Can the seat belt "reminder" be disabled???

I have checked in the owners manual and can't find anything on this.

Anyone know if there is some way to turn it off?

Thanks,
Steve

 

On the Ford's there was a couple key turns, click the seatbelt in and out, etc. to permanently shut that stupid reminder bell off (well until you unplugged the battery anyways).

Somebody must know how to do this for the Crossfire...

 

Here's the protocol I was referring to with the Ford Crown Vic.

http://www.p71interceptor.com/beltmi...inder0002.html

Anyone know how to do this for the x-Fire?

 

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Come on some one must know how to deal with this. It drives me nuts to be sitting in the car with the engine on and have that chime going off.

 

Yes, it is very annoying. I wish it would wait 10 seconds until I got the seat belt on, instead of beeping right away. I always wear my seatbelt anyway, I can't even drive without it on, so this is a very annoying and frustrating warning.

 

You should be able to fool it by un hooking the seat belt switch on the left seat belt buckle. If some one gets to it before I do let us know if it worked.

 

I asked the dealers mechanic if there was a way to turn it off. He said there isn't. Does anyone know different?

 

I will have to check the manual but there is probably a wire on the buckle or retractor that needs to be grounded!

 

If you don't want the seatbelt reminder on, because you don't wear your seatbelt, you can just buy a seat belt extension from your dealer and click it in...

 

I am sure many people wear there seatbelts all the time while driving, but it probably won't help much if they are sitting in line to get out of the parking garage and want to put thier walet in thier back pocket and don't want to keep unbuckling and buckling the fricking seatbelt to get the chimes to stop...

Wow that's a long sentence.

BTW I did not see anything in the manual, but there is more than likely a way to do this. Someone here must work at DC and can research this for us...

 

I'm not sure that in some/most/all states the seatbelt chime isn't a legal safety requirement. IF that's the case you might have trouble finding a dealer who'll tell you how to disable it.

 

DO NOT GROUND ANY CABLES!.
I used to be an auto electrician and trust me you don't want to be grounding any wires unless you have a wiring diagram.

The buckle must have a microswitch in it, it should be easy to pick up the wires from it most likely under the carpet. If there are only 2 then its very easy. Disconnect a wire, if that doesn't stop it, its looking for a closed contact so just take the other wire off and short the two togeather. SORTED.

I also hate that chime on the PT cruiser, I would,t dream of driving off without putting the seat belt on so I will disable mine as soon as I get it.