Belt-Minder ®
The Belt-Minder ® feature is a supplemental warning to the safety belt warning function. This feature provides an additional reminder that the driver safety belt is unbuckled by intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning indicator in the Instrument Cluster(IC).
When a MyKey™ is in the ignition, deactivation of Belt-Minder ® will be ignored. The Belt-Minder ® feature can be activated or deactivated by the administrator key. Using the non-administrator key will override the deactivation of the Belt-Minder ® feature. Refer to Anti-Theft Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS) Without Intelligent Access or the Owner's Literature for further information on MyKey™ functionality.
To activate or deactivate the Belt-Minder ® feature, refer to Instrumentation, Message Center, and Warning Chimes or the Owner's Literature.
| If... | Then... |
|---|---|
| the driver safety belt is buckled before the ignition switch is turned to the on position or less than 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to on... | the Belt-Minder feature will not activate. |
| the driver safety belt is not buckled when the vehicle has reached at least 9.7 km/h (6 mph) and 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to on... | the Belt-Minder feature is activated - the safety belt warning light illuminates and the warning chime sounds for six seconds every 25 seconds, repeating for about five minutes or until the safety belt is buckled. |
| the driver safety belt becomes unbuckled for about one minute while the vehicle is traveling at least 9.7 km/h (6 mph) and more than 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to on... | the Belt-Minder feature is activated - the safety belt warning light illuminates and the warning chime sounds for six seconds every 25 seconds, repeating for about five minutes or until the safety belt is buckled. |