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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 approximately 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 is not buckled when the vehicle has reached safety belt warning light illuminates and at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and 1-2 minutes the warning chime sounds for six seconds have elapsed since the ignition switch has every 25 seconds, repeating for approximbeen turned to on...ately five minutes or until the safety belts are buckled. The driver's or front passenger's safety belt The Belt-Minder feature is activated - the becomes unbuckled for approximately one safety belt warning light illuminates and minute while the vehicle is traveling at least the warning chime sounds for six seconds 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and more than 1-2 every 25 seconds, repeating for approximminutes have elapsed since the ignition ately five minutes or until the safety belts switch has been turned to on...are buckled. 31