Just want to say not looking to get into a debate on safety or legality here.

I tried to deactivate the beltminder chime which periodically chimes at me when I am driving around.... unbuckled.... I followed the instructions in my owner's manual, turn on the power, wait till the light goes out, buckle the seat 9 times, hold your breath, do a hand stand, etc. For some reason it doesnt seem to work.

Anyone have this issue? I have an xlt that originally had power drivers and manual pass seats. I swapped the seats for lariat all power/heat/ memory seats. Could the new seats cause this problem?

 

doubt it...try the procedure again...took me a couple time to get it right

 

I'd try again. I wear my belt, but I turned mine off. So I know it works, just have to follow it exactly.

 

I got mine to work after a few choice words was able to get the driver side shut off but not the passenger... make sure the parking brake is set good that was my problem still have not figured out whats wrong with the passenger side

 

Im in same boat as you. I had an old car in my back yard. So i just went out there cut 2 of the buckles out and no more chime. But i do want to figure out of to turn it all the way off. Oh and just heads up dont unhook everything under the seat like i did alls it does it mess other stuff up and it also doesnt make the chime go away. It would on 2003 below. But not 04+. My grandpa bought an 02 and we unhooked it. No more annoying chime lol.

 

Turned off my driver's side during lunch today. Worked first time on the 05.

 

Count it on the way out. It took me a couple times as well. Mine has been disable for 3 years now give or take. Don't have anybody in the passenger seat, maybe I was retarded but when I tried to do it with my buddy in the passenger seat it didn't seem to want to cooperate.

 

I've been wearing seatbelts my whole driving life. I had a 1980 2 door impala V8 with bench seats. The only way I could stay behind the wheel was with a seatbelt. You slide around alot on two wheels without a seatbelt on!