Stop Seatbelt Warning Alarm On Passenger Seat.

[en8wall]

On many occasions I've carried shopping bags on the passenger's seat only for the seatbelt alarm to go off once I pull away due to the weight tricking the sensor that someone is sitting on the seat.

I've found an ingenious and cheap solution on eBay for £1.98. See attached pictures, they are of very high quality and solve the bleeping. Obviously if someone is actually sitting on the seat then the belt must be worn.

[FROSTYBALLS]

They've been available for some time ...

[tarquin]

I have the software Techstream to turn on/off edit settings in he ECU

David

[mhc]

Great that you've found a solution, but could you not just put the bags on the floor? or in the back with the seats down?

[craggle]

Happened to me the other day.

I had other shopping bags on the floor and my camera bag on the passenger seat and as I was driving along kept hearing an intermittent loud beep! I couldn't work out what it was as it wasn't on all the time, I guess the bag was just on the limit of the switch.

Once I saw the seat belt light come on as well I figured it out and pulled the seat belt across the bag and plugged it in. I like the fake buckles though, I wouldn't want to modify the software as the alarm is an important safety feature so the buckle solves the problem for me.

Cheers

Craig.

[alan333]

I made a fake buckle for mine using a piece of plastic. Just mark and cut round the shape of the buckle.

[sparrow2]

There are some useful ideas here for me to remember if the need arises for me to use the front passenger seat to carry things.

I have had my IQ over five and a half years now and have never had anything on the front passenger seat other than a passenger!

The warning has been useful though. On a couple of occasions it has gone off because my wife has forgotten to put her belt on!

My wife's car is a hatchback and if I ever need to carry a lot of stuff I tend to borrow her car and fold up the rear seat cushion and down the seat back which gives a quite reasonable carrying area.

[atkiman]

Or you could just take the buckle round the back of the seat and plug it back in , for free.

[Wiz201]

I've just learnt where to place my handbag so it doesn't go off. I can get away with certain items but heavy items always go in the boot

[BarnabyRudge]

Stick a screw in the speaker.
So i found “my” solution to stopping the “Nagging” from this little car! I screwed a screw into the little speaker behind the speedo. Pressing the speaker inwards. This silenced it almost totally. I dropped a couple of drops of hot glue around the screw to keep it seated. So now its very hard to hear and i have not affected the airbag functionality. 

grab the whole plastic piece that covers the speedo. Yes that curved top and all its attached to. Give a firm tug/yank towards you. Then you’ll see two screws either side to release the rest. 2 more small screws on the back of the speedo and a few cocktail sticks to hold the clips away so i could click all the clips at once. A few needed releasing from the front edges and then it was possible to sort that pesky little blighter out with my chosen (Shortened) screw. I did enlarge the speaker holes at this point so i could remove the screw if i chose to later… without having to do such a tear down. The process was much simpler than i expected and i would say i am 90% pleased. The 10% irritation is with Toyota for not giving me a choice. I would like the alarm for the lights left on reminder etc. and local garages will not help. Toyota…. Not helpful.

Regards. Barnaby.