| Author | Message | ||
     Concor |
Anyone know if theres a way to get the warning chime to stfu on a 2006 Mercury Mountaineer? This would apply to any 06 or later Explorer as well. Is there anyone who sells the latch part of the seat belt that could be clicked into the buckle. And dont tell me to put my seat belt on I know that would stop it. I know its stupid but i hate wearing it. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
There are two wires that run into the buckle. Find them, cut them, splice them. You can also go onto the Ford Explorer websites. There is a "switch" that can turn the chime off. It's annoying as hell. I have the same thing on my Acura. Friggin' nannymobile. | ||
| Ceejay |
my 02 ford truck has it but all I do is push in the red seat belt release once and it doesn't come back on. If that don't work you could hit up a junk yard that hasn't removed them and cut one off for a "dummy" or false belt. kind of odd but one of the reportedly safest cars on the planet-volvo-has no chime-very cool | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
Some of the first cars with seat belt safety features wouldn't start if there was weight in the passenger seat without it being buckled. My grandfather had a helluva time as an auto mechanic trying to figure out why one customer's car would never start when his dog was in the car with him lmao. | ||
| Xl1200r |
The former driving instructor in me says: "JUST PUT YOUR BELT ON!!!" Do I really need to get out the videos showing what happens in a crash without a belt on? However, free country and all that (I know it's against the law but shouldn't be...) I would go with the "dummy buckle" idea. Seems the most reversable and easiest to install. | ||
| Brumbear |
THUMB THE CLIP TWIST PULL PIN RELEASE SPOON TOSS IN PREOPENED WINDOW RUN LIKE HELL PROBLEM SOLVED | ||
| Doubled |
The owner's manuals on my '02 Super Duty and now my '06 F150 both had ways to shut them off. It involves turning the key on and off a number of times then clicking and unclicking the seatbelt a number of times or something like that. You may want to look there. | ||
| Froggy |
I read about a guy who recently died. He hated the seatbelt thing so much that he made a fake seatbelt that clips into the buckle and goes over his shoulder so that way he wouldn't get a ticked as it looked like he was wearing the seatbelt. He got into a wreck and died. It makes me wonder why go through that effort? Just put the damn thing on at that point. Couldn't you just take the seatbelt and plug it in the buckle? Then you hop in after, so your on top of the seatbelt. | ||
| Irideabuell |
I grew up in VT and we had no seat belt law there and it wasn't until I moved to FL that I was forced to wear it. I can't stand to not have it buckled now. | ||
| Spiderman |
Nuff said... | ||
| Buellinator |
You are an idiot. The decision not to wear a seatbelt affects you, your family, your friends, your co-workers, not to mention the other people involved in your accident, and the health care system. Ultimately, if you don't have enough insurance the taxpayer ends up picking up the tab. So, you see your decision not to wear a seatbelt affects everyone. Culturally, I am always amazed at the American insistence that it is their right to not to practice preventative safety by wearing seatbelts and helmets. When they do get hurt, they proceed with litigation and refuse to accept personal responsibility. You should spend some time with a paramedic or in an emergency ward. That might change your mind. Wear your seatbelt. Stop being stupid. | ||
| Mnbueller |
You can't fix stupid.  | ||
| Seanp |
Oh jeez, let's not turn this into a helmet law argument. If he wants to go without a seatbelt, let him. It's a risk, and as long as he understands the possible consequences, then it's his responsibility. Concor - can you just buckle the belt behind you, and leave it buckled all the time? Or is it attached to the door or something? I had a friend who never wore his belt, and that's what he did. But I guess if it's one of those fancy things where you can't get in and out without unbuckling it that might not work. If not, well, I'd go to a local junkyard and find one that fits the hole. I'm sure it would be pretty cheap, and all you need for tools is a knife. | ||
| Hexangler |
I wear mine. | ||
| Spiderman |
here's a cool one, | ||
| Kyrocket |
Actually, I'd probably feel better paying his medical bills than paying off some mortgage for a Wall Street Schmuck who ran the business into the ground in the first place. But enough of that. My father-in-law just buckles his and leaves it that way. Like Iride, I feel weird when it's not fastened around me. | ||
| New12r |
Dudes, it is a personal choice, I have went head first through a windshield and still dont wear my seatbelt half the time. And dont call me stupid for accepting personal risk, HUGE DIFFERENCE!! I have also been in TWO crashes that would have put me 6 feet under had I been wearing my seatbelt. How would you like to be trapped in a seat that no longer existed after you got T boned at 60mph??? Fords are the worst Nanny mobiles, the chimes never freaking stop, even while idling in park the chime will go off while I am working on those raggety buckets of crap. | ||
| Buellinator |
Seat belts save lives. Period. They're not uncomfortable. They're not inconvenient. Those are just excuses that people use not to wear them. | ||
| Buellinator |
"Dudes, it is a personal choice, I have went head first through a windshield and still dont wear my seatbelt half the time. And dont call me stupid for accepting personal risk, HUGE DIFFERENCE!! I have also been in TWO crashes that would have put me 6 feet under had I been wearing my seatbelt. How would you like to be trapped in a seat that no longer existed after you got T boned at 60mph???} Based on the fact that you've been in all these accidents, I would respectfully suggest that you're a prime candidate for seat belt use. Accepting personal risk is one thing. Being a drooling brain damaged vegetable who can't wipe his own ass is another. I'm sure that anyone who "accepted personal risk" and ended up in a rehab hospital because of it would have a very different opinion if given a second chance. Unfortunately, most don't get that chance. Okay, I'll stop preaching now.  | ||
| Spiderman |
Personal risk can only be taken into account when you are the only one in control of your risk. Seeing as there are tons of morons on the road; texting, on their cell, eat, ETC... You are not in full control of the risk... | ||
| Hr_puffinstuff |
there should not be a seatbelt LAW that being said...BUCKLE UP you wouldn't walk around on the "hot" side of an active shooting range cars are bigger than bullets. there are far more of them in daily use, and many more car accidents than shootings it's just mathmatics...sooner or later, some idiot is going to try to shoot his car at you...and the seatbelt is your vest | ||
| Ceejay |
you guys are right. Take my cigs, whiskey, bikes, trucks, and skates. I'll just sit and read badweb all day  | ||
| S_palmer |
I'll probably regret this but I have to point out that words like stupid and idiot in this thread are coming from people who ride motorcycles! While I don't have figures to back this up, my best guess would be that riding is far more dangerous than driving without a seat belt. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
I smoke, drink, eat fast food, and wear my helmet or my seat belt regardless of state laws. Be considerate of your family and friends.. None of them want to deliver your eulogy because you shut the safety chime off and ate some dash. | ||
| Pkforbes87 |
riding is far more dangerous than driving without a seat belt. Riding is dangerous because of idiots in cars most of the time - not in the rider's control. Driving w/o a safety belt is dangerous because the driver CHOOSES to avoid an available safety feature. | ||
| S_palmer |
PKforbes87 I agree much of the danger comes from cars on the road even though there are a lot of single bike accidents. My point is no matter what the source of the danger, we CHOOSE to ride instead of driving with a seat belt and accept the risk of our decision. Does that make us all stupid? | ||
| Ducxl |
I drove my wife and mother-in-law to the nursing home for over 10 years to visit my father-in-law twice a week. He was preparing to retire from being a Dentist of over 40 years.He was literally a few weeks from actual retirement when........He crossed an intersection and was TEE-boned by a silent running no lights cop responding to a crank call. No seatbelt... game over.... Ten years of paralysis,drooling,incoherent speech,then a feeding tube. When the seatbelt laws were enacted,even I resisted,until i tried the latest in seatbelts.I NEVER drive without them now. almost completely unobtrusive. And NO,i will not visit your brain dead butt in the nursing home stench  Sorry i couldn't help subvert the seatbelt buzzer | ||
| Court |
I think it is terribly unwise not to wear a seat belt. My thoughts are largely a result of being in an accident where the car rolled 8 times and I was thrown. I would never drive a car without a seat belt nor ride a motorcycle without a full face helmet. roommates I'm having way too much fun in life to take UNNECESSARY risks. I've long been an advocate of medical insurance being predicated on seat belts and full face helmets. If you want to assume the safety risk you should also assume the financial risk. Part of that is based on having 3 ER doctors as roomates in college years ago. The scariest part of the thing is having a government who **think** I, on my own, am incapable of assessing these risks and has stepped in to think for me. | ||
| Chopped58 |
Whatever your choice, my 2004 Ford Escape has the warning bell also, but is turned off not by inserting the tab into the lock, but by simply pulling the seatbelt out a bit. There must be a sensor in the mechanism that winds the seatbelt back up. | ||
| Concor |
This place is awesome, it was just a simple question and it turns into name calling and questioning others choices in life. If you knew me you wouldnt be surprised at the seat belt thing,i never wear a helmet either. Thanks for the tips and the entertainment. |
