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Belt minder
The Belt Minder feature is a supplemental warning to the safety belt
warning function. This feature provides additional reminders to the
driver that the driver’s safety belt is unbuckled by intermittently
sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning lamp in the
instrument cluster.
If... Then...
The driver’s safety belt is not
buckled before the vehicle has
reached at least 5 km/h
(3 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 6 seconds every 30
seconds, repeating for approximately
5 minutes or until safety belt is
buckled.
The driver’s safety belt is
buckled while the safety belt
indicator light is illuminated
and the safety belt warning
chime is sounding...
The Belt Minder feature will not
activate.
The driver’s safety belt is
buckled before the ignition
switch is turned to the ON
position...
The Belt Minder feature will not
activate.
The purpose of the Belt Minder is to remind occasional wearers to wear
safety belts all of the time.
The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts:
(All statistics based on U.S. data)
Reasons given... Consider...
⬙Crashes are rare events⬙ 36 700 crashes occur every day. The
more we drive, the more we are
exposed to ⬙rare⬙ events, even for good
drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be seriously
injured in a crash during our
lifetime.
⬙I’m not going far⬙ 3of4fatal crashes occur within 25
miles of home.
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