I just picked up a '92 LX for a temporary toy (I'd keep it, but it has an automatic), and it has an obnoxious habit of yelling at me about my seatbelt, even when it's on. It beeps and the light flashes at me as often as every few seconds. Is there an easy way to disable this?

 

Ha, I believe the only way of fixing this problem will all 1st gens is just to rip the speaker out. I sit so far back in my protege that the alert never comes on, but it is VERY annoying.

If there is a solution to get rid of the sensor outright, it'd rock.

 

There is an easy fix, but I think the link is down. Anyway, I will attempt to walk you through it.
1) Remove the center console that the seatbelts extend from. You will find a electric connector above the belt take-up reels, disconnect it.
2) manufacture 2 small connector wires, using spade connectors, and loop back into the connector half that goes into the cars harness, not the take-up reels.
Send me your email addy, and I will email you back a picture of the finished mod.
my addy is;
nt3toyota@ev1.net

Bill

 

The way the seat belt detector works is, if the circuit is complete, it will not beep; if the circuit is broken, it will. What I have found is that tabs on the seat belt reel scrape the metal track all the way down to the point the seat belt circuit is broken even with the seat belt on (which is why it beeps).

The fix: Short circuit the wires on the appropriate seat belt. Worked great for me... never heard from that damn thing ever again.

 

Thanks for the replies! I'll check that out as soon as we get a warmer day here.

Bill, if you want to email that pic, you can send it to uniquetii@hotmail.com

 

Done....

 

Could you please also send the picture to me? I have had this problem ever since I had the car, it'd be awesome to fix it. jink@who.net

 

find the speaker and find a hammer then beat the holy crap out of it. ( just for laughs )I did what sysopt did. mine did the same thing because some dumbass who owned the car before me had taken a hacksaw to the self choking seatbelts

 

Here are the pictures:

 

No disrespect intended, I tried to find the link.

 

Also, if you blow it off with compressed air, it cleans the junk outa the connectors and make it work better

 

I did the same along time ago and it works. also you dont have to get rid of the car because it is an automatic. swap it over to a stick its not hard at all. the car i have now was an auto when I bought and since my other proto was wrecked I had a complete parts car to do the swap. the automatic cars have more wires and it could be confusing what to cut out. since I have ALL DATA (shop manuels on disk)for my computer it made it easy.

 

I finally got around to fixing that today...it was so easy I can't believe I waited this long. Thanks guys.

 

Slacker.....

 

thanks i have been trying to fix that without breaking the buzzer