Safety belt-minder, 40 safety belts – FORD 2013 Edge v.3 User Manual

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SAFETY BELT-MINDER®

This feature supplements the safety belt warning function by providing
additional reminders by intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating
the safety belt warning light when the driver’s or front passenger’s seat is
occupied and the safety belt is unbuckled.

The system uses information from the front passenger sensing system to
determine if a front seat passenger is present and therefore potentially in
need of a warning. To avoid activating the Belt-Minder® feature for
objects placed in the front passenger seat, warnings will only be given to
front seat occupants as determined by the front passenger sensing
system.

If the Belt-Minder® warnings have expired (warnings for about five
minutes) for one occupant (driver or front passenger), the other
occupant can still activate the Belt-Minder® feature.

If...

Then...

The driver’s and front passenger’s
safety belts are 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’s or front passenger’s
safety belt is not buckled when the
vehicle has reached at least 6 mph
(9.7 km/h) 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 belts are buckled.

The driver’s or front passenger’s
safety belt becomes unbuckled for
about one minute while the vehicle
is traveling at least 6 mph
(9.7 km/h) and more than
1-2 minutes have elapsed since the
ignition switch has been turned to
on...

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