2015 Dodge Charger Owner Manual - Page 49

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 47 the START or ON/RUN position. If the driver or outboard front seat passenger is unbelted, the Seat Belt Buckle up even though you are an excellent driver, even Reminder Light will turn on and remain on until both on short trips. Someone on the road may be a poor driver outboard front seat belts are buckled. and could cause a collision that includes you. This can happen far away from home or on your own street. The BeltAlert warning sequence begins after the vehicle Research has shown that seat belts save lives, and they speed is over 5 MPH (8 km/h) by blinking the Seat Belt can reduce the seriousness of injuries in a collision. Some Reminder Light and sounding an intermittent chime. of the worst injuries happen when people are thrown Once the sequence starts, it will continue for the entire from the vehicle. Seat belts reduce the possibility of duration or until the respective seat belts are buckled. ejection and the risk of injury caused by striking the After the sequence completes, the Seat Belt Reminder inside of the vehicle. Everyone in a motor vehicle should Light remains illuminated until the respective seat belts are buckled. The driver should instruct all other occube belted at all times. pants to buckle their seat belts. If an outboard front seat Enhanced Seat Belt Use Reminder System belt is unbuckled while traveling at speeds greater than 5 (BeltAlert) MPH (8 km/h), BeltAlert will provide both audio and BeltAlert is a feature intended to remind the driver visual notification. and outboard front passenger (if equipped with out- The outboard front passenger seat BeltAlert is not active board front passenger BeltAlert) to buckle their seat when the outboard front passenger seat is unoccupied. belts. The feature is active whenever the ignition is in Seat Belt Systems 2