Minder®

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2008 Mercury Mariner and 2008 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The Belt-Minder® is configurable. For additional information, refer to MODULE CONFIGURATION article. To configure without using a scan tool, refer to Belt-Minder® Deactivating/Activating .

The Belt-Minder® feature supplements the current safety belt warning function and is enabled after the current safety belt warning is complete. The Belt-Minder® reminds the driver that the driver or passenger safety belt is unbuckled by intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning lamp in the instrument cluster (IC) once the vehicle speed has exceeded 5 km/h (3 mph), and remains active for 5 minutes from the time it is started. While activated, the Belt-Minder® chime and indicator flash and chime simultaneously from on for 6 seconds to off for 30 seconds.

NOTE: The Belt-Minder® is disabled for one ignition switch ON cycle if the safety belt is buckled then unbuckled within 20 seconds during that specific cycle.

The Belt-Minder® warning chime inputs are the:

Ignition switch RUN/START status
Driver or passenger safety belt warning chime request communicated by the RCM to the instrument cluster (IC) through the high speed controller area network (HS-CAN).