Disconnect seat-belt chime..?

[Peer]

I wonder if there's an easy way to disconnect the seat-belt reminder-chime, while still have the key & lights reminder intact..?

-- peer

[Loren]

Did you try doing a search?

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...ost&p=37289

[WTL]

What I did on my 06 C4S is just have the dealer disable the chime. They did it no problem. Good luck

[Loren]

What I did on my 06 C4S is just have the dealer disable the chime. They did it no problem. Good luck

The 987 and 997 are handled completely differently and can be disabled with a PIWIS tester.

The 986 and 996 series can not be disabled with the Porsche tester.

[Peer]

Loren wrote:

> Did you try doing a search?

Yes, I did. I was hoping there would be an easier fix than soldering resistors etc -- wanted something simple like cutting a wire... or something like that. Besides, I have a '98 Boxster, not a 2003 Audi TT (as in the article you referred me to).

In any case -- the reason why I wanna do this is so I don't have to hear that annoying sound in the short interim of the ignition key being inserted and before managing to buckle up. Hence, I just want peace & quiet.

Any help appreciated.

-- peer

[Richard Hamilton]

Loren referred you to a 996 Twin Turbo - not an Audi TT! Most 986 and 996 wiring uses the same colours.

Why not simply get used to buckling up before turning the key?

[Peer]

Richard Hamilton wrote:

> Loren referred you to a 996 Twin Turbo - not an Audi TT!

No, the guy "believed" his 2003 TT was similar to a 996.

Or the exact quote:

"Here's how to remove the seat belt chime on your 996 car. I

have a 2003 TT, but I believe that the other cars are similar."

> Why not simply get used to buckling up before turning the key?

Well, there's a lot of stuff one can get used to. But there's also often things that could easily be fixed the way we want them. I was just hoping this was one of them. Evidentially not.

-- peer

[CJ_Boxster]

Seems easy but disconnecting the Seat belt wires momentarily will probably cause the Airbag light to come on and you'll need to pay some big bucks just to turn it back off.

[Richard Hamilton]

Peer - I'm not trying to be awkward or obstructive here, but if you look at Loren's link you'll see it is in the 996 TT section. If you look at the profile of the author, Beecher, you'll see he has a 2003 996 Twin Turbo. I think you'll find that he is saying that other Porsche models have similar wiring to his 996 TT. However, it doesn't look like a simple job, which is what you were asking for.

[jmatta]

Seems like performing brain surgery for a simple headache, to me.

[Peer]

Richard Hamilton wrote:

> I think you'll find that he is saying that other

> Porsche models have similar wiring to his 996 TT.

Well, he said that he "believed" the TT had the same wiring.

If I'm gonna perform this "brain surgery for a simple headache", I think I need something more than someone who "believes" it's the same wiring.

In any case, I must say it baffles me that there's apparently no easy fix for this.

-- peer

[Tool Pants]

Some time ago someone cut the wire to the instrument cluster connector for the seat belt chime. If it were me, I would have removed the wire from the connector in case I wanted to put it back in.

If you are really going to do this then I will take the time to look at the wiring diagram and see if I can figure out which wire it is.

[Peer]

Tool Pants wrote:

> If you are really going to do this then I will take the

> time to look at the wiring diagram and see if I can

> figure out which wire it is.

Are you suggesting that you will look into this... or did you mean that I should do it myself? If it's the latter, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't trust myself enough to find the correct wire to cut (or yank) -- unless I could afford a try & error approach ;^)

Hence, any help appreciated.

-- peer

[Richard Hamilton]

As Tool Pants suggests, you could try disconnecting this wire from the instrument cluster plug. Plug 2, Pin 24 - Brown & Red wire.

Edited January 31, 2007 by Richard Hamilton

[Peer]

Richard Hamilton wrote:

> you could try disconnecting this wire from the instrument

> cluster plug. Plug 2, Pin 24 - Brown & Red wire.

Thanks Richard -- that's very helpful. But I wonder if that "Seat Belt Warning" wire is just for the warning light, and not for the bell chime..?

-- peer

[Richard Hamilton]

That's the only connection I can see on the cluster relating to the Seat belt Warning. I don't have this "feature" on my car (UK Spec). I think that the seat belt warning gong is built into the cluster, like the light buzzer, and (I assume) the parking assistant buzzer.

[Peer]

Just to let you all know that yesterday I successfully disconnected my seat-belt chime following Richard Hamilton's instructions.

It sure worked perfectly, just the way I wanted.

-- peer

[boggtown]

Thats great, sorry to change the topic, how would you do this to an 06 cayenne v6? Would it be the same wire?

[CJ_Boxster]

Or you can buy a passenger side recepticle like me cause my drivers side recepticle was making my airbag light turn on, killed 2 birds with 1 stone.