beeping sound for seat belts
05-14-2006 | 05:07 PM
#26
XYELLR8
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From: Maple Grove, Minnesota
how about you sit in the car first... shut the door.. THEN stick the key in the ignition.
if you stick the key in first while the door is still open... it will continue to ding until the door is closed.
if you stick the key in first while the door is still open... it will continue to ding until the door is closed.
05-15-2006 | 12:15 PM
#27
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Originally Posted by Dean
I agree that this beep is the most annoying thing about my new RX8. I wear my seatbelt when appropriate, but not when I'm driving from my mailbox to my house. If I disconnect my seatbelt just before getting to my mailbox (before completely stopping), the darned thing beeps for the entire time I'm at my mailbox, and on the drive from the mailbox the 100 yds to my house. Also beeps just driving across a parking lot.
Page 5-45 of the 2006 manual says there are 2 seatbelt warning systems: the normal one that most cars have that beep for 6-10 seconds and then shut up, and then Mazda's "belt minder" system which beeps pretty much forever (or it seems like it). The good news is that your Mazda Dealer can disable this extra "belt minder" system, at least according to the manual. The bad news is that my dealer is afraid to do so due to it being a safety feature. Once I pointed out that the manual said it was okay, and that it was an "additional" saftey feature above and beyond the standard one, they said they'd do it for $95. That will be the best $95 I've spent in a while!
I was hoping someone on here knew how to do it, but I haven't seen any posts on how; does anyone?
Page 5-45 of the 2006 manual says there are 2 seatbelt warning systems: the normal one that most cars have that beep for 6-10 seconds and then shut up, and then Mazda's "belt minder" system which beeps pretty much forever (or it seems like it). The good news is that your Mazda Dealer can disable this extra "belt minder" system, at least according to the manual. The bad news is that my dealer is afraid to do so due to it being a safety feature. Once I pointed out that the manual said it was okay, and that it was an "additional" saftey feature above and beyond the standard one, they said they'd do it for $95. That will be the best $95 I've spent in a while!
I was hoping someone on here knew how to do it, but I haven't seen any posts on how; does anyone?
)I say find a wreck and cut the buckle off the seat-belt. You might even troll the forum here for a while to find one - in a head-on collision the front seat-belts fire their one-time locking charge and are hence-forth useless and need to be replaced. I would have been happy to cut out my buckles for you back in November if I'd had any idea they might be useful.
Point being - you can plug the spare buckle into the recepticle, thus fooling the seat-belt monitor while leaving your regular seat-belt and buckle out of your way. I wouldn't do that, but if you're not my kid or my passenger then your business is your business.
I used to have a 1/2 mile driveway so I relate to the car-trip to the mailbox.
I was and remain a life-long seat-belt user except for one case - in college I had a motor route for a year where I delivered ~300 newspapers by car early every morning. I was literally in and out of the car over 100 times in a 2 hour period, never driving more than about 5mph to 10mph (that kinda job wears out door handles faster than wiper blades). I quit using my seat-belt on-the-route after a couple of days, but I never lost the habit of using it at all other times.
05-15-2006 | 12:35 PM
#28
i pwn therefore i am
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From: Delaware, USA
Originally Posted by mqandil
It is annoying at first, but after few months you won't notice you are doing it, then you would feel naked without it.
05-15-2006 | 12:42 PM
#29
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From: * Queens NY *
Originally Posted by valpac
Just buckle up.
Where accidents happen
Miles from home Percentage of accidents
1 mile or less 23 percent
2 to 5 miles 29 percent
6 to 10 miles 17 percent
11 to 15 miles 8 percent
16 to 20 miles 6 percent
More than 20 miles 17 percent http://www.insurance.com/Article.asp...Home/artid/104
Where accidents happen
Miles from home Percentage of accidents
1 mile or less 23 percent
2 to 5 miles 29 percent
6 to 10 miles 17 percent
11 to 15 miles 8 percent
16 to 20 miles 6 percent
More than 20 miles 17 percent http://www.insurance.com/Article.asp...Home/artid/104
05-22-2006 | 10:21 PM
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Thanks to the mazda tech who posted offering to take care of this for me! (I'm in VA, so a bit too far ) My Mazda dealer disabled the "beltminder" feature, which is Mazda's warning system that goes above and beyond what any normal human being needs as a reminder to buckle their seatbelt. Now, it simply beeps for 6 seconds, which is plenty of time to remind me to make an informed decision about whether I'm heading out on a road, or simply driving to my mailbox.
) My Mazda dealer disabled the "beltminder" feature, which is Mazda's warning system that goes above and beyond what any normal human being needs as a reminder to buckle their seatbelt. Now, it simply beeps for 6 seconds, which is plenty of time to remind me to make an informed decision about whether I'm heading out on a road, or simply driving to my mailbox.
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