Help Enable 1995 Cougar Safety Belt Light and Chime

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

Help Enable 1995 Cougar Safety Belt Light and Chime

Reply #1 – 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

Thanks!

Reply #2 – 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