2005 Ford Escape Owner Guide 3rd Printing (Spanish) - Page 444

Seating and Safety Restraints Reasons given...ЉThe people I'm with don't wear beltsЉ Consider...Set the example, teen deaths occur 4 times more often in vehicles with TWO or MORE people. Children and younger brothers/sisters imitate behavior they see. Air bags offer greater protection when used with safety belts. Frontal airbags are not designed to inflate in rear and side crashes or rollovers. Not a good idea. People who are ejected are 40 times more likely to DIE. Safety belts help prevent ejection, WE CAN'T ЉPICK OUR CRASHЉ. ЉI have an air bagЉ ЉI'd rather be thrown clearЉ Do not sit on top of a buckled safety belt to avoid the BeltMinder௢ chime. Sitting on the safety belt will increase the risk of injury in an accident. To disable (one-time) or deactivate the BeltMinder௢ feature please follow the directions stated below. One time disable If at any time the driver/front passenger quickly buckles then unbuckles the BeltMinder௢ feature for that seating position, the BeltMinder௢ is disabled for the current ignition cycle. The BeltMinder௢ feature will re-enable during the same ignition cycle if the occupant buckles and remains buckled for approximately 30 seconds. Confirmation is not given for the one time disable. Deactivating/activating the BeltMinderி feature The driver and front passenger BeltMinder௢ are deactivated/activated independently. When deactivating/activating one seating position, do not buckle the other position as this will terminate the process. Read Steps 1 - 4 thoroughly before proceeding with the deactivation/activation programming procedure. 118 2005 Escape (204) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA_English (fus)