Belt-Minder® Feature

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2020 Ford F-150. 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. Refer to: Seatbelt Minder Deactivating/Activating .

The Belt-Minder® feature supplements 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 through the front speakers and simultaneously illuminating the seatbelt warning indicator. The Belt-Minder® begins once the current seatbelt warning has ended and the vehicle speed has exceeded 10 km/h (6 mph) 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 5 km/h (3 mph) 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.

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 and passenger seatbelt buckle status messages from the RCM over the HS-CAN2.

When the conditions require the Belt-Minder® chime, the IPC sends the IPC chime request message to the ACM and the audio DSP to sound the chime.