Sorry for yet another new thread!

I want to turn off the irritating chiming noise my 2002 Octavia I makes after I turn on the ignition until I do up my seatbelt.

I've bought myself VAG COM, and was hoping that clearing "Seatbelt Warning active" in the Instrument Cluster coding would do the trick.

Unfortunately that just seemed to turn off the dash warning light for seatbelts (which comes on for a while after the ignition's turned on, regardless of whether you've done the belt up), but didn't seem to affect the chime.

Does anyone know a way to turn off the chime, or do I just have to live with it?

Thanks very much,

Alan

Appears that some Octavia (1U) clusters just ignore the coding, so yes you may have to live with it.

I tried this on a MKI also and it ignored it too.

The only way then is to unplug the wire that goes to the female part of the buckle.

Easy job to do:

raise the seat as high as possible

look for the 2 wire plug going to the buckle (by the tunnel)

unplug & cable tie plug out of the way

Job done!

Before anyone says it will throw up faults / effect airbags etc, no it doesn't. It is is a simple loop that when the seatbelt is connected it breaks the connection so turns the light and warning chime off,

just the same as disconnecting the plug also breaks the loop, so the light and chime is fooled into thinking the belt is plugged in.

Fantastic - thanks for that. Will try it this evening!

Unplugging the switch under the seat worked perfectly.

Thank you!

Useful to know, thanks.

Mine will only chime 3 times then stops and i never use my seatbelt as us Taxi drivers are exempt from using them.

Mine does maybe 6 or 8 chimes then stops. Or at least it did. Now it does none at all, which is so much better!

i never use my seatbelt as us Taxi drivers are exempt from using them.

Why would you do that :confused:

Why not put seatbelt on before turning on ignition??= no warning chime.

Mine will only chime 3 times then stops and i never use my seatbelt as us Taxi drivers are exempt from using them.

I've never heard of Taxi Drivers being exempt from wearing them. If you are meaning the regulations covering delivery drivers then these were changed in 05. You can only be excused if there is 50m or less between stops.

I can't not wear my seatbelt, it feels too weird lol. I actually like feeling it on me

I know where i live private hire dont wear seatbelts when carrying passengers as the seatbelt could be used to restrain or strangle the driver!

But think its more of a toleration by the police and not an actual exemption

Mind you the way "some" of the taxis drive i would hope they are wearing seatbelts for their sake!!

Why not put seatbelt on before turning on ignition??= no warning chime.

Partly because the key is already in my hand from unlocking the door, so the ignition is the obvious place to put it, but mainly because it gives the engine a couple of extra seconds idling (whilst I do the seatbelt up) to get some oil around before I drive off.

Taxi drivers are exempt from wearing a seat belt because of the risk of it being used as a restraint or means of attack (against them).

Taxi drivers are exempt from wearing a seat belt because of the risk of it being used as a restraint or means of attack (against them).

Yes that is exactly correct.We are and it is in the law that in our own districts that we are licensed under we are exempt from wearing seatbelts because of attacks on taxi drivers.If we travel out of our district then we must wear them by law.Dorset Police have never stopped any of us because of not wearing a seatbelt as they know this law too.

Probably the same them as to why you can all use your HAND HELD radio 1,000,000 times a day

Bluethooth should be made law

Thanks for the seat belt chime trick. I am also a taxi driver and the chime is very annoying.

BTW. I don't have to wear the seatbelt while carrying passengers, but do have to wear it when empty. I'm pretty sure this is the law for taxi drivers nationally, but may be wrong.