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SAFETY
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Door and seat belt reminders
The door and seat belt reminders are intended
to alert all occupants of the vehicle that their
seat belts should be buckled before the vehicle
begins to move or if a door, the hood, tailgate or
fuel filler door have not been closed properly.
Graphics in the instrument panel
Warning colors for doors/tailgate vary depending on the
vehicle's speed (generic illustration)
The instrument panel graphic shows the seats
where seat belts are not buckled.
The same graphic also indicates if a door, the
hood, tailgate or fuel filler door is/are open.
This graphic disappears automatically after
approx. 6 seconds or if the if the O button on the
steering wheel keypad is pressed.
Seat belt reminder
Seat belt reminder light in ceiling console
The seat belt reminder consists of an
audible signal, an indicator light near
the rearview mirror and a symbol in the
instrument panel that alert all occu-
pants of the vehicle to buckle their seat belts.
The audible signal is speed-dependent and will
sound for several seconds.
If the driver's or a passenger's seat belt is not
buckled, this will be indicated in the instrument
panel.
Child seats are not included in the seat belt
reminder system.
Front seats
An audible signal and an indicator light will
remind the driver and front seat passenger to
buckle their seat belts.
Rear seats
The rear seat belt reminder has two functions.
•
It indicates which seat belts are buckled in
the rear seats. This will also be displayed in
an instrument panel graphic. This graphic
can be erased by pressing the O button on
the steering wheel keypad.
•
It also provides audio and visual reminders if
a rear seat belt is unbuckled while the vehi-
cle is in motion. The reminders will disappear
when the seat belt has been buckled again.
Door/hood/tailgate/fuel filler door
reminder
If a door, the hood, tailgate or fuel filler door
is/are not properly closed, this will be indicated in
a graphic in the instrument panel. Stop the vehi-
cle safely and close the source of the reminder.
If the vehicle is moving at a speed
under approx.6 mph (10 km/h), the
information symbol will illuminate in the
instrument panel.
At speeds above approx. 6 mph
(10 km/h), the warning symbol will illu-
minate in the instrument panel.
Related information
•
Seat belts (p. 66)
•
Buckling and unbuckling seat belts (p. 68)
•
Seat belt pretensioners (p. 67)
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