Disabling Passenger Seat Belt Beep

flynz4 · 01-23-2006, 01:20 AM

I already disabled the back-up beep, and the seat belt beep in my '06 Pkg8. I thought that I had done it all.

Then... on the way to work, with my computer bag on the passenger seat... my car started beeping and flashing like crazy complaining that the passenger did not have a seat belt fastened. Maybe it was triggered when I rested my arm on my computer bag. In any case... the alarm was persistent enought that I finally slid my computer bag on to the passenger floor... at which time the alarm extinquished.

Is disabling the passenger seat belt a seperate operation in addition to the two other disable operations performed?

/Jim

Salsawonder · 01-23-2006, 01:27 AM

Computer is probably safer on the floor to start with.... not working on the way to work are we??? Good way to end the life of you new car

Bill Merchant · 01-23-2006, 01:32 AM

The incantations and ritual movements are the same as for disabling the Driver's Seatbelt Beep, /Jim, except you use the Passenger seat belt. Not difficult, but easier if you can get your passenger to do it.

galaxee · 01-23-2006, 01:37 AM

do we know if it actually works when there's a passenger in the seat in the 06s? i know the voodoo magic procedure doesn't work in the 05s if you have someone sitting in the front passenger seat. learned that the hard way

Bill Merchant · 01-23-2006, 01:49 AM

My Silver Cloud is an '05, too, Galaxee, so it is speculation on my part, you are right.

We haven't fully documented the '04-'05 voodoo dances, and here it may change in '06...

flynz4 · 01-23-2006, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Salsawonder@Jan 22 2006, 11:27 PM
Computer is probably safer on the floor to start with.... not working on the way to work are we??? Good way to end the life of you new car

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LOL... no... the computer was safely stored away in a computer backpack... which in turn was sitting on the passenger seat.

I do not remember the computer bag setting off the seatbelt warning before... which is why I am speculating that I may have been resting my arm on the bag.

/Jim

Bill Merchant · 01-23-2006, 01:58 AM

It's all that extra data accumulating on your disk...

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01-23-2006, 01:20 AM	#1
flynz4 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 263 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	I already disabled the back-up beep, and the seat belt beep in my '06 Pkg8. I thought that I had done it all. Then... on the way to work, with my computer bag on the passenger seat... my car started beeping and flashing like crazy complaining that the passenger did not have a seat belt fastened. Maybe it was triggered when I rested my arm on my computer bag. In any case... the alarm was persistent enought that I finally slid my computer bag on to the passenger floor... at which time the alarm extinquished. Is disabling the passenger seat belt a seperate operation in addition to the two other disable operations performed? /Jim

01-23-2006, 01:27 AM	#2
Salsawonder Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: La Mesa California Posts: 1,882 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 80 Thanked 44 Times in 37 Posts Friends: 0	Computer is probably safer on the floor to start with.... not working on the way to work are we??? Good way to end the life of you new car

01-23-2006, 01:32 AM	#3
Bill Merchant absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA \| Oregon \| Portland area \| 97004 \| Posts: 4,096 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 19 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Friends: 62	The incantations and ritual movements are the same as for disabling the Driver's Seatbelt Beep, /Jim, except you use the Passenger seat belt. Not difficult, but easier if you can get your passenger to do it.

01-23-2006, 01:37 AM	#4
galaxee resident lab rat Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: south of lake Michigan Posts: 9,737 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: N/A Package: #5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 130 Times in 53 Posts Friends: 26	do we know if it actually works when there's a passenger in the seat in the 06s? i know the voodoo magic procedure doesn't work in the 05s if you have someone sitting in the front passenger seat. learned that the hard way

01-23-2006, 01:49 AM	#5
Bill Merchant absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA \| Oregon \| Portland area \| 97004 \| Posts: 4,096 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 19 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Friends: 62	My Silver Cloud is an '05, too, Galaxee, so it is speculation on my part, you are right. We haven't fully documented the '04-'05 voodoo dances, and here it may change in '06...

01-23-2006, 01:58 AM	#7
Bill Merchant absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA \| Oregon \| Portland area \| 97004 \| Posts: 4,096 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 19 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts Friends: 62	It's all that extra data accumulating on your disk...