Seat bell warning disabling: How?

[Al]

I just got a new '07 Forester. The seat belt unfastened warning comes on
as usual. Except it repeats every minute or so. It's driving me to
distraction.

Yes, I do use my seat belt. I stated using them when my '66 Corvair came
with one.

When I go to my town's recycling station, I have to park and move the
car several times for each type of trash disposal. I leave the motor
running, get out and dump my stuff. I then get in, drive about 40 feet
and repeat. Speeds never get about 5MPH. But the damn dinger keeps going
off as I, and no one else for that matter, don't bother with the
seatbelt. If I can't find a subtle way of disabling the repeated
dinging,, I'll just cut the damn wires to it.

Any suggestions?

Al

 

[Todd H.]

I just got a new '07 Forester. The seat belt unfastened warning comes on
as usual. Except it repeats every minute or so. It's driving me to
distraction.

Yes, I do use my seat belt. I stated using them when my '66 Corvair came
with one.

When I go to my town's recycling station, I have to park and move the
car several times for each type of trash disposal. I leave the motor
running, get out and dump my stuff. I then get in, drive about 40 feet
and repeat. Speeds never get about 5MPH. But the damn dinger keeps going
off as I, and no one else for that matter, don't bother with the
seatbelt. If I can't find a subtle way of disabling the repeated
dinging,, I'll just cut the damn wires to it.

Any suggestions?

Interpersonally: Get older or get younger. If this is your most
pressing problem today, go work with some folks less fortunate than
you and get a grip on real problems. New Orleans is still one hell of
a mess, for isntance.

Technically: I'll bet there's a wire pair going from your seat belt
fastener that can be trivially modfied (shorted or opened) to simulate
an "always fastened" state. Risk though is that any logic that
modifies airbag deployment for an unbelted (e.g. stupid) occupant may
be defeated.

Best Regards,

 

[bigjim]

Air bags are unneccesery anyway so who cares if they dont work. New
Orleans is just an example of what the welfare state has created.
Lazy criminals who expect someone else to take responsibility for
them.

 

[jim]

This is the a.a.subaru forum, right?

Jim

Interpersonally: Get older or get younger. If this is your most
pressing problem today, go work with some folks less fortunate than
you and get a grip on real problems. New Orleans is still one hell of
a mess, for isntance.

Technically: I'll bet there's a wire pair going from your seat belt
fastener that can be trivially modfied (shorted or opened) to simulate
an "always fastened" state. Risk though is that any logic that
modifies airbag deployment for an unbelted (e.g. stupid) occupant may
be defeated.

Best Regards,

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

I just got a new '07 Forester. The seat belt unfastened warning comes on
as usual. Except it repeats every minute or so. It's driving me to
distraction.

Yes, I do use my seat belt. I stated using them when my '66 Corvair came
with one.

When I go to my town's recycling station, I have to park and move the
car several times for each type of trash disposal. I leave the motor
running, get out and dump my stuff. I then get in, drive about 40 feet
and repeat. Speeds never get about 5MPH. But the damn dinger keeps going
off as I, and no one else for that matter, don't bother with the
seatbelt. If I can't find a subtle way of disabling the repeated
dinging,, I'll just cut the damn wires to it.

Any suggestions?

Al

The routine listed at the site below worked for my wife's 03 Outback as
well as my 06 WRX Sportwagon;

http://www.cars101.com/subaru/techtips.html

 

[Al]

I just got a new '07 Forester. The seat belt unfastened warning comes on
as usual. Except it repeats every minute or so. It's driving me to
distraction.

Simply buckle and un-buckle the driver seatbelt 20 times in 30 seconds
after turning the key to accessories (motor off). Worked in my 07 Legacy.

 

[Al]

I think it's funny that you're leaving the motor running at the
recycling place. Gives the kids a mixed message, don't it?

And how much does it cost in pollution to restart it every few minutes?

Al

 

[Al]

The routine listed at the site below worked for my wife's 03 Outback as
well as my 06 WRX Sportwagon;

http://www.cars101.com/subaru/techtips.html

Thanks for the advice. I'll try it out.

Al

 

[David]

I just got a new '07 Forester. The seat belt unfastened warning comes on
as usual. Except it repeats every minute or so. It's driving me to
distraction.

Yes, I do use my seat belt. I stated using them when my '66 Corvair came
with one.

When I go to my town's recycling station, I have to park and move the
car several times for each type of trash disposal. I leave the motor
running, get out and dump my stuff. I then get in, drive about 40 feet
and repeat. Speeds never get about 5MPH. But the damn dinger keeps going
off as I, and no one else for that matter, don't bother with the
seatbelt. If I can't find a subtle way of disabling the repeated
dinging,, I'll just cut the damn wires to it.

Any suggestions?

Al

I think it's funny that you're leaving the motor running at the
recycling place. Gives the kids a mixed message, don't it?

 

[Al]

Interpersonally: Get older or get younger. If this is your most
pressing problem today, go work with some folks less fortunate than
you and get a grip on real problems. New Orleans is still one hell of
a mess, for isntance.

<snip>

You're right about that. Years ago I had a co-worker who's young (3yrs.
or so) daughter had a heart problem. Her surgery was unsuccessful and
she later died.

At the time, my biggest problem was getting the wire wheels on my XKE
balanced. I was single, of course.

I'm not a joiner, so I just help out with cash. I give a lot (relatively
speaking as that varies according to your circumstances). Last donation
was $10K to our town's library foundation for which my wife was a
founding member. She does all the people work, I just pay the bills.

Yes, we have to supplement our town's library budget. Sad state of
government, isn't it?

Al

 

[Jim Weisert]

And how much does it cost in pollution to restart it every few minutes?

Apparently, very little (less than the pollution produced by idling for
10 SECONDS). See http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/idling.html

 

[Al]

Apparently, very little (less than the pollution produced by idling for
10 SECONDS). See http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/idling.html

Apparently the school bus drivers, the semi drivers, the commuter
locomotive engineers, and the .... haven't gotten the word. What I do
once a week when I responsibly separate my trash is trivial compared to
them.

Al

 

[Al]

Thanks for the advice. I'll try it out.

Al

Tried it and it worked like a champ. I did the three cycle one.

I suppose this was developed for the mechanics who are working on your
car so they don't go bonkers with all of the beeping in the shop.

Thanks again.

Al

 

[nobody >]

Apparently the school bus drivers, the semi drivers, the commuter
locomotive engineers, and the .... haven't gotten the word. What I do
once a week when I responsibly separate my trash is trivial compared to
them.

Al

Big difference.. those are all industrial diesel engines. The black
smoke you see when one of these is started is not exactly
environmentally friendly.

 

[hippo]

I just got a new '07 Forester. The seat belt unfastened warning comes on

as usual. Except it repeats every minute or so. It's driving me to
distraction.

Yes, I do use my seat belt. I stated using them when my '66 Corvair came

with one.

When I go to my town's recycling station, I have to park and move the
car several times for each type of trash disposal. I leave the motor
running, get out and dump my stuff. I then get in, drive about 40 feet
and repeat. Speeds never get about 5MPH. But the damn dinger keeps going

off as I, and no one else for that matter, don't bother with the
seatbelt. If I can't find a subtle way of disabling the repeated
dinging,, I'll just cut the damn wires to it.

Any suggestions?

Al

Depending on how the belt deploys, easiest in these circumstances is
probably get out, fasten it and just keep getting in and sitting oon yop
of it 'til you finish, then go back to normal.
Works in lots of things. Doesn't work in Saabs, Volvos or anything else
that also has a pressure pad in the cushion.