2006 Ford Five Hundred Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 117

Seating and Safety Restraints BeltMinderா The BeltMinder௡ feature is a supplemental warning to the safety belt warning function. This feature provides additional reminders by intermittently sounding a chime and illuminating the safety belt warning light in the instrument cluster when the driver's and front passenger's safety belt is unbuckled. The BeltMinder௡ feature 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 BeltMinder௡ 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. Both the driver's and passenger's safety belt usages are monitored and either may activate the BeltMinder௡ feature. The warnings are the same for the driver and the front passenger. If the BeltMinder௡ warnings have expired (warnings for approximately 5 minutes) for one occupant (driver or front passenger), the other occupant can still activate the BeltMinder௡ feature. 117 2006 Five Hundred (500) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)