Anyone know how to disable the seatbelt alarm on 2005 Outback?

[Biddyhen]

I always wear the damn thing, and always will, EXCEPT for this one
thing: when I get home, I get out of the car to get my mail from the
box across the street. Then I need to drive down the driveway we share
with 3 other houses. It's 0.1 mile long. I don't want to have to put
my seatbelt back on for my very slow speed drive down to my house. I'm
SICK of that damn dinging!

So, gurus, do you know how I can disable the damn thing? Your help is
greatly appreciated.

 

[Michael Pardee]

I always wear the damn thing, and always will, EXCEPT for this one
thing: when I get home, I get out of the car to get my mail from the
box across the street. Then I need to drive down the driveway we share
with 3 other houses. It's 0.1 mile long. I don't want to have to put
my seatbelt back on for my very slow speed drive down to my house. I'm
SICK of that damn dinging!

So, gurus, do you know how I can disable the damn thing? Your help is
greatly appreciated.

Ear plugs are quick and inexpensive, but I just belt up whenever I move the
car. You never know what's lurking out there.

Yesterday morning a druggie lost control of his rented Caddy while going at
least 60 mph in the 35 zone beside where I work. He drifted across the
street and tore through our parking lot after crashing through two icy
snowbanks and ran head on into a friend's car. Her new Camry was demolished
and knocked across the street, while my ancient Volvo was barely sideswiped
and pushed aside a couple feet. That driver is in jail (non-prescription
pills of some sort were in the car), but his compadres are out there still.

I know the likelihood of loonies is low on your drive, but the habit is easy
to develop. Two of my brothers owe their lives or at least their health to
being belted in during rollovers, so the habit comes very easily to me. (End
of sermon.)

Mike

 

[Al]

I know the likelihood of loonies is low on your drive, but the habit is easy
to develop. Two of my brothers owe their lives or at least their health to
being belted in during rollovers, so the habit comes very easily to me. (End
of sermon.)

Mike

Uh,I've been driving since '58 and haven't rolled a vehicle yet. Not my
XKE nor my Jeep nor any other vehicle I had owned. What the hey were
your brothers doing?

Al

 

[Zelidar]

I have not yet bothered to look deeper at it but I think it should not
be much harder than cutting off an electrical wire with a electronician
side cutter.

For me the main reason to tweak (or suppress) that weight detection
would be that the sounding of the alarm keeps me from using the front
seat to carry anything heavier that a stack of paper.

 

[mulder]

I always wear the damn thing, and always will, EXCEPT for this one
thing: when I get home, I get out of the car to get my mail from the
box across the street. Then I need to drive down the driveway we share
with 3 other houses. It's 0.1 mile long. I don't want to have to put
my seatbelt back on for my very slow speed drive down to my house. I'm
SICK of that damn dinging!

So, gurus, do you know how I can disable the damn thing? Your help is
greatly appreciated.

There is a procedure to eliminate the chime-
Turn the key to the accessory position. Then, buckle and unbuckle the
seatbelt 20 times within 30 seconds. This will disable the chime. It's
a bit tricky, you might have to try it a couple of times to get it to
work.
I'm pretty sure that if the battery is disconnected for any reason
after doing this, the chime will come back and you will have to repeat
the procedure.

 

[Don Dunlap]

There is a procedure to eliminate the chime-
Turn the key to the accessory position. Then, buckle and unbuckle the
seatbelt 20 times within 30 seconds. This will disable the chime. It's
a bit tricky, you might have to try it a couple of times to get it to
work.
I'm pretty sure that if the battery is disconnected for any reason
after doing this, the chime will come back and you will have to repeat
the procedure.

I used this procedure on my 06 Tribeca and it works. I had to do it several
times before I finally got it to work though. It finally did the job, but
only if I did it with the engine turned on.

What I did was Buckle the seat belt, start the car and then unbuckle. When
the chime stops, start the 20 buckle, unbuckle steps. It really works.

Don Dunlap

 

[FH]

I have had success with the 20 click method, but only with the engine
running. It required a reset after a battery disconnect. Sounds bizarre
I know but it works and eliminates a sreious irritation.

 

[bigjim]

That .1 mile down a driveway doesnt sound real hazardous.

 

[Michael Pardee]

Uh,I've been driving since '58 and haven't rolled a vehicle yet. Not my
XKE nor my Jeep nor any other vehicle I had owned. What the hey were
your brothers doing?

Al

Driving our mother's Renault 10, with unrestrained swing axles like the
really old VWs had. It was written off by insurance after the first time it
landed on its roof, but my mother bought it as salvage and had the thing
fixed up... kinda. When my other brother was run off a highway it landed on
its side.

Mike

 

[Dan]

There is a procedure to eliminate the chime-
Turn the key to the accessory position. Then, buckle and unbuckle the
seatbelt 20 times within 30 seconds. This will disable the chime. It's
a bit tricky, you might have to try it a couple of times to get it to
work.
I'm pretty sure that if the battery is disconnected for any reason
after doing this, the chime will come back and you will have to repeat
the procedure.

Sounds a bit like voodoo, but it worked 1st time on my wife's '06
Impreza. I wouldn't advise indiscriminantly snipping/disconnecting seat
wires on a car equipped with passive restraints (airbags, active
headrests, etc).

Dan

 

[Biddyhen]

Thanks, everyone. I will have to try the 20 clicks method, if only
because it sounds like an urban myth, and it just might be CONFIRMED.

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

Thanks, everyone. I will have to try the 20 clicks method, if only
because it sounds like an urban myth, and it just might be CONFIRMED.

worked on my '03 Outback and my '06 WRX. Doesn't disable the initial
chiming, just the continuous chiming. I did not have to start the car.
Just turn to 'on'. YMMV

Carl

 

[Bryan J. Lee]

It works a friend of mine did it on his '05 LGT. You can get more info on
the "chim disable" at leagacygt.com

 

[Heliwolf]

I have not yet bothered to look deeper at it but I think it should not
be much harder than cutting off an electrical wire with a electronician
side cutter.

For me the main reason to tweak (or suppress) that weight detection
would be that the sounding of the alarm keeps me from using the front
seat to carry anything heavier that a stack of paper.

Hey i realize this is long past the posting date, but for anyone else interested. the seatbelt alarm is not activated by the weight switch. it is activated by the seatbelt latch switch. the WEIGHT switch arms and disarms the Airbag system. cutting the weight switch will de-activate the Airbag system. thats a no-no.

btw the airbag system will still activate / arm even with the seatbelt unlatched. safety feature