Belt-Minder® Feature

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2018 Ford EcoSport. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

NOTE: Whenever the vehicle is operated using MyKey®, the IPC enables the Belt-Minder®.

The Belt-Minder® is configurable on or off in all markets. Refer to: Seatbelt Minder Deactivating/Activating .

The Belt-Minder® feature is controlled by the IPC supplementing the current seatbelt warning function and is enabled after the current seatbelt warning is complete. The Belt-Minder® reminds the driver that the driver or front passenger seatbelt is unbuckled by intermittently sounding a chime and simultaneously illuminating the seatbelt warning indicator. The Belt-Minder® begins once the current seatbelt warning has ended and the vehicle speed has exceeded 20 km/h (12 mph) (South America) or 10 km/h (6 mph) (except South America) with the driver or front passenger seatbelt unbuckled. While activated, the Belt-Minder® chime provides a series of chimes/seatbelt warning indicator flash sequences.

If the vehicle speed drops below 10 km/h (6 mph) (South America) or 5 km/h (3 mph) (except South America) once the Belt-Minder® chime has activated, the chime turns off and the seatbelt warning indicator remains on. When the vehicle speed exceeds 10 km/h (6 mph) again, the Belt-Minder® chime resumes.

The Belt-Minder® turns off when the ignition is transitioned to OFF, ACC or START, or after 4.5 minutes (270 seconds) has elapsed since the first Belt-Minder® warning occurred. Whenever the vehicle is placed in REVERSE (R), the Belt-Minder® is suspended but reactivates if the driver or passenger seatbelt(s) are unbuckled and vehicle speed exceeds 10 km/h (6 mph).

For all markets except South America, an additional feature of the Belt-Minder® is the toll booth feature. The toll booth feature allows the driver or passenger to unbuckle the seatbelt for 60 seconds (10 seconds when MyKey® is in use) then re-buckle before the Belt-Minder® chime reactivates.

When MyKey® is in use, the driver cannot configure the Belt-Minder® off. Once the Belt-Minder® is activated, the Belt-Minder® continues to chime periodically (does not time out after 5 minutes) and the audio system is muted until the driver and passenger seatbelts are fastened.

To control the Belt-Minder®, the IPC receives the vehicle speed, gear lever position, driver and passenger seatbelt buckle status and front passenger detect status messages from the GWM over the HS-CAN3.

The GWM receives the vehicle speed and gear lever position messages from the PCM over the HS-CAN1.

The IPC receives the driver seatbelt buckle status, passenger seatbelt buckle status and the front passenger detect status messages from the RCM over the HS-CAN2.

If not equipped with the base AM/FM audio system and a chime request is received, the IPC sends the IPC chime request message to the ACM or the DSP (Harmon audio system only) to sound the chime through the front speakers.