I've had it with that stupid gonging....

Before anyone says it, I DO wear my seatbelts when I'm on a public road. HOWEVER, for example, I drove out of town this weekend. I stopped at a hotel, checked in and had to drive behind the hotel to park the car. It was a maze of cars making it through the parking lot.

I didn't need my seatbelt to drive the 300 yards to park the car. I don't need my seatbelt when trying to get out of the drive-thru lane at Mcdonalds. (I had to undo my seatbelt to get my wallet) I was trying to pull out of the way and pull over to check my order before buckling up and getting out on the road.

And last but not least, I have two miniature dachshunds. They weigh 11lbs each and when they ride to work with me, if they both lay on the passenger seat, the gonging continues. I thought the weight sensor was set for 40lbs, not 22???

So here I am, driving down the road trying to pull the passenger seatbelt over Elvis and under Bondo's head trying to click it just to shut the stupid gonging up.

The gonging drives me nuts.

So, since I'm in the bodyshop business, I'm going to disconnect the battery and look at a schematic of the wiring for the seatbelt harness. Surely I can loop a wire back into itself to connect a circuit to make it think the seatbelt is connected.

I called the dealer and they told me to buy another end and stick it in there...

Has anyone had any luck with this yet? Anyone even tried? I read some posts and didn't come across anything. I have to do something.

Thanks,

Mark

 

Maybe I've had a lobotomy, but I like the gonging. It's Otto's way to speak to me. But then my dogs don't ride up front with me so I don't have that problem.
Good luck degonging your baby.

 

If you do find the source of the gong, please post how you "fixed" it!

 

i'd say put up with it and just wear the seat belt, it's not that hard to pull it over your self and just click it. although your in a parking lot, you'd never know if there was a idiot one day speeding down the lot in a rush and driving into you. it can happen and it has happened. and the problem with the drivers seat? just take the seat belt and click that over the seat and then let your dogs sit/stand in the passenger seat. problem solved.

 

First, I'll take my chances that some idiot is speeding in a parking lot and hits me. I'm almost 46 so I'm half way through my life and it hasn't happened so I'd say the odds are pretty good it's not going to happen.

Second, it's easy to say when you have to stop the car, go to the other side, grab the seatbelt and wrap it around the back of the seat.

I can just see it. My passenger gets in the car, I put the car in gear and start to go. Opps, he/she doesn't know the seatbelt is wrapped around the back of the seat. Let me stop the car, let him/her out, unclick the seatbelt, sit back in and now I can go.

Now it's time to go home, let's load the dogs up. Here we go again...



I'm going to find that donger if it kills me.

Mark

 

Yes, please do share if you find it! If I place a book in my computer bag along with my laptop it needs to be either in the back or on the floor otherwise it just keeps going...

 

Lazy BUM!!!

But seriously, the bong isn't that annoying. And it goes away after five minutes.

 

1. If it can happen, it can happen. You'd never know, but odds are on your side so fine.

2. Who says anything about wrapping the seatbelt behind the seat. you can just buckle it in. I do it all the time. I just reach over grab it and click it. I can do it at a red light in a fraction of a second. Why do I do it? Because I don't like the seat belt banging on the inside pillar when i go over small bumps.

3. If your passenger gets in the car, you should make sure he's wearing a seat belt anyways. You can just press the unlock button and let the seat belt recline back and then let your passenger in. Or if he's already in, tell him to lean forward and hit the unlock button. Just be creative with it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying for you to NOT look for that *$%& donger, but there are alternatives...

 

Hmmm.. Why not go junkyard hopping and see if you can find a crashed BMW/MINI and buy the seat belt from them? Bring your tools etc and usually the junkyards charge cheap for parts you take off....

 

Ding dong gone! (electrical modification over in the electrical forum )
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...light=seatbelt

I thought this thread was about help for a mod not the justification thereof? A modded car does not mean you're going to be violating the law or ethics or otherwise.

I've a DOT approved harness, that I put in for runs and tend to leave it in because I like the enjoy being better connected with the vehicle. It utilizes the factory seatbelt receptacle, fact is I never had a peep to run the song out on the radio with key in the ignition as I got out of the car, not a sound if I kicked on the accessory system to test other electrical mods sitting in the driveway with the parking brake on, you don't realize just how much it chimes until you've had it go away then come back (when the harnesses were removed) I certainly don't wish it on anyone but Darwin will get who Darwin gets, and there's a reason for the nationwide crackdown on seatbelt violations, and overall increased use thereof. But I can understand the extra chiming driving someone batty when the engine is off or the car is parked off the road (ever stop to check a map (or phone call or text or enter info into the nav or change CDs, find that song on the iPod etc.) at a rest area on 110 degree day, you leave the AC going for 3 min and just unbuckle)

Now if you can find how to quiet the 05+ turn signal click please let me know! (been staring at the Bentley contemplating looking for which wires to cut )

 

Is the weight sensor under the seat different for seat belt and airbag? Because I had a bag sitting in the passenger seat that was no where near 40 pounds, and I got the gong. I wonder if it keeps the air bag off in that situation.

 

Actually I tried that at first... Bondo lays parallel to the back of the seat and elvis lays perpendicular.

Point is, he's small enough to slide under it and it's a pain.




Thanks Motor On. Removing the donging has NOTHING to do with me wearing my seatbelt. I personally don't like to be told I have to wear my seatbelt or wear a helmet but I've been doing it so long, I literally feel naked without it.

The main reason I want to remove it is because of my dogs. (2) 11lb dogs shouldn't set off the donger anyways. The problem is, it depends on how they move around on the seat.

Just because they are on the seat doesn't mean it comes on, they shift around and voila, we have gongage.


Thanks,

Mark

 

So why don't you just get a seat belt end and put it in the female end by the center tunnel?

 

Ya' know Orange,
some other times the gonging is hightly annoying to me is when I move my Mini around my property from one garage to the other or out to the center drive for washing. Also find the gonging terminally annoying when stopped and looking at maps. Am very interested if you find the source of the problem.
Billie

 

I thought about that but I prefer not to screw with that kind of stuff. I'd rather just have it stock (without the gonging)



Billie,

I'll let everyone know if I find out. I'm pulling up a schematic this week if I get a chance and see if there is a way to remove it. I take my dachshunds to work almost every day and it's annoying to have the chime going off and on and of and on.

 

It's not a big deal. You just get the male end from a wrecked MINI and cut it off of the belt and then you can just stick it in the female end. When you need to use the belt take out the old male end and put it in the belt one.

My Dad has been doing this for years in his truck for the same reason as you, only he puts his briefcase and supplies on the passenger seat.

 

I'm just trying to justify anything. If I sounded like it, I apologize. I'm just trying to think of other alternatives.

 

Tis cool.... I appreciate the alternatives, I just want it stock as possible. I am glad to see the thread didn't go in the wrong direction. This was never about wearing or not wearing my seatbelt, it's a given that I wear it, it's just the times that I can't control things like when my dogs are on the seat, etc, etc....

Thanks anyway though...

Mark

 

You do realize that all you have to do is insert the metal male part of the seat belt into the female part and it will stop the bonging. Thus all you need is to cut off the male part from a wrecked MINI and keep it in the female end.

 

Yup, sure do realize it... just don't want to go through that crap. I'd rather just make it go away....

Mark

 

Hehe "bondo", love the name.

 

You do realize it turns off after a minute, right?

 

In my car it goes on way longer than a minute - last time the pup decided to ride on the passenger seat, eventually I had to pull over and engage the seatbelt because it would not stop.

 

Eh, when I drive 'em around the back lot behind the dealership it's like 2 - 3 minutes, tops.

 

Seemed appropriate since I'm in the bodyshop business....


Not sure about yours but mine stays on for at least 5-7 minutes. It's not only annoying, it's LOUD!! (especially since I usually drive with the windows rolled down, sunroof open and the ac wide open, that means the volume on the radio is turned up which in turn, means the volume of the gonger is turned up)

Mine is an '08 R56, my buddy just bought a new Clubman and his dinger is much softer. (that just didn't come out right... )

Seriously, it's much quieter and softer with a much more feminine sound. (no offense bud...lol)

Mark