2012 Ford Fusion Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 144
2012 Ford Fusion Manual
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Seating and Safety Restraints 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 on...The driver's or front passenger's safety belt is not buckled when the vehicle has reached at least 3 mph (5 km/h) and 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the ignition switch has been turned to on...Then...The Belt-Minder feature will not activate. The Belt-Minder feature is activated - the safety belt warning light illuminates and the warning chime sounds for six seconds every 30 seconds, repeating for approximately five minutes or until the safety belts are buckled. The Belt-Minder feature is The driver's or front passenger's safety belt becomes unbuckled for activated - the safety belt warning approximately 1 minute while the light illuminates and the warning vehicle is traveling at least 3 mph chime sounds for six seconds every 30 seconds, repeating for (5 km/h) and more than 1-2 minutes have elapsed since the approximately five minutes or until ignition switch has been turned to the safety belts are buckled. on...The following are reasons most often given for not wearing safety belts (All statistics based on U.S. data): Reasons given..."Crashes are rare events" Consider...36700 crashes occur every day. The more we drive, the more we are exposed to "rare" events, even for good drivers. 1 in 4 of us will be seriously injured in a crash during our lifetime. 3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25 miles (40 km) of home. "I'm not going far" 144 2012 Fusion (fsn) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus)