2014 Ford Escape Warranty Supplement Printing 1 - Page 33

Safety Belts SAFETY BELT MINDER Belt-Minder® This feature supplements the safety belt warning function by providing additional reminders by intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning light when the driver's or front passenger's seat is occupied and the safety belt is unbuckled. The system uses information from the front passenger sensing system to determine if a front seat passenger is present and therefore potentially in need of a warning. To avoid activating the Belt-Minder feature for objects placed in the front passenger seat, warnings will only be given to large front seat occupants as determined by the front passenger sensing system. If the Belt-Minder warnings have expired (warnings for about five minutes) for one occupant (driver or front passenger), the other occupant can still activate the Belt-Minder feature. Then... If... The driver's and front passenger's safety belts are buckled before the ignition switch is turned to the on position or less than 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to on... The Belt-Minder feature will not activate. The driver's or front passenger's safety belt The Belt-Minder feature is activated - the safety belt warning light illuminates and is not buckled when your vehicle has reached at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and 1-2 the warning chime sounds for six seconds every 25 seconds, repeating for about five minutes have elapsed since the ignition minutes or until the safety belts are switch has been turned to on...buckled. The driver's or front passenger's safety belt The Belt-Minder feature is activated - the becomes unbuckled for about one minute safety belt warning light illuminates and while your vehicle is traveling at least 6 the warning chime sounds for six seconds mph (9.7 km/h) and more than 1-2 minutes every 25 seconds, repeating for about five have elapsed since the ignition switch has minutes or until the safety belts are buckled. been turned to on... 31 Escape/Kuga (TM2)