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Disabling Annoying Seatbelt Sensor

Model Years: 1990-1994

Estimated Time: 0:30

If you haven't experienced it yet, you probably will. That annoying seatbelt beeping that irradictly beeps at the worst possible times!! Turns out it is a flaw in the design of the automatic seatbelt system (surprise!). Instead of putting the sensors in the seatbelt clip mechanism (like in most cars) they decided to make it overly complex and make it so that when you pull out the belt past a certain point on the spool, it will trip the sensor saying it is "OK". Over time that sensor wears out, and when it does, the connectivity will start to trick it into thinking that it isn't buckled, hence causing that damn beep!

I had this problem every now and then on my White 93 LX, and my sisters 92 LX always had it (constantly, as soon as you'd start it, it wouldn't go away). I've had people email me about it, and I've seen quite a few people posting on message boards aobut it, so I decided to write a comprehensive "how-to" to disable it entirely!

Tools you will need:

Philips Head Screwdriver
Wire Crimper / Stripper
3-5" of 16-22 gauge speaker wire ($2-4 for 50' of speaker wire at Wal-Mart, Pep Boys, etc)
(4) blue spade connectors ($.99 box of 6 at Home Depot)

Installation Instructions:
	1: Unbuckle both automatic seatbelts and move the belts folded backwards towards the back seat.
	2: Unscrew two screws from center console armrest rear
	3: Unscrew other two screws at center console armrest front
	4: Remove console armrest, be careful not to tear the rubber surrounding peice that the e-brake handles goes through (i tore mine). You don't have to remove the belts from the console, just do it like the picture
	5: Unclip the plug that you see in the metal bracket
	6: Cut a 3-5" peice of speaker wire, with all 4 ends stripped. And crimp the blue spade connectors to each different end NOTE: If your using a smaller guage wire (i used 22 gauge), you might want to double up the thickness of the wire by stripping twice as much and folding the exposed wire in half to double the thickness. This will ensure the spade connectors are crimped firmly to the wire, and taht the connection is good (you don't want any connectors to fail on you, then the annoying beep will start again :( )
	7: Put the two ends of one end of the wire in the two top (or bottom) female disconnect connectors (those are the things built into the plug) If that wiring terminology confuses you, just do what was done in the pictures ;)
	8: Put the other end of the wire into the corresponding left and right female disconnect connectors Again, just do it like the picture ;)
	9: Hide the plug and looped wire under that strange clip thing (whatever it is for)
	10: Re-install the center console armrest back into its position and screw the screws back in. Buckle the automatic safety belts back up and start the car. You should hear a "Beep beep beep" then it will shut up (thats just the default beep you hear regardless of if the belts are connected or not).