Principles of Operation: Notes

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)
• Turn signal on warning (single tone chime after 2.4 km [1.5 miles])
• Turn signal tone (tic-tock chime)
• Parking brake warning (repetitive chime)
• Air bag secondary warning chime (repetitive chime)
• Message center general tone (single tone)