Mazda 3 Seat belt warning
 

I have a good friend who has a brand new Mazda 3. The seatbelt warning is driving him crazy! The manual says he needs to contact the dealer for the deactivation procedure, but they said they can't tell him how to do it.

Has anyone been able to turn it off? Can you provide a how-to? I've been searching for it and have yet to find anything. Thanks in advance!

Ryan

Tell the :knob: to wear his seatbelt and there will be no problems!! :squint:

Thanks...Anyone else know how to disable the warning?

once his body is thrown from the seat in a crash the warning will go off.

if he's your good friend tell him to wear his seat belt.

bryan

Wow, what a wealth of information this group is, thanks for all of the help so far! Good job jumping to conclusions. Look, I wasn't looking for ethical suggeseions here, as he is very aware of the risks. However, like most car enthusiasts he doesn't feel the need to be informed of everything you need to do, every time you use the car.

I asked the same question about my miata when I was looking for a way to disable my idiot light when I installed the race harness for autocross. Or when I pulled all of the HVAC controls out and modified the wiring to allow the defrost to be used without the air conditioning automatically turning on.

Rotary Switch
 

I think you will find that there is a rotary seat belt switch attached to the belt retractor. What you will have to do is cut the wires, and then jumper them together and this will cancel the warning system.

Timberwulf, thanks for your response. I think worst case scenerio that is what he'll do. The strange thing is that the dealer has a way of just simply turning the warning off but they said they cannot tell him because seatbelts are required in our state. On my 2004 Stratus there was a combination of plugging in and unplugging the seatbelt while turning the ignition on. This would disable the buzzer, but kept the dash warning light on. The how-to for the Stratus was listed in the manual whereas the Mazda manual tells him to see the dealer.

This whole page is too funny!

Funny ha ha, or funny pecuiler?
The reason you have to see the dealer for the seat belt disable, is that it's done with their scan tool. They plug in, find it, and enable it off.

Funny, ha ha! It just makes sense to put it on when it goes off, and it is a good tool for the safety reasons, but I do have to agree that it shouldn't make the noise it does. It is very annoying. I wanted to get rid of mine too, but someone made a good point, they make it annoying for that reason. It's just funny that this conversation kept going on and everybody was responding as if this guy was retarded! It was just funny reading all of it!

LeighAnn

Monzta, thanks for the heads up. Do you know if it can be removed with a laptop, the correct cable and an OBDII program?

Hi-Tech Solution
 

Well,

You could also pull the belt out a certain length and clamp it off with
a paper clamp, clothespin, vice-grips, alligator clips- etc. or anything
else that you never had a use for before, but now will work nicely
to keep tha darn old annoying buzzer from going off. :laugh:

Let me See
 

Let me see if I have this correct. Your friend doesnt see the need to wear his seat belt ,Or he just wants to disarm the alarm. In either we have an issue . In the first case your friend needs to figure out what is good for himself he may not see the need but the seat belt it is there for a reason. Ie: To not be thrown from the vehicle ,crushing his melon, I ask you whats wrong with that???. In the second why would anyone see the need to disarm something that reminds you to be safe .It just dont make sense. Anyway i hope this helps your friend to get his prioritys straight I hate to see anyone killed because they cant figure out how to wear a seat belt. ..........Thanks ............... Clue :spank: :spank: :spank:

Amen, I agree!

Thanks again No Clue for your ethical insight here.. Did you completely disregard any of my subsequent posts?!?! As I clearly stated before, he definitely has a understanding of the risks involved in not wearing a seatbelt.....primarily because we are both motor vehicle accident investigators working for an insurance company. We spend ALL DAY LONG analyzing motor vehicle accidents. So I thank you again for your constructive ethical insight.

Im sure your company would LOVE to hear about your attempts at trying to disable a SAFETY FEATURE! :withstupi

We can go round and round all day if you would like Jeffro.... :tool:

Just because you require a buzzer doesn't mean the rest of us do. I want to make sure this is very clear for you because you either don't know how to read, or your just flat out stubburn and looking for an argument....

My friend would like to know how to disable the annoying buzzer, (I'll pause here and let you absorb) because the option exists. He does not need to be reminded everytime he gets in the car that he needs to wear a seatbelt. Like Pavlovs dog, wearing a seatbelt has pretty much become automatic for most people (I'll pause again for you). Furthermore, the fact that he wants to remove the buzzer, does not mean that he is automatically refusing to wear a seatbelt again. Relax.

Whos arguing?? Are your feelings hurt or something?? Someones either has entirely too much caffine in their diet, or just permenently has their panties in a wad....Tell your :knob: of a friend or yourself to call the dealership and have it done the right way if hes so worried about a little buzzer....the buzzer that wont be there if he wears it anyways. :spank:

Jeffro...you're totally useless, why even come back with your ignorant responses. If you were to actually READ the posts before blindy throwing out usless inflamatory responses you would know that in my VERY FIRST post, I stated that the dealer will not decontent the seatbelt buzzer, the right way.

Jeffro, you can rest now. I know you have been searching night and day to help solve my friends original inquiry. I have found the deactivation proceedure and it includes a temporary and long-term disable feature.

Thanks for all of your help.. :asshole:

Well, then... Post it for the rest of us who obviously only want to disable it so we can break the law and enjoy the thrill of risk!

Sheesh
 

Well here we are again. Why all the fuss over something that wont even go off if you wear your seatbelt in the first place. Well since you and you freind are so intellegent maybe you should figure out a way to disarm the airbags too you dont really need them anyway right. As far as my not reading your posts.Well after you read the same thing over and over you get lazy i guess. You asked a question of the forum . The forum gave you the most honest answer. If you dont like that answer you call us a bunch of jerks because you didnt llike the way we tried to help you. If you dont want an answer dont freakin ask. As far as Im concerned you and your friend can go drive the car with the seat belt warning disarmed right off a cliff but we all thought you might not want to fly out when you landed . Excuse me SHEESH. Dont ask STUPID questions. Dont get STUPID answers :asshole:

And youve contributed what exactly to this post, let alone this forum?? Glad i could help ruffle your feathers! :the finge :stickpoke

Well, I sure hope that when you are working you don't tell these new drivers (teenagers) that it is okay to disregard the seatbelt warning tones just because they want to tune up their cars. You might have a point, but what you are really doing is setting a bad example and you just really sound stupid (or atleast your friend does). I am sure everyone has understood and read your post, but what we are trying to say is, that there is no reason and it does not make a bit of sense. Don't get so offense, just "think" a little before you ask such a rediculous question for your friend! I sure hope you aren't the one who analyzes my car...scary

Look guys, he wants to not have the seatbelt warning and it's not your car. He said he still is going to wear a seat belt he just doesn't want the noise. This topic should have died after the 5th post although it has been pretty funny.

Exactly our point
 

That is exacty our point .If he wears his seatbelt the buzzer wont go off in the first place . So why worry about disarming it . My last post on the subject LOL

All I wanna know, is does your friend wear his seatbelt or not, that's all I wanna know. Just curious.

Listen, while driving my 3 I figured out why he wants it off. Different people have different routines for starting the car. Mine is get in, put seatbelt on, then turn on car. But if you turn on the car and then put on the seat belt the noise still goes off. And after time and time again of driving that can get damn anoying. Its not that they are driving without seatbelts. Its probably that they start the car like that. Now I could be completely wrong but that explanation makes sense.

It DOES NOT come on if you just start the car with your seatbelt off...mine doesnt go off till its in gear and going at least 5 MPH and still usually takes 30-40 seconds for it to go off the first time. I like mine...its like a nagging wife telling your to put your belt on cuz sometimes i tend to forget. Just put it on and say "Yes dear"

:bt: Garnet, right now access to the PCM is dealer only. Brand new protocol is in place called CAN (Controller Area Network) and tooling for the aftermarket isn't scheduled for release 'till January. Even then, it'll be emissions specific, anyway. So a trip to the dealer is the only way. However, Timberwolf's suggestion would work too, without altering the car. :bt:

GarnetMica, the solution to your problem is simple and doesn't require a trip to the dealer. Go to your local pick-your-own-part salvage yard and get two buckles and stick them into the belt slots next to each of the front seats. You will more than likely not find any Mazda3s in the yard quite yet, but I've found that buckles from a mid to late 90s Contour/Mystique work perfectly. And this method has the added bonus of being completely reversable, just pop them back out and everything is back to normal.

To all of you others with suggestions, GarnetMicas question was "How do I disable the seatbelt reminder buzzer" not, "Please preach to me because me or my friend doesn't want to wear the seatbelt". I do not wear a seatbelt, but that is MY choice, not anyone elses, and if I have an accident, I will suffer the consequences. Some of you need to worry more about yourselves and less about others. :rolleyes:

So I guess this isn't as easy as just undoing the fuse? Maybe I'm just used to my Isuzu that only took going to the fuse box, looking for the fuse, and unplugging it like you would unplug a phone line from the jack.

I think I said that a few posts ago. Really, you guys are trying too hard. The fuse box is labeled right under the hood. Not that hard to find. ;)

the way to turn off the seat belt light and that crazy noise is to click and un click the seat belt like 7 to 10 times im not sure which 1 becouse its kind of dangouris clicking and un clicking the seat belt and trying to drive .. pluse u have to do it every time u start the car .. and it only works like half the time..ur better off just wearing the thing

Wear ear muffs or upgarde the stereo so you cant hear it :) I can understand the need to customise a car but the fact that this thread has reached 3 pages without really answering the question is quite funny. Even I had to type something... lol

I guess you missed my solution to the problem 5 posts above this one. :rolleyes:

Then you probably see a lot what happens to people who do not wear them?

were is the fuse box exctly do you hjave to take covers off or something

[COLOR=Black]Read the manual, there is one in the engine bay under a cover, and the other under the glove compartment on the passangers side. The passanger fuse box is only held by 2 clips i think or something like that.

question, who ever is debating on this, are you going to see some random person without their seatbelt on and tell them to stop and put it on because they could get ejected from their car? because that pretty much what we are doing here, star a different subject thread please lol sheesh :nono: