Warning Chimes: Belt-Minder®

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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 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 as long as the driver safety belt remains unbuckled. While activated, the Belt-Minder® chime and indicator flash and chime simultaneously for 6 seconds, with a 30 second interval between activations.

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

NOTE: The Belt-Minder® can be configured with or without using a scan tool. For additional information on configuring this feature with a scan tool, refer to MODULE CONFIGURATION article. To configure this feature without using a scan tool, refer to Belt-Minder® Deactivating/Activating .

The Belt-Minder® warning chime inputs are the:

Ignition switch RUN/START status
Safety belt warning request communicated by the RCM to the instrument cluster (IC) through the HS-CAN.
Belt-Minder® chime request communicated by the RCM to the instrument cluster (IC) through the HS-CAN.