Disable annoying seat belt buzzer

I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?

"cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:1143752783.724019.247220@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
> but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
> a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
> super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
> unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
> wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
> the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
> unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
> that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
> would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?
>[/color]

Someone who has recently begun frequenting this ng complained because the
warning alert for an unfastened seat belt didn't sound the entire time the
seat belt was unfastened.

On our cars, we get a tone when the seat belt is unfastened for a few
seconds, then it is silent.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

There is a somewhat complicated process to deal with this problem set out in
the Avalon manual for that vehicle


"cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:1143752783.724019.247220@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
> but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
> a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
> super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
> unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
> wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
> the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
> unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
> that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
> would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?
>[/color]

Hard to believe, but true -- "cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> typed:
[color=blue]
>I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
>but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
>a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
>super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
>unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
>wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
>the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
>unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
>that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
>would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?[/color]

This is what did it for my '05 Camry:

1.) Power on ignition
2.) Set trip/ODO to ODO (if its already on ODO you will have to cycle
through)
3.) Power off
4.) Power on with brake pedal pressed
5.) Within 6 seconds, press and hold the ODO for 10 seconds or more
6.) While STILL holding the ODO *after 10 seconds*, buckle BOTH
seatbelts. Now release the ODO
7.) You will see in the trip display either a "b on" or "b off"
8.) Press the ODO to toggle between "b on" or b off" YOU WANT "b off"
9.) Now power off.

If battery is disconnected, you may lose your setting. Default is
always "b on"


Use only at your own risk; if you crash and die a horrible death after
doing this, it's not MY fault!

-Don
--
"Ladies and gentlemen take my advice.
Pull down your pants and slide on the ice."

-- Sidney Freedman

Don,
I had someone give me some similar instructions to this already that
did not work on my Rav4 but these are a little different and I will
give them a try. I'm hoping it will work and will post the results
later. Thanks

Don Fearn wrote:[color=blue]
> Hard to believe, but true -- "cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> typed:
>[color=green]
> >I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
> >but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
> >a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
> >super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
> >unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
> >wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
> >the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
> >unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
> >that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
> >would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?[/color]
>
> This is what did it for my '05 Camry:
>
> 1.) Power on ignition
> 2.) Set trip/ODO to ODO (if its already on ODO you will have to cycle
> through)
> 3.) Power off
> 4.) Power on with brake pedal pressed
> 5.) Within 6 seconds, press and hold the ODO for 10 seconds or more
> 6.) While STILL holding the ODO *after 10 seconds*, buckle BOTH
> seatbelts. Now release the ODO
> 7.) You will see in the trip display either a "b on" or "b off"
> 8.) Press the ODO to toggle between "b on" or b off" YOU WANT "b off"
> 9.) Now power off.
>
> If battery is disconnected, you may lose your setting. Default is
> always "b on"
>
>
> Use only at your own risk; if you crash and die a horrible death after
> doing this, it's not MY fault!
>
> -Don
> --
> "Ladies and gentlemen take my advice.
> Pull down your pants and slide on the ice."
>
> -- Sidney Freedman[/color]

Well these instructions do not work. Also some of the guys on
[url]www.rav4world.com[/url] tried them and they didn't work for them either so it
wasn't just me. Anyone else have any more ideas?

cusack wrote:[color=blue]
> Don,
> I had someone give me some similar instructions to this already that
> did not work on my Rav4 but these are a little different and I will
> give them a try. I'm hoping it will work and will post the results
> later. Thanks
>
> Don Fearn wrote:[color=green]
> > Hard to believe, but true -- "cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> typed:
> >[color=darkred]
> > >I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
> > >but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
> > >a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
> > >super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
> > >unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
> > >wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
> > >the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
> > >unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
> > >that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
> > >would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?[/color]
> >
> > This is what did it for my '05 Camry:
> >
> > 1.) Power on ignition
> > 2.) Set trip/ODO to ODO (if its already on ODO you will have to cycle
> > through)
> > 3.) Power off
> > 4.) Power on with brake pedal pressed
> > 5.) Within 6 seconds, press and hold the ODO for 10 seconds or more
> > 6.) While STILL holding the ODO *after 10 seconds*, buckle BOTH
> > seatbelts. Now release the ODO
> > 7.) You will see in the trip display either a "b on" or "b off"
> > 8.) Press the ODO to toggle between "b on" or b off" YOU WANT "b off"
> > 9.) Now power off.
> >
> > If battery is disconnected, you may lose your setting. Default is
> > always "b on"
> >
> >
> > Use only at your own risk; if you crash and die a horrible death after
> > doing this, it's not MY fault!
> >
> > -Don
> > --
> > "Ladies and gentlemen take my advice.
> > Pull down your pants and slide on the ice."
> >
> > -- Sidney Freedman[/color][/color]

I coulda sworn "cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> typ'd:
[color=blue]
>Well these instructions do not work. Also some of the guys on
>[url]www.rav4world.com[/url] tried them and they didn't work for them either so it
>wasn't just me.[/color]

Bummer, man. Those were the right instructions for both my '05 Camry
and my '05 xB, so I thought they might be Toyota generic. I guess
that's what happens when I assUme . . . .

[color=blue]
>Anyone else have any more ideas?[/color]

How about a Google search on "rav4 chat" or something like that? I
found the instructions I posted on an xB chat site.

-Don
--
Nous avons assez de jeunesse; commencons a rechercher la fontaine du sens." -- Anonyme

"cusack" <chris99@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:1143752783.724019.247220@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>I have a new 2006 Rav4. I normally wear my seat belt 98% of the time
> but there are instances where I may need to unhook it say while I am in
> a drive through and need to grab my wallet. Anyways, this thing has a
> super annoying beeping noise that goes off when the seat belt is
> unhooked. Does anyone know how to disable this? I tried unplugging the
> wires under the seat and that did disable it but then when you do have
> the seat belt hooked the light on the dash flashes and thinks it is
> unhooked. I thought about just finding the buzzer and disconnecting
> that but someone told me that it sits behind the speedometer and that
> would be a major job to get to it. Any ideas?[/color]

Yeah. Take out your fucking wallet EARLIER. What a flimsy excuse for
disabling safety equipment. Sheesh.

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