FORD 2013 Taurus v.2 - Manual (Page 40)

Deactivating and Activating the Belt-Minder 姞 Feature
WARNING: While the design allows you to deactivate your
Belt-Minder
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, this system is designed to improve your chances of
being safely belted and surviving an accident. We recommend you leave
the Belt-Minder
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system activated for yourself and others who may use
the vehicle. To reduce the risk of injury, do not deactivate/activate the
Belt-Minder
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feature while driving the vehicle.
Note: The driver and front passenger Belt-Minder
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are deactivated and
activated independently. When deactivating or activating one seating
position, do not buckle the other position as this will terminate the
process.
Read Steps 1 - 5 thoroughly before proceeding with the deactivation
and activation programming procedure.
Note: The driver and front passenger Belt-Minder
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features must be
disabled or enabled separately. Both cannot be disabled or enabled
during the same key cycle.
Note: If you are using MyKey
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, the Belt-Minder
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cannot be disabled.
Also, if the Belt-Minder
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has been previously disabled, it will be
re-enabled during the use of MyKey
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. Refer to the MyKey
威
chapter.
The driver and front passenger Belt-Minder
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features can be deactivated
and activated by performing the following procedure:
Before following the procedure, make sure that:
•
the parking brake is set.
•
the transmission selector lever is in position P .
•
the ignition is off.
•
the driver and front passenger safety belts are unbuckled.
1. Switch the ignition on. DO NOT START THE ENGINE.
2. Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off (approximately one
minute).
3. Wait 10 seconds after the safety belt warning light turns off.
•
Step 4 must be completed within 20 seconds after the completion of
Step 3.
4. For the seating position being disabled buckle then unbuckle the
safety belt three times at a moderate speed, ending in the unbuckled
state.
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