Mayberry40

I have an 08 GT/CS and want to disable the seat belt chimes in the passenger seat. I have disabled the drivers seat by using the users manuel and tried several times to do it to the passenger seat and get no results.
I don't know if it is related but I have gone by the instructions in the manuel to disable the exterior lights when I unlock the car with no change.
Any suggestions?

jessejames82

i dont have the manual and want to do the same how do you do it?

2006gtmike

BELT MINDER DEACTIVATING/ACTIVATING

PBELT MINDER DEACTIVATING/ACTIVATING

Preparation
1. Before deactivating/activating the belt minder, set the parking brake.
2. Place the gearshift in P (Park) (automatic transmission) or the neutral position (manual transmission).
3. Place the ignition switch in the OFF position.
4. Close all the vehicle doors.
5. Unbuckle the driver and passenger safety belt.
6. Place the parklamps/headlamps switch in the OFF position.
Deactivating/Activating

NOTE:
• Steps 1-7 using only the driver safety belt will permanently enable/disable the beltminder feature.
• Steps 1-7 using only the passenger safety belt will permanently enable/disable the beltminder feature.
• Only one side (driver or passenger) can be enabled/disabled per ignition switch cycle. While programming the driver side, any activity on the passenger side will terminate the programming sequence. While programming the passenger side, any activity on the driver side will terminate the programming sequence.
• The programming sequence will terminate if a system fault occurs that requires the illumination of the safety belt, or airbag warning indicator at any time during the programming or confirmation.

1. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN position. (Do not start the engine.)
2. Wait until the safety belt warning indicator turns off. (approximately 1 minute )
3. NOTE: Step 4 must be completed within 60 seconds . Buckle and unbuckle the driver or passenger safety belt 9 times, ending with the safety belt unbuckled. The air bag warning indicator illuminates for 3 seconds after this step.
4. After the air bag warning indicator turns off, buckle and unbuckle the safety belt again. This enables the belt minder if disabled or disables the belt minder if enabled.
5. Confirmation of the beltminder being enabled is by the airbag warning indicator flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds , followed by 3 seconds again.
6. Confirmation of the beltminder being disabled is by the airbag warning indicator flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds .
7. After confirmation, the deactivation/activation procedure is complete.

2006gtmike

One time disable
If at any time the driver/front passenger quickly buckles then unbuckles
the safety belt for that seating position, the BeltMinder is disabled for
the current ignition cycle. The BeltMinder feature will enable during the
same ignition cycle if the occupant buckles and remains buckled for
approximately 30 seconds. Confirmation is not given for the one time
disable.

Deactivating/activating the BeltMinder feature
The driver and front passenger BeltMinder are
deactivated/activated independently. When deactivating/activating
one seating position, do not buckle the other position as this will
terminate the process.

Read Steps 1 - 4 thoroughly before proceeding with the
deactivation/activation programming procedure.
Note: The driver and front passenger BeltMinder features must be
disabled/enabled separately. Both cannot be disable/enabled during the
same key cycle.

The driver and front passenger BeltMinder features can be
deactivated/activated by performing the following procedure:
Before following the procedure, make sure that:
• The parking brake is set
• The gearshift is in P (Park) (automatic transmission)
• The gearshift is in N (Neutral) (Manual transmission)
• The ignition switch is in the OFF position
• The driver and front passenger safety belts are unbuckled

To reduce the risk of injury, do not deactivate/activate the
BeltMinder feature while driving the vehicle.

1. Turn the ignition switch to the RUN (or ON) position. (DO NOT
START THE ENGINE)

2. Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off. (Approximately
1 minute)
• Step 3 must be completed within 50 seconds after the safety belt
warning light turns off.

3. For the seating position being disabled, at a moderate speed, buckle
then unbuckle the safety belt 9 times, ending in the unbuckled state.
(Step 3 must be completed within 50 seconds after the safety belt
warning light turns off.)
• After Step 3, the restraint system warning light (airbag light) will be
turned on for three seconds.

4. Within 10 seconds of the light turning on, at a moderate speed, buckle
then unbuckle the safety belt.
• This will disable the BeltMinder feature for that seating position if it
is currently enabled. As confirmation, the restraint system warning
light will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds.
• This will enable the BeltMinder feature for that seating position if it
is currently disabled. As confirmation, the restraint system warning
light will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds, followed by
3 seconds with the light off, then followed by the restraint system
warning light flashing 4 times per second for 3 seconds again.

chronos

Wow, let's have some applause for Mike. It took some effort to type all that stuff out!

candymanjl

I did the permanent disable on my car. mostly since some passengers don't like to where their seatbelt and I hate the noise. I always wear my belt personally but sometimes driving around the property at work I don't use my seat belt and it's nice to not get harassed by the car.

chronos

I wont let anyone ride in my car without wearing a seat belt. If they don't wear it I could get a ticket. No way am I gonna let that happen!

157dB

Wow, lets have some applause for Ford for putting all
that in the Owners Manual in the first place.

dagamore

just an fyi, it will still beep/chime at you for not wearing the seat belt, but it will stop after about 20 seconds and the dash seatbelt light will also go out after a while.

alkemist

+1

I have all my passengers wear seatbelts. I don't want a ticket nor the worse if they don't wear the belt and something happens. If they don't want to, they can walk.