Seat Belt Chime chirp thing

[Randall41]

I just found a local independent BMW shop here in Albuquerque, NM (Hans Wittler) that has the AutoLogic system. He is checking on the upgrade that will include the 135.

[SPB PELICAN]

Someone might have already said this, I just didnt want to read all the comments. But what I do is click the seat belt in whether theres someone in it or not, then it thinks that someone is in it and the chime doesn't go off.

Theres also a DIY I read a few weeks ago (I didn't do it to my car) where the guy took off the gauge cluster (only a few screws) to reveal the chime speaker on the back. After that he used electrical tape (layers of it) to cover the speaker up. This seemed to get good reviews among people that tried it out, so this is always an option. Good Luck!

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Randall41

Has anyone disabled the sensor for the seat belt warning. The passenger seat is really sensitive, my wife puts her purse in the seat and the chime goes off.

You can have this coded to stop the chime and warning. I know the coding guys offer it. It is a popular mod. Find someone in your area that does coding.

[audi4t]

Originally Posted by Randall41

Has anyone disabled the sensor for the seat belt warning. The passenger seat is really sensitive, my wife puts her purse in the seat and the chime goes off.

I just purchased these for $6



http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-Emblem-E...item25696eaf54

[SPB PELICAN]

^ thats awesome

[F2ED W]

dont know if it'll work in the BMW but in dads range rover sport if you put the key in the ignition and turn it once so that all the electrics come on, then put the seat belt in and out i think 9 or 10 times then it disables it, drivers side.

[MPBK]

Originally Posted by SPB PELICAN

Someone might have already said this, I just didnt want to read all the comments. But what I do is click the seat belt in whether theres someone in it or not, then it thinks that someone is in it and the chime doesn't go off.

Theres also a DIY I read a few weeks ago where the guy took off the gauge cluster (only a few screws) to reveal the chime speaker on the back. After that he used electrical tape (layers of it) to cover the speaker up. This seemed to get good reviews among people that tried it out, so this is always an option. Good Luck!

If you do that, the car will think a very light person is on the passenger seat and a warning Airbags Disabled light will go off.

If you have access to the speaker, why not just cut the wire to it instead of messing with electrical tape, which will not completely silence it?

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by MPBK

If you do that, the car will think a very light person is on the passenger seat and a warning Airbags Disabled light will go off.

If you have access to the speaker, why not just cut the wire to it instead of messing with electrical tape, which will not completely silence it?

I would not do THAT! besides... you would have no stereo system then! lol
Besides the GONG goes off for important stuff too. Like when it gets near freezing (~3'C or less) or when there is ANY malfunction like Limp Mode or engine over heating, ect. Most people only notice teh gong for simple things like seat belts or low fuel or low ambient temps.

[MPBK]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

I would not do THAT! besides... you would have no stereo system then! lol
Besides the GONG goes off for important stuff too. Like when it gets near freezing (~3'C or less) or when there is ANY malfunction like Limp Mode or engine over heating, ect. Most people only notice teh gong for simple things like seat belts or low fuel or low ambient temps.

Wait a minute... I thought he's talking about a separate speaker just for the seat belt gong.
Why would he tape up the stereo speaker to begin with?

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by MPBK

Wait a minute... I thought he's talking about a separate speaker just for the seat belt gong.
Why would he tape up the stereo speaker to begin with?

The GONG noise comes from the stereo speakers. I know what he wrote. But that sound comes from the car's stereo system speakers on my car and every other BMW i have driven. Maybe he was talking about an older BMW model?

IF the gong noise bothers you... have it coded out by someone who knows SW coding.


Dack

[MPBK]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

The GONG noise comes from the stereo speakers. I know what he wrote. But that sound comes from the car's stereo system speakers on my car and every other BMW i have driven. Maybe he was talking about an older BMW model?

IF the gong noise bothers you... have it coded out by someone who knows SW coding.


Dack

It doesn't bother me at all.
I was just replying to his post. It didn't make sense to me that someone would put electric tape over a speaker after all the effort to remove the console and expose the speaker.

[SPB PELICAN]

Originally Posted by MPBK

If you do that, the car will think a very light person is on the passenger seat and a warning Airbags Disabled light will go off.

If you have access to the speaker, why not just cut the wire to it instead of messing with electrical tape, which will not completely silence it?

never thought about that, but as I said I havn't done it (I dont mind the chime). I just read a DIY where a guy did this.

edit* The thread I saw it on was on a e87, my bad... Didn't electrical tape my stereo speakers.

[SPB PELICAN]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

The GONG noise comes from the stereo speakers. I know what he wrote. But that sound comes from the car's stereo system speakers on my car and every other BMW i have driven. Maybe he was talking about an older BMW model?

IF the gong noise bothers you... have it coded out by someone who knows SW coding.


Dack

Hey, so I just found the thread I was talking about before and yea its a different model (e87). Why it was on here is beyond me... And no I dont think anyone is dumb enough to tape their stereo speakers. And as I said in my OP, I didnt even do this, just saw it done.. And as it turns out it was on a different car.

Heres the thread I saw...

http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showt...+seatbelt+gong

[pdisher]

I went to a junk yard and found a seat belt buckle.

They charged me ZERO dollars lucky me...

I just plug in the buckle when I transport a gallon of milk.

Stupid seat belt gong thing....stupid german fear of litigation.

My wife's minivan has a procedure in the owner's manual that disables the gong but leaves the light on the dash.

Why must this simple alarm be so persistent, even my daughter's Hyundai has an alarm that stops after seconds...

Just so annoying on an expensive car. Not logical...

[MPBK]

Originally Posted by pdisher

I went to a junk yard and found a seat belt buckle.

They charged me ZERO dollars lucky me...

I just plug in the buckle when I transport a gallon of milk.

Stupid seat belt gong thing....stupid german fear of litigation.

My wife's minivan has a procedure in the owner's manual that disables the gong but leaves the light on the dash.

Why must this simple alarm be so persistent, even my daughter's Hyundai has an alarm that stops after seconds...

Just so annoying on an expensive car. Not logical...

I seem to recall that when I drove the car days ago to get the mail, without buckling up, the sound stopped after about 10 gongs.
Are you saying the passenger side is different?

[pdisher]

I Don't think so,
Probably couldn't stand it for 5!

The car is in the shop for some warranty repairs Can't check it

I think I was ready to run screaming from the damn thing way before 10

[08_135i_guy]

Im not too familiar with bmw's cuz i just bought mine 3 weeks ago but i would think that there would be a fuse to just pull out to easily fix this problem.

[GuamX1]

That is funny the people at BMW have a sound engineer a sound booth/studio who's only job is to create this particular sound that we cannot stand and want to turn off

[dtwyim]

Originally Posted by MPBK

I seem to recall that when I drove the car days ago to get the mail, without buckling up, the sound stopped after about 10 gongs.
Are you saying the passenger side is different?

Originally Posted by pdisher

I Don't think so,
Probably couldn't stand it for 5!

The car is in the shop for some warranty repairs Can't check it

I think I was ready to run screaming from the damn thing way before 10

I think I counted 30 gongs on the passenger side.

Yes, I counted it and kept driving without going crazy.

[MikeinAlexandria]

You can turn off the seat belt chime using NCSExert and an OBDII cable from One Stop Electronics. The cable is $99, software is on the Internet downloadable for free. I have done this, and it sure is nice not to have that gong. I always buckle up anyway.