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Technical => Electrical Tech => Topic started by: racingmustang on January 03, 2010, 03:19:11 PM

Title: Help Enable 1995 Cougar Safety Belt Light and Chime
Post by: racingmustang on January 03, 2010, 03:19:11 PM
Hi,

I recently bought a 1995 Cougar 4.8L with 85,000 miles.  She drives sweet and everything seems to work, except...

I noticed that the instrument cluster SAFETY BELT never lit even when I turned the key to run or start.  Initially I thought it was just a bulb out, but I replaced all the instrument cluster bulbs and the light never, ever turns on.  Then I realized there was no chime, so I thought maybe some procedure had been done by the previous owner to intentionally deactivate the light and chime.

I found some programming procedures online about deactivating and reactivating the "Belt Minder" feature on Ford 97 and newer vehicles.  I tried this and no luck.  Sometimes the steps are said to involve 3 seat belt click/unclicks and sometimes they are said to be 9 click/unclicks.

Anybody able to give me something specific to the 1995 model?  I may order a shop manual in the future, but would really appreciate some good advice to get this working again!

Thanks in advance,
    Racingmustang
Title: Help Enable 1995 Cougar Safety Belt Light and Chime
Post by: Loaded87IROC on January 03, 2010, 03:43:38 PM
Welcome to the forums.  Although you are certainly welcome here, you might get a better response over at http://forums.tccoa.com/ or at http://www.sccoa.com/

Ed
Title: Thanks!
Post by: racingmustang on January 03, 2010, 05:27:09 PM
Thank you for the suggestion.  I will check there too!

Don't let that stop anyone from replying if you already have the answer in hand!

    racingmustang