Principles of Operation: Belt-Minder®

The Belt-Minder® is configurable either through the scan tool or manually by using the Belt-Minder® deactivating/activating procedure. Refer to MODULE CONFIGURATION for a list of configurable parameters used with the scan tool. To configure without using a scan tool, refer to BELT-MINDER® DEACTIVATING/ACTIVATING .

NOTE: When deactivating/activating the Belt-Minder® using the manual procedure, both seating positions are deactivated/activated at the same time using only the driver safety belt.

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 front passenger safety belt is unbuckled by intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning lamp in the IC once the vehicle speed exceeds 10 km/h (6.2 mph), and remains active for approximately 4.5 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 chime off for 9.5 seconds (the safety belt warning indicator remains illuminated), repeating for up to 5 minutes.

The Belt-Minder® warning chime inputs are the:

Ignition RUN status.
Safety belt warning indicator request communicated by the RCM to the IC over the HS-CAN .
Belt-Minder® chime request communicated by the RCM to the IC over the HS-CAN .