Principles of Operation: Notes

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis and 2006 Ford Crown Victoria. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The instrument cluster uses different chimes to alert the driver of various vehicle conditions as follows:

safety belt warning (repetitive chime)
safety belt minder warning (repetitive chime after a delay and after the safety belt chime is completed)
key-in-ignition warning (repetitive chime)
headlamps on warning (repetitive chime)
door ajar warning (single tone chime)
air bag warning (repetitive chime)
message center warning (single tone)