Hi guys, does anyone know how to enable or disable the flashing led light for the passenger side seatbelt?

 

desolder it lol

 

have the passenger buckle their seatbelt?

 

what really makes the light go off, is the weight sensor in the seat combined with not having the seatbelt on.

 

Tell the person to either

A) Buckle up
B) Get their butt off the sensor

Or C) Desolder the LED.

I suggest A.

 

werd.. option A for the win

 

I'm pretty sure you'll want to go with option A. Messing with it electrically probably will disable the airbag on that side of the car, which could be bad.

 

Plus...I have a gash in my hand from wearing my seatbelt.

Without the seatbelt, I'd have an A-pillar in the brain.

Which is better?

 

My vote for buckle the seatbelt. Don't go out as just another statistic. Be smart. Either they buckle, or the car doesn't move. Plain and simple.

If you're still ignorant after our posts, then yes, desolder the led, or black electical tape over it.

 

^^ my vote for buckling the seatbeat....

the light is there for a reason. unless you have a box laying in your passenger seat... then just put it in the back...

i think in some states YOU (the driver) can be cited for not having the passengers wearing seatbelts... regardless or not you're wearing them yourself.

 

One time...about a week and a half after buying the tC...I drove w/ an 18" speaker in the passenger seat.

I had to buckle it up

 

i suggest to buckle up but if want another way disconnect the little white wire clip under the seat it wont flash anymore(works for driver side too.

 

Desoldering the LED will keep it from flashing without disabling anything.... but why go to the trouble? It is hardly noticeable.

 

why do you ask this question anyway? do you have a reason?

 

The clip part though is attached to the airbag sensors.

I think if it's removed, there are no more airbags.

Not really sure about being buckled up on the passenger side if that affects the airbag or not.

 

If you have a passenger I vote for them to buckle up..
That is the best thing to do.

I have no airbags in mine at all. The drivers one has been removed as well as the passenger one. The only one in mine is the knee one, just cause I havent got under there and removed it yet.

 

Cover it with tape, or take a Sharpie to the little red dot if you're really lazy. It's really not that distracting is it?

 

From what I learned from the dealer, the airbag only deploys on that side if the seatbelt is buckled and there is atleast 85lbs on the seat.

If you have a passenger, buckle them up.

 

^ How would it know if there was 85 pounds on the seat? the sensor will enable consistent Volt on/ 0 off at an amount of less than 10 lbs.

I don't believe that info is accurate...

I'm not sure, but I would think that if the seatbelt it buckled, it'd go off.

I just disconnect that sensor when I put in my seats and left the seatbelt sensor connected.

 

if you have a passenger, they should probably buckle up anyway...unless they can't give up that "cool" factor.