Passenger Seat Belt Warning Chime goes on even though there's no passenger. - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Chewie4299 · 02-11-2013, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by idreamofdrifting

I was cruising down beautiful West L.A. this afternoon, and a pleasant drive at that minus a guy in a late model M3 who was tailgating me on the 10E, and then add another douchebag in a late model Jag who almost rear ended me because when I gave him "the stare" as he passed me on my right he seemed to be showing off to his female friend to look cool I guess.

Why God? why are there so many douchebags driving? I guess having a brand new car with dealer advertisement plates still on has something to do with it pffft!!!

Anyways, having said that....while I was in the middle of my pleasant FR-S cruise I noticed that my Passenger NO SEAT BELT FASTENED Chime randomly went off, and I was like wtf?

So in order for me stop the annoying chime, I reached for the Passenger Seat Belt and just fastened it. Chiming Stopped. It's the first time it has ever happened.

Question: Other than taking it back to the dealer to have 'em check it.....What else should I do?

This was covered a long while back. Don't put electronics on the seat. The sensor isn't weight sensitive it's sensitive to electrical fields....like the one in my bum.

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Synack · 02-11-2013, 12:55 AM

Like the others have said it's electrical. Plug your phone into the car charger and set it on the seat and it goes off; unplug the charger and it's all good again.

Pscylo · 02-11-2013, 03:09 AM

Its so sensitive to electrical fields that you can trigger it simply by placing your hand half an inch to an inch above the seat and never touch it...Did it driving down the freeway tonight...made me chuckle

Chen · 02-11-2013, 03:12 AM

My girlfriends 15lb dog doesn't make it go off... I should probably get it checked..

shishand · 02-11-2013, 04:35 AM

Its the survival of the douchest my friend. You should had slightly braked a bit and scare the living shit out of them. Worse case scenario they hit you, and in a tailgate incident, the tailgators almost always fucked. Happy douching!

AlexTheGreek · 12-10-2014, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Synack

Like the others have said it's electrical. Plug your phone into the car charger and set it on the seat and it goes off; unplug the charger and it's all good again.

Yes I noticed this as well and the dealer confirmed it.

lorip713 · 09-06-2015, 12:23 AM

Happens to me every time I lay my cellphone on the seat, or maybe a light bag of something. Just googled "frs passenger seatbelt warning" to see what came up and here you all are! Mine stated about 2/3 months ago. Car is a 2013 with about 22500 miles on it. Did anyone ask their dealer?

Packofcrows · 09-06-2015, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by lorip713

Happens to me every time I lay my cellphone on the seat, or maybe a light bag of something. Just googled "frs passenger seatbelt warning" to see what came up and here you all are! Mine stated about 2/3 months ago. Car is a 2013 with about 22500 miles on it. Did anyone ask their dealer?

Dealer fix:

Buckle belt.

...i told em "no" because it looks like #foreveralone and that i'm trying too hard. Dealer won't take me serious no more.

All jokes aside, just buckle it in.

It is irritating when my Ipod cable sets it off or even a damn empty water bottle. Not sure if passenger fart lingering will too.

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Originally Posted by Pscylo

Its so sensitive to electrical fields that you can trigger it simply by placing your hand half an inch to an inch above the seat and never touch it...Did it driving down the freeway tonight...made me chuckle

So if it goes off alone......does that mean ghosts are around???!!!

Tcoat · 09-06-2015, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by lorip713

Happens to me every time I lay my cellphone on the seat, or maybe a light bag of something. Just googled "frs passenger seatbelt warning" to see what came up and here you all are! Mine stated about 2/3 months ago. Car is a 2013 with about 22500 miles on it. Did anyone ask their dealer?

As it says several times here it is not broken or an issue. The sensor is not a weight trigger it is an electrical field sensor. Anything electronic or dense enough will trigger it. The ovious answer is don't put such things on the seat.

PureShield · 09-06-2015, 04:52 AM

My Seat Belt warning light doesn't come on but my Airbag light will sometimes, when I put my backpack or camera there. haha

chaoskaze · 09-06-2015, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by campy

The weight threshold is way too low. I think it's 1.5 kg or something. I don't know why they didn't make it something reasonable like 20kg.

That's good to know 😂 now I know why 2gallon milk makes beep nonstop.

Tcoat · 09-07-2015, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by chaoskaze

That's good to know 😂 now I know why 2gallon milk makes beep nonstop.

As I said there is no "weight threshold" it is not activated by weight. Two gallons of milk set it off because it is a liquid and the field detects it not because of it's weight.

chaoskaze · 09-07-2015, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

As I said there is no "weight threshold" it is not activated by weight. Two gallons of milk set it off because it is a liquid and the field detects it not because of it's weight.

Hehe good to know. Thanks Tcoat, I didn't bother reading anything after the first few posts.

frs10 · 09-07-2015, 01:53 PM

time to buckle that belt in boys

02-11-2013, 12:55 AM	#16
Synack Boosted Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Sideways Location: Atlanta Georgia USA Posts: 2,377 Thanks: 388 Thanked 716 Times in 414 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Like the others have said it's electrical. Plug your phone into the car charger and set it on the seat and it goes off; unplug the charger and it's all good again. __________________ *Nismo 370Z 300whp -> FR-S Turbo 450whp on E85 -> Z06 Corvette 500whp*

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lorip713 Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: New Jersey Posts: 29 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	passenger seatbelt chime Happens to me every time I lay my cellphone on the seat, or maybe a light bag of something. Just googled "frs passenger seatbelt warning" to see what came up and here you all are! Mine stated about 2/3 months ago. Car is a 2013 with about 22500 miles on it. Did anyone ask their dealer?

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