Turn off startup seatbelt status screen?

[kcirbodmot]

Do you have trouble with your drivers door locking you out also ?
You answered your own post with the picture. Note the green check for the LATCHED seatbelts. Until the computer sees the 3 rear latched the pop up will continue and you will have to clear it.

NOTE: I AM EDITING THIS COMMENT IN ORDER TO TRY TO HELP THOSE OF YOU WHO GET HUNG UP TRYING TO ANSWER THE LOGIC QUESTION.

I'd LOVE to hear how a Ford engineer tries to make any sense whatsoever out of this.

That does not mean I need, want, or expect anybody here to respond with their attempt to make any sense out of this. It is the equivalent of a rhetorical question. It's somewhat similar to saying something like "I wish Ford programmed this differently." I am simply expressing exasperation over this seeming to be illogical. No response is necessary. Not at all.

Especially when the Owners Manual explicitly states, "This warning displays if an occupant unfastens the rear seatbelt buckle or it becomes unfastened.

Note: If a rear seat is unoccupied, or an occupant never fastens the seatbelt buckle to begin with, the warning will not display.

Note: Front seating positions appear in this warning display. Warnings for unfastened front seatbelt buckles appear in the initial warning lamp."

Requiring the rear seat buckles to be fastened in order to prevent the seat belt warning from displaying directly contradicts the statement "If a rear seat is unoccupied, or an occupant never fastens the seatbelt buckle to begin with, the warning will not display."

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[BLUEOVALRACER]

Is there a way to disable this dumb seatbelt status screen that pops up at startup? I obviously don't need it if I'm the only person in the truck and my seatbelt is already buckled. Truck is a 2026 Lobo.

The seat belt status doesn't bother Me as much as the wonky Gas Gauge or lame tachometer. One time last night gas gauge was at 1/2 tank 5 minutes later an 1/8 tank lower.

 

[NIKwithoutaC]

The seat belt status doesn't bother Me as much as the wonky Gas Gauge or lame tachometer. One time last night gas gauge was at 1/2 tank 5 minutes later an 1/8 tank lower.

Agreed, the "gauge cluster" in this truck leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[gzebrick]

Fwiw I used the free ForScan program to zero out all the seatbelt Nannie’s in our 25. We always buckle so we don’t miss them. Easy tweak.

 

[HeyBales]

I'd LOVE to hear how a Ford engineer tries to make any sense whatsoever out of this. Especially when the Owners Manual explicitly states, "This warning displays if an occupant unfastens the rear seatbelt buckle or it becomes unfastened.

Note: If a rear seat is unoccupied, or an occupant never fastens the seatbelt buckle to begin with, the warning will not display.

Note: Front seating positions appear in this warning display. Warnings for unfastened front seatbelt buckles appear in the initial warning lamp."

Requiring the rear seat buckles to be fastened in order to prevent the seat belt warning from displaying directly contradicts the statement "If a rear seat is unoccupied, or an occupant never fastens the seatbelt buckle to begin with, the warning will not display."

Warning vs Reminder.
That's the difference.

Inquiring minds want to know for the 25MY.

What's your screen look like if you buckle the 3 back seats already.
Then get in and buckle yours.
Then start truck.

Be quick with the camera!

Now you can test that difference between reminder which you've been normally seeing, and a warning when you unbuckle a rear seat belt.
Start moving - that warning may get more .... interesting.

 

[kcirbodmot]

Warning vs Reminder.
That's the difference.

Inquiring minds want to know for the 25MY.

What's your screen look like if you buckle the 3 back seats already.
Then get in and buckle yours.
Then start truck.

Be quick with the camera!

Now you can test that difference between reminder which you've been normally seeing, and a warning when you unbuckle a rear seat belt.
Start moving - that warning may get more .... interesting.

My questioning of the logic is not answered by semantics. Warning, reminder, whatever you choose to call it.

When I buckle all 3 rear seat buckles (and my own, as always) before pressing the brake and pushing the start button, NO seat belt warning OR reminder pops up. Doesn't matter what you choose to call it, it does NOT appear.

 

[HeyBales]

My questioning of the logic is not answered by semantics. Warning, reminder, whatever you choose to call it.

When I buckle all 3 rear seat buckles (and my own, as always) before pressing the brake and pushing the start button, NO seat belt warning OR reminder pops up. Doesn't matter what you choose to call it, it does NOT appear.

That is exactly the point we've been waiting for you to discover and admit does indeed happen.
Pretty sure every post prior to this - unless you've been editing them - has stated you thought other posters were wrong and you still got the popups and seemed unwilling to buckle the rears.

You seemed to be stuck that you were getting a pop-up on startup - but many of us figured it would go away when you locked those 3 rear belts.
Thank you for proving it works the same on the 25MY.

And words do mean things.
The manual does get specific between a warning and a reminder.

So what is your confusion now getting the response everyone said you'd get?

There is no need for a reminder for the driver, if the system thinks anyone that may be in the backseat, it can't know about, is indeed buckled.

But unbuckle one while driving - and you will get a warning. If you think the Reminder was annoying - get ready for the Warning!

 

[kcirbodmot]

If you think the Reminder was annoying - get ready for the Warning!

Not half as annoying as people who seem to be argumentative for the sake of being argumentative.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

You don't have to press the okay button.
If you do nothing at all . It's illuminated for a total of 60 Seconds.
You can still drive the truck while it's on.
Here is another option
As outlined in the owner's manual.
I had previously switch the driver's and passenger seat belt reminders audible warning off.

Sitting in the driver's seat with it buckled and all the rear passenger belts buckled. There is no warning.
See video below.

When you turn your truck off you will get a pop-up screen showing that your rear seats are buckled see picture below.

 

[kcirbodmot]

Correct.
It's illuminated for a total of 60 Seconds. You can still drive the truck while it's on.

I drive a '25 Lariat. With the rear seat belts (and my own) buckled, it does not come on. Not for 60 seconds; not for one second. That's what doesn't make any logical sense.

 

[HeyBales]

I drive a '25 Lariat. With the rear seat belts (and my own) buckled, it does not come on. Not for 60 seconds; not for one second. That's what doesn't make any logical sense.

Why would there need to be a reminder if the system thinks all the passengers are buckled?

They are applying the law before it's required. Probably as simple as that.

Currently - it's a reminder that the backseat passengers are not buckled, if nothing buckled.
Because system doesn't know if there are any backseat passengers, with no weight sensors.
Therefore - remind.

But it does know if buckles are done.
Therefore don't remind if all the buckles are done.

But if a buckle was done, and becomes undone - now Warn of such a thing.

Sorry you thought I was being argumentitive.
You might review your posts - you'll discover you were not believing what you were being told by many. Or you missed the posts they were responding to in context. Instead of just going out and testing at the start.

 

[kcirbodmot]

That is exactly the point we've been waiting for you to discover and admit does indeed happen.
Pretty sure every post prior to this - unless you've been editing them - has stated you thought other posters were wrong and you still got the popups and seemed unwilling to buckle the rears.

You seemed to be stuck that you were getting a pop-up on startup - but many of us figured it would go away when you locked those 3 rear belts.
Thank you for proving it works the same on the 25MY.

And words do mean things.
The manual does get specific between a warning and a reminder.

So what is your confusion now getting the response everyone said you'd get?

There is no need for a reminder for the driver, if the system thinks anyone that may be in the backseat, it can't know about, is indeed buckled.

But unbuckle one while driving - and you will get a warning. If you think the Reminder was annoying - get ready for the Warning!

<huge sigh> I cannot believe I am stooping to responding to his, but please go back and quote every one of my posts where I said that anybody was wrong or that I was "unwilling to buckle the rears." There's a significant difference between what I've clearly said - which has been to consistently question the logic of this "fix" - and what you evidently have read into my comments.

Yes, I have buckled the rear seat belt buckles and confirmed that this prevents the reminder, or warning, or whatever you care to call it, from happening. If you'll go back and read post #36 in this thread, you'll see that. But that doesn't mean it makes any sense. And, in post #40, I reiterated that I had done that. So much for being "unwilling to buckle the rears." I was never reluctant to try doing so; I've been trying to understand the logic. Perhaps you are correct in your guess that Ford is rolling something out before it is mandated. Thus far, it's the best guess I've seen or heard.

Please do show me the quotes where I said anybody here was wrong. I'll wait.

 

[MavStangVa]

<huge sigh> I cannot believe I am stooping to responding to his, but please go back and quote every one of my posts where I said that anybody was wrong or that I was "unwilling to buckle the rears." There's a significant difference between what I've clearly said - which has been to consistently question the logic of this "fix" - and what you evidently have read into my comments.

Yes, I have buckled the rear seat belt buckles and confirmed that this prevents the reminder, or warning, or whatever you care to call it, from happening. If you'll go back and read post #36 in this thread, you'll see that. But that doesn't mean it makes any sense. And, in post #40, I reiterated that I had done that. So much for being "unwilling to buckle the rears." I was never reluctant to try doing so; I've been trying to understand the logic. Perhaps you are correct in your guess that Ford is rolling something out before it is mandated. Thus far, it's the best guess I've seen or heard.

Please do show me the quotes where I said anybody here was wrong. I'll wait.

Why do you NEED anyone on this forum to explain the logic of the Ford engineer? The thread started as a question of how to turn off the "REMINDER" from popping up. And the OP found our trick to be satisfactory. Yes there is a HUGE difference between the "REMINDER" pop up and the "WARNING" pop up. Semantics do matter. You showed a screenshot of a WARNING pop up. It demonstrated what happens if a previously buckled belt is unbuckled with the truck on. None of our answers were arguing the logic just providing work arounds.
In Post #15 you quoted HALF of my prior post and said and I quote "
Not necessarily true.

For decades, I've habitually buckled up before starting my car, but when I buckle up before pressing the brake and pushing the start button in my '25 Lariat, that annoying reminder shows up and does not go off until I press the "OK" button. "
I never said ONLY buckling the driver's belt would eliminate the "REMINDER" pop up. For an answer to the logic of it being this way it is simple. Much cheaper to build without sensor in 3 positions of the truck so that's what they did.
So at this point you have 3 options.
1. Push OK to clear the "REMINDER" (won't clear the warning).
2. Use FORSCAN and eliminate it
3. Buckle the rear belts and let the software work as programmed.

 

[Meeka]

<huge sigh> I cannot believe I am stooping to responding to his, but please go back and quote every one of my posts where I said that anybody was wrong or that I was "unwilling to buckle the rears." There's a significant difference between what I've clearly said - which has been to consistently question the logic of this "fix" - and what you evidently have read into my comments.

Yes, I have buckled the rear seat belt buckles and confirmed that this prevents the reminder, or warning, or whatever you care to call it, from happening. If you'll go back and read post #36 in this thread, you'll see that. But that doesn't mean it makes any sense. And, in post #40, I reiterated that I had done that. So much for being "unwilling to buckle the rears." I was never reluctant to try doing so; I've been trying to understand the logic. Perhaps you are correct in your guess that Ford is rolling something out before it is mandated. Thus far, it's the best guess I've seen or heard.

Please do show me the quotes where I said anybody here was wrong. I'll wait.

Any suggestions on which type of oil and filter I should use on my EcoBoost, I’m still up in the air on this. Later we’ll get to my damn auto locking doors!

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I drive a '25 Lariat. With the rear seat belts (and my own) buckled, it does not come on. Not for 60 seconds; not for one second. That's what doesn't make any logical sense.

I updated with pictures and video my earlier post #39.

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