Is it a reminder? If so, then how come it never shuts up?
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My 2007 Tacoma is a reminder, dings a few times and stops. I mostly am reminded of it when I put something heavy in the passenger seat since it’s got multi-stage airbags that I guess figure out if it’s a kid or an adult sitting there. That’s kind of a whatever but at least there’s only the two front airbags, no side, nothing in the seats or any of that nonsense. So it’s relatively easy to disable.
On my ’07 FJ the ding ding ding can be disabled by playing a game with the key. Or, cut this wire here X to permanently shut it the F up.
Was looking at Ford pickups & I gathered that starting around 2008 they even have overhead air bags.
Looking to mess you up, six ways from Sunday, & from every direction.
On older Toyotas, not sure about the ones you guys own, the seat belt reminder circuit was switched ground. So if you took the wire on the seat belt clasp, snipped it and crimped on a ring you could locate it under the mounting bolt and permanently make the circuit think a buckle had been inserted.
From my limited experience, Jeep, Ram, Chrysler, and even Subi’s seatbelt chimes/alarms can be turned off permanently. YT it.
I haven’t figured out how to do it on my wife’s GM, but I haven’t spent any time on it either.
And both my new ’24 Jeep V8’s don’t have ASS, direct injection, etc….. I hope they bring these older school engines back asap.
That IS a nice dream. “I hope they bring these older school engines back asap.”
…Have you seen/read/heard any talk of eliminating regulations? …Even, a hint? Or, a whisper, maybe?
All I hear is, crickets.
Yes, rumors. The rumors are hemi’s of all prior displacements and versions are coming back. And MDS (multi displacement) is going away. That would be great.
GM is currently in a huge fight with their lifter failure issues.
It has effected even the ‘reliable’ ones, like Toyota.
Ford’s wet belt issue is big (rubber belt driving oil pump IN THE OIL)
Regs are rolling back for sure, but to what level remains to be seen.
To me, the CO2 issue/scam, must be addressed or nothing will matter much.
For diesels, it’s Nox, particulate filters, DEF fluid, etc….
All current engines suck.
We’ll see.
That’s one reason that I love my 2015 Nissan Frontier which I call my polite truck. It beeps twice and then it shuts up. That’s the way a reminder should work! Rick Taylor
Amen, Rick –
I love my ’02 Frontier for the same (and many other) reasons!
Could you imagine if, during the COVID hysteria, globalist technocrats & sociopaths in government had forcibly implanted chips into our brains to “remind” us to comply with maaaaaaaaaaaask & vaxx mandates? While thankfully that never happened, there’s probably someone out there who’d LOVE to do such a thing to us for another faux pandemic, be it bird flu, measles, Ebola, or something else. Speaking of such insanity, I read a piece tonight on how doctors who work for the medical system are now getting paid to kill their patients, under guise of “stopping climate change”. People who’ve bought the climate change narratives are likely easily manipulated into doing all sorts of monstrous things like those who bought the COVID narratives hook, line, and sinker…..
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/the-end-of-medicine-why-and-how-doctors?publication_id=400535&post_id=160700414&isFreemail=false&r=1ggdo&triedRedirect=true
RE: “Could you imagine if, during the COVID hysteria, globalist technocrats & sociopaths in government had forcibly implanted chips into our brains to…”
Imagine, no more?
‘BREAKING: World-First Biosensor Formed in Pfizer-Injected Human? Maria Crisler’
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vAxROWwBakKl
Buckle up for another day of mayhem on Wall Street.
The hibernating bear slept all winter, woke up and is on a mauling rampage.
The Vampire Squid can’t compete this time.
Hang on to your hats.
Wear your seatbelt and look both ways.
It’s a wild ride.
What, me worry?
Said Alfred E. Trump the Dunce.
Said Alfred E. Elon, another dunce.
Anybody can make up all kinds of stuff.
A little more of it, Trump does it all of the time.
Elon is obscene.
And I’m being kind.
Bibi wakes up hungry, should be a constant reminder.
Come on, people.
Indeed, Drump –
And – as always – the responsible parties (Trump and Elon) will not suffer in the slightest, being billionaires. What do they care if the cost of everything doubles? They can afford it if it quintuples. Hell, it’d be an investment opportunity for them.
My Subaru Forrester reminded me yesterday that my dog was in the back seat. The infernal noise continued until I reached back and belted her in. Dog was like WTF, dad?
Poorly trained dog. Should’ve bit you for that.
Where can I buy me one of these Peoples Cars with no seatbelts … and no Stanley Milgram electroshock disobedience punishers?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GnygvPfXMAACc8q?format=jpg&name=360×360
One is surprised only that it’s not a menacing six-pointed star looming over the horizon.
Dude,
I still think the koolest ‘Bug out” wheeled conveyance for the hoi polloi is still that 4wd drive hijet…
thing that’s all over the Dominican Republic…..
Just basic function with minimal nanny state bullshit….YessirEbob!
Speaking of seatbelts, the airbags went off on a friends 2018 Chev Silverado 2500. The front seat belts are locked in place. Best I can tell, they had explosive tubes that shot a bunch of crap into the reel’s housing thus locking them up in an accident. Hopefully the module won’t notice when I go to fix them.
You drive into a ditch, and instantly do $1000 damage in compliance costs. The bumper got a dent and that is the only damage there is!
If I had a modern vehicle, I’d think seriously about taking out the SRS fuse or otherwise disabling the airbag system, 364 days of the year until it’s inspection time. They are financial timebombs driving around should they deploy.
And to top it all off, after that it says “No seatbelts for you!” Those were single use.
Francis Gary Seatbelts
Better yet, live somewhere that doesn’t require compliance tax Kabuki.