Seat Belt Alarm

[j_marinelli]

It is always dinging at me when I pick up a 12 pack and it rides shot gun. I just started getting into the habit of buckling in the beer. I get some strange looks from ppl that glance over and see my beer all nice and safe though.

My mom let me drive her Ford Escape and I like the safety feature in that. The radio will not turn on unless the seat belts are on.

[JTB]

Originally Posted by bbbbmw

I'm just glad there's no sensor on the shelf behind the rear seat, where my three year old rides.

That is where my wife sits

[drufe]

There's nothing wrong with buckling in the beer. It's precious cargo.

[rking117]

Originally Posted by Freon

I've had the chime go on if I put a case of beer or ...

Beer = prefect reason to put seatbelt on it. Cannot have alcohol abuse.

[MZWIE]

Sometimes you just have to shake your head in disbelief.

[JimD]

If you want to do it, you should visit b m w c o d i n g . c o m (eliminate the spaces). As is typical for this subject and site, I did not see a perfect answer but I saw several threads where people indicated they had successfully made this change. There is a spreadsheet on the F10 section where they show individual instructions for the driver and passengers warning sound and visual symbol. What I have found before is the command is the same but I found it in a different module in my e88. There was another thread where a e82 reported what module he found some of these instructions in.

That website will also tell you what it takes to code. I can be frustrating but the cash outlay is around $100 for a cable - cheaper models may work but the results seem inconsistent. There are other things you can do (like make your doors unlock when you take the key out). I coded my convertible to put the top down with the remote (I do not have comfort access).

Jim

[tapout2taxes]

Where it annoys me is I take my seatbelt off when I get in my building's garage and it goes off until I get into my spot. It's not along time but its annoying when it is every day. Trying to get someone to code it out ASAP.

[JimD]

The same website has information on coders across the country. A word of caution, however. When you code, you have the capability to do a lot of things you do not intend to do. You can really mess up a car. You could make it totally non-functional and need a dealer to restore the programming to a state it will function. This should never happen, it is not hard to do things right, but it could. I would be careful who I let code my car - that is a reason I do it myself. I'd check references before letting somebody access my car's computer.

Jim