R56 Tach Display: What is this?

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Feb 14, 2008 | 06:14 PM

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russr

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So this light won't come on in MINIs made for the US market?

Feb 14, 2008 | 06:28 PM

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Robin Casady

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From: Paradise

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhawth99

Who is cruel enough to put two people in the back seat?

I did the humane thing and removed the rear seats.

Feb 15, 2008 | 02:59 AM

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mr_r56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mini Me GB

LOL good ideas everyone but here is the answer - that's my photo and it's in my R56 2007 Cooper S. It tells you if the people in the back have their seat belts on, if they do each person changes to a figure with a seat belt across.

Surprised you don't have that in the US?
Only in the UK we do

I have that on my Australian R56 2007 Cooper S.

It's a good feature.

Mar 4, 2008 | 01:37 PM

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kevinminict

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I'll have to see if it does it on my MCS

Mar 5, 2008 | 06:25 AM

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Baraka

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From: Mainz, Germany

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigNewt

Since nobody on this expert forum can come up with anything halfway intelligent (lol) I think it's an excellent Photoshop job designed to start threads like this!

Hello from Germany (Europe

) - my R56 (11/2007) shows this exact symbol whenever I start the engine - along with the other maintenance stuff - however, I'm not sure why or when exactly (as in before or after the regular status messages). I will however check an pay attention the next time I start the MINI. It's definately no hoax (it might still be Photoshop'ped - you never know).

Quote:

Originally Posted by agranger

Ummm... I have a feeling that it's telling you if the passenger side airbag has been activated or not. Some small children (or very small adults) might not trigger the weight sensor that is in the passenger seat and it's an unsafe way to drive so 1 person = only driver airbags are on and 2 people = all front airbags activated.

As at this point everyone is still guessing - I would like to offer my thoughts as well: my MINI has got the JCW Recaro seats installed, instead of the original ones and therefore my guess would be that the MINI tries to tell me that both (as in driver and passenger) front seat airbags are active. I assume the Recaro seats have no passenger detection and therefore I get the symbols as a reminder.

Even if I don't find any reference to the symbols in the manual, I could try to verify that theory by disabling the passenger front seat airbag (which is possible, as I ordered that option).

PS: If you find my English to be terribly off, don't flame - correct me where I'm wrong - I always appreciate a little lesson in English.

Mar 18, 2008 | 12:33 PM

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Baraka

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This picture shows the two rear seat belts as "unbuckled" or "not fastened":

I accidently discovered their meaning by having one rear seat fastened and then the display shows a "fastened seat belt" symbol on the appropriate side. :-)

Mar 18, 2008 | 12:42 PM

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TheBigNewt

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So you'd only see it if there are peeps in the back with no belts on or if there's a belt connected and no peeps? I'll have to try it myself!

Mar 18, 2008 | 01:57 PM

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Baraka

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From: Mainz, Germany

It seems irrelevant if people are actually in the back (that does make sense, as there are no sensors).
Just fasten one ore both seat belts and see for yourself!

Mar 18, 2008 | 09:10 PM

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russr

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Not sure this is present on US model spec'd MINIs.

Mar 19, 2008 | 11:55 PM

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a517458

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if 2 people in one seat...

Mar 25, 2008 | 05:24 AM

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Baraka

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After starting the engine the driver is being informed about the status of the rear-seat buckles (as in "buckled" or "unbuckled" for left and right) - regardless of anything actually being on the seats.

No rear seat buckles are buckled: