Scrappy Doo

iTrader: (1)

I turned mine off in my '11 before I left the dealer.

Surprised they would change the procedure on a '13

03Scott

iTrader: (1)

I took mine off a week after I got mine. Just follow the steps for both sides and it works. I think they say 8 or 9 times to push in and out but mine only took like 6.

Legendsk

Once dawg got heavy enough to trip the sensor, I tried to disable the alarm. Following the procedure in the manual exactly - it didn't work. I carefully repeated the steps dozens of times, didn't work.

Dawg is well trained and was very easy to train, but I never could get him to buckle his own seatbelt. Every once in a while I would get so sick of the alarm, I would go through the disable procedure again for a while - usually between 20 and 50 times before giving up in disgust.

Got a new truck, well maybe it will work on this one? Nope! After 2 years and somewhere upwards of 400 tries, a few days ago, using the exact same procedure, it worked just fine and now the alarm is turned off on the passenger's side.

I have absolutely no idea why it finally worked. I've always believed the old saw about, It's crazy to keep doing the same thing and expect different results. Apparently with the late model F-150s, that isn't true.

Just keep doing it over and over, following the procedure in the manual. I even copied the paragraph from the manual and stuck it on the dash so it would be handy and I could confirm I was following it correctly. Don't give up, apparently it will work eventually.

ymeski56

I've been know to do stranger things.

Tim321

I have a 2013 and it worked for me. I did have to to the Buckle and Unbuckle quickly though, especially the last one - as soon as the seat belt light went out and then it would flash and no more reminder.

Worked for both Driver and Passenger sides.

Good Luck

jgohlke

Didn't disable it, but I did make this out of an old edger blade and some fancy paracord...

Brycicles

^^ mine actually came from the dealer with extenders. Best thing ever you can find them on ebay if you want.

jerparker1

I thought you also had to turn on/off headlights somewhere in there?

HoustonRider

It's a tricky procedure, I even get it wrong a time or two.

And for those of you with "city" trucks, the manual tells you how do disable the chime, it's not against the law to disable the alert.

Mine are disabled, and I wear my seatbelts all the time. Sometimes when your on ur land and filling feeders, or in/out all day, a seatbelt is in the way.

It's not the same as buckling up to drive ur freshly armour-all tires to Starbucks.

Count Drunkula

Hi. I'm not actually an insane person, I just play one on the internet.

I am actually the Environmental Safety and Health Lead at my work.

Now I don't want anybody to take anything I am about to say personally. I only want to provide you the tools to do some critical thinking regarding your opinions and actions.

I am seeing some incredibly dangerous misinformation on this thread regarding low speed driving.

The next time you are driving in what you consider a controlled environment at low speed, have a look at your speedometer. I promise you that you will be driving at a considerably higher rate of speed than "a whopping 2mph".

Ever drive through a school zone? Of course you have. Think of how AGONIZINGLY SLOW 15 MPH feels. I bet you drive substantially faster than that when you think you are going super-slow.

Want to guess the lowest speed at which fatalities among unbelted vehicle occupants have been recorded?

12 MPH.

Read that again.

That is about the speed you would be going in a parking lot.

You don't need to take my word for it. Take a look at the "Seat Belt Convincer". This device replicates the forces the human body would experience in a impact at only 5-7 MPH.


So, disable your reminder chime if you really must, but don't fool yourself into thinking you are immune to damage at low speeds.

Oh, and just for giggles...if anyone at one of my worksites disabled his or her vehicle's warning chimes, we'd be spending some quality refresher safety training time together. And if I caught anyone with any tool, including those fancy eBay items, to disable or work around a safety device of any kind, they would spend some quality time with the administrator in something we call termination.

Something to think about.