HOW TO: Silencing the '05 OBW/LLB Mr. Annoyu seat belt beeper repeats

[Nobody]

For those of you '05 OBW owners who routinely buckle up when driving and are
fed up with the insulting every-six-seconds beeping "reminder" to buckle up -- like,
when you're waiting for wifey to finish shopping and it's 102F in the shade and all
you wanna do is listen to the CD changer, run the AC for a bit, and sit there
unbuckled because it's hot as the gates of H-E-doublehockeysticks and you're not
moving so don't need a seatbelt just yet thankyavermuch, etc.

Well, there's help for you, bunkie.

Because disabling the beeper is a "safety issue" (right. gimme a break, too), your
dealer won't do this for you. Subaru won't let 'em, although they _can_ supply
you with a hardcopy of the tech bulletin outlining this nifty little hack.

To permanently disable the reminder tones repeat (i.e., after the initial tone) ,
simply:
1. Switch on using the ignition key.
2. Rapidly and repeatedly buckle and unbuckle the driver's seat belt while sitting in
the driver's seat. You must do this exactly 20 times within the first 30 seconds
after switching on the ignition.

Silence is golden.

Not to fear, you safety advocates out there, like a good little car, the tones will
always sound thenceforth the first time you switch on if you're not yet buckled in.
They just won't annoy the heck out of you and your passengers afterwards for no
good reason.

Note that "permanent" really means only til the next time your battery is
disconnected or loses juice, after which you'll hafta repeat the process.

There's also a "temporary" disabling method, which only lasts til the next time you
turn off the car. Since for the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would
bother, I won't document that here. If you're so inclined, get the tech bulletin
from your dealer service tech.

 

[han_chung]

Does anyone know if this works on the MY2005 OBW in Australia?

 

[Alan]

For those of you '05 OBW owners who routinely buckle up when driving and are
fed up with the insulting every-six-seconds beeping "reminder" to buckle up -- like,
when you're waiting for wifey to finish shopping and it's 102F in the shade and all
you wanna do is listen to the CD changer, run the AC for a bit, and sit there
unbuckled because it's hot as the gates of H-E-doublehockeysticks and you're not
moving so don't need a seatbelt just yet thankyavermuch, etc.

Well, there's help for you, bunkie.

Because disabling the beeper is a "safety issue" (right. gimme a break, too), your
dealer won't do this for you. Subaru won't let 'em, although they _can_ supply
you with a hardcopy of the tech bulletin outlining this nifty little hack.

To permanently disable the reminder tones repeat (i.e., after the initial tone) ,
simply:
1. Switch on using the ignition key.
2. Rapidly and repeatedly buckle and unbuckle the driver's seat belt while sitting in
the driver's seat. You must do this exactly 20 times within the first 30 seconds
after switching on the ignition.

Silence is golden.

Not to fear, you safety advocates out there, like a good little car, the tones will
always sound thenceforth the first time you switch on if you're not yet buckled in.
They just won't annoy the heck out of you and your passengers afterwards for no
good reason.

Note that "permanent" really means only til the next time your battery is
disconnected or loses juice, after which you'll hafta repeat the process.

There's also a "temporary" disabling method, which only lasts til the next time you
turn off the car. Since for the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would
bother, I won't document that here. If you're so inclined, get the tech bulletin
from your dealer service tech.

Keep in mind that your insurance will probably require you to have a seat
belt on if the car is running, even if you are parked as indicated. Take it
from someone who knows from experience. I was lucky, but found out what the
rules are. If you get hit while parked, and you are in the car (it happened
to me), you either have to be wearing a seatbelt if the car is running, or
the car was not turned on when you were hit (no seatbelt required-hint,
hint).

 

[libbor]

Hello nobody
there is a better way
if you go under your seat there is a white plug and a yellow plug
disconnect the white one and the noise is gone forever.
dont disconnect the yellow one, thats for the air bag.

repeat this under the passengers seat if you wish.
none of this on and off twenty times bullshit

daz