seat belt warning

jdubprius · 03-16-2005, 01:54 AM

new prius owner here, and already enjoying this site.
successfully disabled the reverse beep, and ('05) the seat belt warning still beeps for a minute then quiets down, but, if i am not wearing my seat belt, the red warning light still blinks in the instrument panel.

any way to disable that?

Stocky · 03-16-2005, 02:30 AM

Cmon - surely you wear your seat belt when you are driving? If I forget to put mine on - a red warning light flashes in my brain, never mind the car!

mspencer · 03-16-2005, 02:34 AM

I think the only way to disable that warning is to connect the seatbelt to the belt connector. It's a safety feature.

While I feel the car would do a better job of protecting drivers from themselves if it would refuse to move until the seatbelt was connected, Toyota apparently feels the car shouldn't be *that* pushy about seatbelt usage.

jdubprius · 03-16-2005, 05:14 AM

the safety feature will definitely help brake one of my bad habits.
thx

**TonyPSchaefer** · 03-16-2005, 01:09 PM

jdubprius, this topic has been kicked around some and I'm not sure we've actually reached a final verdict. Some poeple with early '04s say that they've disabled the reverse beep. People with 05s say they can not. I have a late-04 and can not seem to be able to disable it.

It seems to me that somewhere in the middle of the 04 production run they removed the ability to disable the seatbelt beep. I have not heard of anyone who knew what they were doing NOT being able to disable the reverse beep regardless of the production year.

I think this is a topic that can be put to rest at a meet-up with a blend of model years. Have people who have successfully disabled their seatbelt warning disable it in an '05.

jtowndog · 03-30-2005, 06:36 PM

I have an 05 that I just bought two weeks ago and was able to disable the beeps for both the reverse warning and the seat belt warning.

**Tideland Prius** · 03-30-2005, 10:11 PM

Interesting. What about enabling the beep for the passenger side?

DanMan32 · 03-31-2005, 02:22 PM

Same proceedure, but buckle the passenger seatbelt. May need a friend to help you, as I think someone needs to be sitting in the passenger seat while it is buckled.

Canuck · 03-31-2005, 02:54 PM

We have a Sept 04 built 2005 and when it arrived at the dealers we had them install a backup sensor which maps anything behind the vehicle and if anything, vehicle,tree,dog etc appears in the area while reversing it's beeper gives alert beeps which increase in frequency the closer the object is. However the technician didn't know how to disable the normal Prius beeps but using information I obtained here it was a simple procedure. Now the newly installed system just gives three short mapping bursts and shuts up unless something appears which we really should not damage or might damage our beautiful machine.
Since it's costly up here in BC if you don't buckle-up( with fines and increase in insurance) we have left that warning alone.

**Tideland Prius** · 03-31-2005, 04:30 PM

Well the reason being that I don't need that beep anyway but I would like to enable it for the passenger side should whoever's sitting there, for whatever reason, not buckle up and didn't see that bright red icon blinking in front of them.

03-16-2005, 01:54 AM	#1
jdubprius Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	seat belt warning new prius owner here, and already enjoying this site. successfully disabled the reverse beep, and ('05) the seat belt warning still beeps for a minute then quiets down, but, if i am not wearing my seat belt, the red warning light still blinks in the instrument panel. any way to disable that?

03-16-2005, 02:34 AM	#3
mspencer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa Posts: 102 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: seat belt warning I think the only way to disable that warning is to connect the seatbelt to the belt connector. It's a safety feature. While I feel the car would do a better job of protecting drivers from themselves if it would refuse to move until the seatbelt was connected, Toyota apparently feels the car shouldn't be that pushy about seatbelt usage.

03-16-2005, 01:09 PM	#5
TonyPSchaefer Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far-North Chicagoland Posts: 8,443 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 4 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 16	jdubprius, this topic has been kicked around some and I'm not sure we've actually reached a final verdict. Some poeple with early '04s say that they've disabled the reverse beep. People with 05s say they can not. I have a late-04 and can not seem to be able to disable it. It seems to me that somewhere in the middle of the 04 production run they removed the ability to disable the seatbelt beep. I have not heard of anyone who knew what they were doing NOT being able to disable the reverse beep regardless of the production year. I think this is a topic that can be put to rest at a meet-up with a blend of model years. Have people who have successfully disabled their seatbelt warning disable it in an '05. __________________ Proud father of Priapus: the '04 Tideland BC9 with an OEM EV button and sense of self-righteousness >>Current Mileage<< Spreading information and passing gas in the Greater Chicagoland area Click this hyperlink PLEASE. It's not a trick; it's a competition. http://www.facebook.com/login.php?ap...code=pass,2357

03-30-2005, 06:36 PM	#6
jtowndog Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lomita, CA Posts: 49 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: seat belt warning I have an 05 that I just bought two weeks ago and was able to disable the beeps for both the reverse warning and the seat belt warning.

03-31-2005, 02:54 PM	#9
Canuck Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver Island,BC,Canada Posts: 573 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: seat belt warning We have a Sept 04 built 2005 and when it arrived at the dealers we had them install a backup sensor which maps anything behind the vehicle and if anything, vehicle,tree,dog etc appears in the area while reversing it's beeper gives alert beeps which increase in frequency the closer the object is. However the technician didn't know how to disable the normal Prius beeps but using information I obtained here it was a simple procedure. Now the newly installed system just gives three short mapping bursts and shuts up unless something appears which we really should not damage or might damage our beautiful machine. Since it's costly up here in BC if you don't buckle-up( with fines and increase in insurance) we have left that warning alone.

03-16-2005, 02:30 AM	#2
Stocky Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 84 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Cmon - surely you wear your seat belt when you are driving? If I forget to put mine on - a red warning light flashes in my brain, never mind the car!

03-16-2005, 05:14 AM	#4
jdubprius Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	the safety feature will definitely help brake one of my bad habits. thx

03-30-2005, 10:11 PM	#7
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,931 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	Interesting. What about enabling the beep for the passenger side?

03-31-2005, 02:22 PM	#8
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Same proceedure, but buckle the passenger seatbelt. May need a friend to help you, as I think someone needs to be sitting in the passenger seat while it is buckled.

03-31-2005, 04:30 PM	#10
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,931 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	Well the reason being that I don't need that beep anyway but I would like to enable it for the passenger side should whoever's sitting there, for whatever reason, not buckle up and didn't see that bright red icon blinking in front of them.

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