SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT
AND CHIME
The light and chime remind you to fasten the
driver, front passenger and rear passenger
seat belts. A visual and audible alert will op-
erate in the following conditions:
• If the driver seat belt is not fastened.
• The front passenger’s seat belt is not fas-
tened and the seat is occupied by a passen-
ger for 7 seconds after the ignition switch is
placed in the ON position.
• The front passenger’s seat belt is not fas-
tened and objects or external force on the
passenger seat change the seat belt re-
minder classification to “occupied”.
• Any rear passenger seat belt is operated
from fastened to unfastened.
For additional information, see:
• “Seat belt warning light and chime” in this
section.
• “Rear seat belt warning” in this section.
The below situations could result in the seat
belt warning function operating, even with no
occupant present in the front passenger seat:
• Heavy objects placed on the seat.
• Someone pushing or pulling on the front
passenger seat.
• An object placed under the front passenger
seat.
• An object placed between the seat cushion
and center console or between the seat
cushion and the door.
• An object hanging on the seat or placed in
the seatback pocket.
• A child restraint or other object pressing
against the rear of the seatback.
The rear seat belt reminder may operate if the
rear seat belts are used without occupants.
SEAT BELT WARNING
LIGHT AND CHIME
• The light and chime remind you to fasten
the seat belts.
• The seat belt warning light will illuminate
when the ignition switch is pushed to the
ON position if the driver’s seat belt is not
fastened, or if the front passenger seat belt
is not fastened when occupied.
• The seat belt warning light will also illumi-
nate if a rear passenger seat belt is changed
from fastened to unfastened.
• If the driver’s seat belt is not fastened when
the ignition switch is pushed to the ON
position, the chime will sound shortly.
• If the vehicle is driven above 9 mph (15
km/h) in the conditions that illuminate the
seat belt warning light, the lamp will begin
to blink and the chime will sound for over
one minute, or until the seat belt is fastened
again.
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NOTE:
•
The warning light and/or chime may acti-
vate if an object is placed in the unoccupied
front passenger seat. In this case, please
remove the object from the front passen-
ger seat.
•
The warning light and/or chime may acti-
vate if any seat belt is unfastened before
the vehicle comes to a complete stop.
Please remain fastened until the vehicle
has come to a complete stop.
Rear seat belt warning
• This warning includes display of the seat
belts for rear positions only. Rear seat belts
that are unfastened will appear red.
• If any rear seat belts are unfastened when
the ignition switch is pushed to the ON
position, this warning will display for about
one minute, or until dismissed.
• When a rear seat belt is changed from fas-
tened to unfastened, this warning will dis-
play for over one minute, or until dismissed,
and the seat belt warning light will turn on.
• If the vehicle is driven above 9 mph (15
km/h) during or after the status change,
this warning will display, the seat belt
warning light will blink, and the chime will
sound for over one minute. During this time,
the warning and chime cannot be dismissed
unless the rear seat belt is fastened again.
Once the seat belt warning light and chime
have turned off, the display will remain until
dismissed.
NOTE:
While it appears, this warning will also dis-
play the status of all doors and rear hatch.
Opening and closing a rear door while
stopped will reset this warning, similar to
pushing the ignition switch to the ON posi-
tion again.
Seat belt indicator and chime
• The indicator and chime remind you to fas-
ten the seat belts.
• The seat belt indicator appears when the
ignition switch is pushed to the ON position
if the driver’s seat belt is not fastened, or if
the front passenger seat belt is not fas-
tened when occupied.
• The seat belt indicator also appears if a rear
passenger seat belt is changed from fas-
tened to unfastened.
• If the driver’s seat belt is not fastened when
the ignition switch is pushed to the ON
position, the chime will sound shortly.
• If the vehicle is driven above 9 mph (15
km/h) in the conditions that illuminate the
seat belt indicator, the indicator will begin
to blink and the chime will sound for over
one minute, or until the seat belt is fastened
again.
NOTE:
•
The indicator and/or chime may activate if
an object is placed in the unoccupied front
passenger seat. In this case, please remove
the object from the front passenger seat.
•
The indicator and/or chime may activate if
any seat belt is unfastened before the ve-
hicle comes to a complete stop. Please re-
main fastened until the vehicle has come to
a complete stop.
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