2008 Ford F250 Owner Guide 4th Printing - Page 182

Seating and Safety Restraints While the design allows you to deactivate your Belt-Minder௡, this system is designed to improve your chances of being safely belted and surviving an accident. We recommend you leave the Belt-Minder௡ system activated for yourself and others who may use the vehicle. To reduce the risk of injury, do not deactivate/activate the Belt-Minder௡ feature while driving the vehicle. Belt-Minder௡ activation and deactivation procedure 1. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN (or ON) position. (DO NOT START THE ENGINE) 2. Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off. (Approximately 1 minute) • Step 3 must be completed within 60 seconds after the safety belt warning light turns off. 3. At a moderate speed, buckle then unbuckle the safety belt 9 times, ending with the safety belt in the unbuckled state. • After Step 3 is complete, the safety belt warning light will be turned on for 3 seconds. • If Step 4 does not occur within 10 seconds at the end of Step 3, Belt-Minder௡ will automatically exit programming mode without changing its enable status. 4. Within 7 seconds of the light turning on, at a moderate speed, buckle then unbuckle the safety belt. • This will disable the Belt-Minder௡ feature if it is currently enabled. As confirmation, the safety belt warning light will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds. • This will enable the Belt-Minder௡ feature if it is currently disabled. As confirmation, the safety belt warning light will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds, followed by 3 seconds with the light off, then followed by the safety belt warning light flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds again. 5. After receiving confirmation, the deactivation/activation procedure is complete. 182 2008 F-250/350/450/550 (f23) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)