SEATBELT Indicator: Description
A seatbelt indicator is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. See Fig 1. This indicator is located above the fuel gauge and to the left of the speedometer in the instrument cluster.
The seatbelt indicator consists of a stencil-like cutout of the International Control and Display Symbol icon for "Seat Belt" in the opaque layer of the instrument cluster overlay. The dark outer layer of the overlay prevents the indicator from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated. A red Light Emitting Diode (LED) behind the cutout in the opaque layer of the overlay causes the icon to appear in red through the translucent outer layer of the overlay when the indicator is illuminated from behind by the LED, which is soldered onto the instrument cluster electronic circuit board. The seatbelt indicator is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.