How do you turn off the seatbelt buzzer

Works ok for me. Either buckled behind me or in front of me it works out fine.

 

Same thing will work for the pass side.

The airbag is armed by weight in the seat.
If the seatbelt is fastened and there is no weight in the seat, then the dash display changes from "Airbag" to "Airbag Off"
When there is sufficient weight in the seat for the ECU to believe there is an adult sitting in it, then it switches to "Airbag On"

With the seat empty and the belt not fastened, the dash simply says "Airbag" and it looks kinda goofy.


The problem with bypassing the buzzer... I would not want to be in the passenger seat NOT wearing my belt and have the airbag go off.... no telling where my body and face/head will be when it deploys.
I was watching video of an accident at one of my intersections a few weeks ago and going frame-by-frame from the impact until the cars came to rest.
One car, I could see the side curtain airbags deploying after the car had already spun around and the car had come to rest before they completely inflated.

So yes, always wear your seatbelt.

 

Yep, the software only works with a 32 bit machine. Believe it or not, but I thought the Toyota Techstream worked the best on windows Vista.

If you have Windows 7 Pro, you can run the machine in virtual machine mode. Not my favorite, slow as all get out. It works and allows you to do all sort of customization. Depending on what model of truck you have, you can program it to roll down all the windows with the key in the door lock. That is just one of the features. There are a lot more. Plus it is the best diognostic tool out there for maintaining Toyota vehiucles. My copy works with all my Toyota's, from 1998 to 2009.

 

Rich:

The airbags will not go off if the seat belt is not buckled. My guess is Toyota figured you were not belted, you are on your own during an accident.

 

Ah .. .. .. but with the buckle switch "closed" (either by a spare latch or with the switch spring removed) the vehicle 'thinks' the belt is fastened. And if there is weight on the seat .. .. ..

 

Yep, they will go off then.

I wounder what would happen with the seatbelt retractors in this situation? The squib fires and retracts the seatbelt during an accident. If the seat belt is already retracted, will the squibs still fire?

Good topic.

KO

 

Best way I can think of to make the bell sound stop is to take the key out of the ignition. Seatbelts should be worn. Airbags, I don't believe in.

Most these computerized vehicles are so friggin' busy minding our business that if you unplug the "bell", it'll probably throw a code. My brother (a retired rocket scientist and an electronics whiz) spent a lot of time disabling all the bells & BS on his '06 Subaru Forester. One was being very difficult for the above reason, and he just taped a bit of foam rubber around it and secured it with a wire tie. It still buzzes, but he can't hear it, which is plenty good.

 

A few years back I rented a Nissan pickup from a dealer where the seat belt alarm would constantly go off even though the seat belt was plugged in. My uncle gave me a good suggestion that worked. He had me go under the seat and find the seat belt plug and unplug it. Then take a small piece of small gauge wire an inch long or so. Strip each end of the wire and stuck it in the wire harness that leads back to the truck sensor. This "tricked" the truck seat belt sensor thinking that the seat belt was plugged in.

 

Another option is to buy a seat belt plug. I have one that is low profile and looks like a key, it's marketed as an alarm stopper. but you could also go to the junkyard and cut off a real seat belt plug from another truck. I use mine for hunting mostly and it works great when were constantly getting in and out of the truck.