Seat Belt Systems: Service and Repair

BELT MINDER DEACTIVATING/ACTIVATING

Preparation
1. Before deactivating/activating the belt minder, set the parking brake.
2. Place the transmission range selector lever in P (PARK) (automatic transmission) or the NEUTRAL position (manual transmission).
3. Place the ignition switch in the OFF position.
4. Close all the vehicle doors.
5. Unbuckle the driver safety belt.
6. Place the parking lamps/headlamps switch in the OFF position.

Deactivating/Activating
1. Start with the ignition OFF and the driver and passenger safety belts unbuckled.
2. Turn the ignition to RUN (it is not required to start the vehicle.)
3. Wait until the seatbelt warning lamp turns off (approximately one minute.) 4. Buckle then unbuckle the driver safety belt 9 times, ending in the unbuckled state. Step 4 must be completed within 60 seconds.
5. After Step 4 is complete the air bag warning lamp will be turned on for three seconds.
6. After the air bag warning lamp turns off, buckle/then unbuckle the safety belt again. This will enable the beltminder if it is currently disabled, or will disable the beltminder if it is currently enabled.
7. Confirmation of enabling the beltminder is provided to the customer by the air bag warning lamp flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds, followed by 3 seconds again.
8. Confirmation of disabling the beltminder is provided to the customer by the air bag warning lamp flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds.
9. Customer programming of the beltminder is automatically exited after completion of the customer confirmation.
10. The beltminder will automatically exit the programming mode without changing its enable status if Step 6 does not occur within 10 seconds of the end of Step 4.
11. Performing Steps 1-12 permanently enables/disables the driver beltminder feature.
12. While programming the driver side, any activity on the passenger safety belt will abort the programming sequence.
13. The programming sequence aborts if a system fault occurs that requires the illumination of the restraints indicator lamp (RIL) at any time during programming or confirmation.