Safety belt warning light and indicator chime, Conditions of operation, Safety belt-minder – FORD 2014 Focus Electric User Manual

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SAFETY BELT WARNING LIGHT AND INDICATOR CHIME

This lamp illuminates and an audible warning will sound if the
driver’s safety belt has not been fastened when the vehicle’s
ignition is turned on.

Conditions of Operation

If...

Then...

The driver’s safety belt is not
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the on
position...

The safety belt warning light
illuminates 1-2 minutes and the
warning chime sounds 4-8 seconds.

The driver’s safety belt is
buckled while the indicator
light is illuminated and the
warning chime is sounding...

The safety belt warning light and
warning chime turn off.

The driver’s safety belt is
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the on
position...

The safety belt warning light and
indicator chime remain off.

Safety Belt-Minder®

The Belt-Minder feature is a supplemental warning to the safety belt
warning function. This feature provides additional reminders by
intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning
light in the instrument cluster when the driver’s or front passenger’s seat
is occupied and the safety belt is unbuckled.

The Belt-Minder feature 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 large front seat occupants as determined
by the front passenger sensing system.

Both the driver’s and passenger’s safety belt usages are monitored and
either may activate the Belt-Minder feature. The warnings are the same
for the driver and the front passenger. 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.

Safety Belts

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2014 Focus Electric Vehicle (fob)
Owners Guide gf, 1st Printing, May 2013
USA
(fus)

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