Annoying seat belt "PING" - help!!!

I have an '04 carrera and I do not like using my seatbelt - but the problem with that is that he seat belt alarm will not stop the annoying "PING ... PING ... PING" Is there anyone who has figured out how to stop this from happening??? Thanks.

Sure, put the damn thing on! That is about the stupidest thing you could do is not wear your seat belt.

If you have ever been in an accident you know why they should be worn. Dell is right...wear the damn thing!

yeah, its not like in golfs where you put you takeaway on the passenger seat only for the car to tell you your food needs a seatbelt too!!!

I guess I deserve that.

Dell, FYI - I have paid my membership just as you have - I paid 2 days ago and I guess there is some delay in updating my status. You may not, but I have better things to do with my time than post just to post. I am asking legitimate question - ones I do not know the answer to - the reason I joined. The JACKASS comment is out of line and I guess with 2000+posts we can all assume your unemployed, wife carries your *** or just so damn boring that all you have to to all day is sit on this board. Which one is it???

I must admitt that I'd like to get that disconnected despite the fact that I ALWAYS wear seatbelt while driving over 5Km/H...but when I have to get money out of my pants (coffee drive-tru in the AM + fetching cash for a parking) the darn bell rings forever until I park the car. Anyway to kill that ? ....amd yes Scholz...you do deserve that.

I should clarify - I do wear my seatbelt 95+ % of the time - its just that in instances of short trips arounfd the corner or in situations just as mbergeron describes - it gets a tad annoying - i had an '02 and did not have this "Pinging" problem.

Please go crawl back under the rock from which you came. No your question was not legitimate. By the way, you know nothing about me and your comment about my wife is out of line. So yes, you are a jackass and I don't have time for your type. Earn some respect around here, contribute something of worth and don't feel offended when you get the responses you get like this when you ask a question like that.

I am sure that if there is a quick fix for this - most people, although you wear your seatbelt at all times, would like it disconnected. I don't think its necessary to have this annoying reminder.

2 additional things: 1. You should have clrified that up front 2. Those quick trips down the street are the WORST times to NOT be wearing a safety belt. THE PING IS ANNOYING BECASUE IT SAVES LIVES!

Didn't like a taste of your own did you - you made an assumption about me and couldn't handle when I made about you over your number of posts - I think we can be gentlemen here and call it even. No offence meant - just needed to make my point.

Your additional "things" are very valid comments - can't dispute that.

Trust me I don't worry about stupid comments like that and there is no need to "call it even". I just brush it off and move on. But, if you like to flame others or make personal attacks, then confine them to the member, not people that are not a part of this community nor have the ability to defend theirself.

Dell, My take on your comment was that you dismissed me as a newcomer not worthy of partaking on this board - in addition you went further than that by calling me a name - why? I don't know. But I assure you I can also have a great deal of helpful input on this borad and not just questions. How do you expect this community to grow with attitudes like the one you displayed. I agree that there might be people posting on this board who most likely have no business here - but I stand behind my original question - there is no one who has this ping who has not though of disconnecting it for whatever reason.

Then you have my apologies. Welcome to the board!

No problem - you have mine as well - and by the way thanks for the lead on the forged wheels - I will contact him.

I think there are many folks trying to do what you ask. Perhaps you want to track the car and are using a harness when on track and don't want to hear the chime. One solution, although it probably won't help you at all, is to buy a seatbelt clip from a junk yard and plug that into the receptor. Other than that, I am all ears.....

Yup - I thought of that solution - but there must a wire or speaker or something - I am going tinker with it tonight and see what I can come up with - I will let you know.

I've removed my gong box on my BMW for the same reason. but after awhile I kinda missed the ping sounds so I plug it back... plus when I removed it, I lost all safety warning ping sound such like forgot to release my E-brake...etc. :P Wondering if possible put a switch on those unuse buttons...

Could just put in the passenger side buckle, assuming that someone is not sitting there, and they may not mind even if they were. BTW, glad to see Dell & the other guy put down their handbags.

I prefer the term manbag thank you

This is a great question... I really hate to see people arguring on the boards, I always feel a little bad, I really don't know why, I just do..Anyways back to the point I wear my seatbelt 99% of the time, but drive thru and situations like that i dont. And not to add fuel to the fire but if a grown man does not want to wear his seatbelt why should anyone else care?? I mean really

Actually, nobody should have to tolerate a judgemental response like you hit this guy with. He asked a question, and deserves an answer. If you don't have an answwer, than just STFU, and let someone who does answer the question. I'm guessing Sholz is a grown-up and can make decisions about safety without your opinions. And telling a rennlister (registered or not) to "crawl back under the rock from which you came" is completely un-called-for and not very rennlist-like.

Obviously you failed to read the ENTIRE thread. I was attacked (as was a family member) after being blunt about safety and yes I admit I might have handled it wrong and APOLOGIZED--as did he. We have moved on and even talked about other posts (outside of this thread) in a very cordial, contributing manner. By the way, you are acting like the poster child for hypocritical behavior with a post like you just made. Ever heard of the saying "if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black?"

Oh, I read the entire thread alright. I still think you were out of line.

You are definitely entitled to your opinion which I respect 100%. But like I already said, I agree with you that I was out of line, apologized, and moved on. You just replicated out of line postings which is hypocritical. Either way, no biggie, my skin is thick enough. Let's just all move on and get along.

Depends on what is in the mugs that your smileys are toasting.

Beverage of your choice of course!

I always thought that "manbag" was another term for *******!

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Ok, back to the point. Does anyone know where this "speaker" is that makes the noise? Can you post a pic and point out where it is?

Well I'm glad the issues are all resolved except the original question. I had not thought about the use of harnesses at DE events. Good point. Now since I am getting harnesses I would like to know how to turn off the annoying "Gong"

enough with the ping. move on!

On my 03 the seat belt chimes for about 10 seconds and then stops. That's not the way it is on your 04?

I bought an extra seat belt buckle to plug into the receiver when I am using my harnesses.

Well Patrick...I agree. I think Bush is a moron as well.

Can you get just the buckle?

My '01 pings 6 times and stops. It's the light on the dash I hate. Just wear the belt!

Gentlemen, I've read this thread twice, and I have a comment.....that whole routine about being grown men, and having freedom of choice is for the birds....I've had 2 friends who didn't wear seatbelts, and one is crippled for life, and the other one is dead.....both accidents happened within 10 miles of their respective residences.....ever since then, if I leave my driveway, I wear a seatbelt....I owe that to my family...... And further to the comment of freedom of choice, I'd like to be the judge & jury when I see some moron swerving between lanes, and when I go to pass them, they're engaged in a cellphone conversation.....I'd like that law to change!! ....and when I overtakes someone bridging 2 lanes, and see them inputting data to a navigation system, that law needs to change.... I can go on further, but I think you all get my point.....no, I don't NEED to wait for the law to change to know that this kind of behavior while driving is unacceptable....... What do you think those click it or ticket signs are for all over the country. They're not only for your good, it's also for the other guy. And why do you think no fault insurance is so high? WEAR YOUR SEATBELT.....ALWAYS......PLEASE!!!!!!

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I am a grown man, I don't need anyone telling me or suggesting for me what to do. With all do respect we have all had friends die in car accidents, and I am sure many were wearing seatbelts. I guess it's shouldn't be my choice to smoke, or do 300 KMH on my bike, because I could get hurt,and the argument about it being the law, come on please we ALL break the law in our cars..so i understand what your saying , but If i don't want to wear my seatbelt I will not, and if i am killed because of the fact, it's my problem.I think the morons swerving from lane to lane while talking on the phone shouldn't wear theirs , this way once they are killed it's one less ******* on the road I don't have to deal with.

I can't speak for Canada, but I can tell you that in the USA, we do have someone telling us, or suggesting what to do....it's called THE LAW!!!! Driving without a seatbelt on is a punishable infraction. We don't need to debate this issue.....it's black & white in this country.

How such a simple question can get blown out of proportion is beyond me - we are talking about that damn "PING....PING....PING" no whether or not we should wear our seatbelts. If you wear your seatbelt 100% of the time - good - great for you - we will all get together, pool some cash and buy a trophy for you that says - "RLandis - person voted as most unlikely to never break a rule" then you can put that trophy on your bookshelf and tell the story of how you became the recipient of such an honor. Now.....my '04 does not stop PINGING even after 4 or 6 or 8 seconds - I was fumbling around at the bank drive-thru yesterday and almost went mental. I guess if this is my biggest problem in life then I'm not doing too badly, but .... I am very particular about certain things and this really annoys me. None of my other cars do this - and yes I know "just put on the seatbelt" bla bla bla - but there are circumstances where for brief moments you might not have it on for what ever reason. AND.... yes I am starting a sentence with AND, in case someone wanted to point out that I am breaking the first rule of good grammar, I am not the only one who has thought of ripping out every audio speaker in their car just to find out which one is contributing to that PING...PING...PING. I think i might need professional help.

Yea us here as well, and in fact its been a law since the late 70's...I respect and understand what your saying, but going 60 MPH in a 50 MPH zone is also breaking the law...Should we not speed even if its just a little. I know seatbelts save lives, an I agree you are a fool for not wearing one, I am not condoning not wearing a seatbelt, I just feel it should ones choice... That is my point Now If anyone wants to know what wire to cut to stop the pinging just email me.

Why don't you save the money for the trophy, buy a branding iron that says A-HOLE, and apply it to your face, you freaking moron!!!!!! That's 2 people who've been on this forum without having trouble, and have made a lot of friends here, and you've managed to act like a PRI_K to both of them. I wish you had taken Dell's advice, and crawled back under the rock you came from. Screw you!!!!!!!

Wow, maybe your seatbelt is a little too tight.

No, I don't think so Patrick....I've been on this forum since February, and have had no harsh words until this guy, who has managed to insult 2 people on a single thread with his rudeness and arrogance.... I didn't think that kind of behavior took place on Rennlist, but if you read this whole thread, you'll see what I mean.

Enough guys, let's just all agree to disagree and move on. Everybody has the right to do stupid things (smoke, no seatbelts, drink heavily, etc., etc, etc,). Yes the ping is annoying, yes it is there to save lives, and yes it is INSANELY STUPID to not wear a seat belt. But this is just getting out of hand. Please let's just all move on. Can't imagine how peaceful this thread would have been had it started with something like "I would like to track my car and disable to ping when I use a harness....any suggestions?"

Oh relax. Am I the only porsche driver with a sense of humor anymore!! That was called a joke - a funny - a sentence, phrase, story or situation describing or depicting something humorous!!! I just think its funny that you think you have to remind grown men to wear their seatbelts - HOLLY GOD COMPLEX. You clearly blew the point of this whole thread - is was not for seatbelt wearing advice it was to find out if anyone can get rid of that damn PING PING PING PING PING PING. Now I need more money for that trophy so I can also engrave DRAMA KING unless you prefer QUEEN - but thats a whole other ball game. Just admit you were wrong - you misread the posts - and apologize for trying to give us advice as if we were your school children and we will all forgive you.

Jeeze, guys, you have no idea how to flame. Go spend some time in the OT forum reading political threads, and see if you can pick up some technique.

first off there is some of this thread the moderator took off - I never fired the first insult - Dell can attest to that since we were the ones involved in the initial "misunderstanding" and we have since put it behind us and moved on. SO RELAX!! I was trying to be humorous - you are preaching to grown men to wear their belts - we will wear them when we damn well want too.

This is my last response to this thread, so please, Mr Scholz, answer again so you can have the last word, which I want you to have. Your excuse everytime you display your rudeness, is that you were trying to be humorous. you're not funny.....your efforts to be humorous don't work. I'm going to block all your entries....please do the same w/mine. I have no interest in you, or anything about you. Have a nice life.

"Everytime I display rudeness ...." HUH?? - are you for real?? You preach to us like children, misread the entire thread, then fire off your last comment - Listen Mr. Internet Tough Guy - you are completely out of line. Maybe we will meet in another life - you will be real easy to spot for me because you will be the guy with the really dark brown tan from having your head up your A$$ throughout your life.

P.s. You are a Drama queen and the picture you choose to display is of two men ??? I think we get the bigger picture here Mr. Landis?? Not that there is anything wrong with that - but it help me to see where you are coming from.

Well I'm in the school of thought that says you should wear you seat belt, however, I chose to ignore this thread because I did think it could lead to nothing but aggravation... I was right. Part of the problem may be that if people don't know you, i.e, you haven't been part of the forum long enough for people to understand your sense of humor, when you type something that's supposed to be funny, no one knows it but you. I didn't think your posts were an attempt at humor, I saw them as an attack. Obviously I was mistaken, but I didn't realize that until you mentioned it. Perhaps now is a good time for a breather... what da say? Peace, Rob

Yea guys I love all of you...Not in that way..Not that there is anything wrong with it.......I say we move on, this is what makes us different we have our own truths, and we really don't know ones life knowledge, so I will say sorry if i offended anyone, that was not my meaning. And its good to see people stand up for what they believe in, I have never once taken at shot at someone personally ,I do not know allot of you that well and it wouldn't be my place... And I really was just trying to make a point NO HARM NO FOUL....

I used to be guilty of no seat belts. I cannot recall when it stopped, but I admit until one of my latter 996 models I probably wore a belt about 10 percent of the time. Since getting the new models that are non stop noise, I use seat belts 100 percent of the time and it has even rubbed off on me in my other cars wherein I can get away with it. This is after being hit head on by a drunk driver in 1987 and spending 3 months in a hospital where both me and my friend in the car with me who was killed were not wearing seat belts. That is what happens when a small rear engined car gets hit head on by a 78 Plymoth station wagon and the two occupants of the small sports car are unrestrained. The drunk driver only had a broken nose. A few years back, I got caught in a small summer downpour out of nowhere in a 1988 911 Commerative Eddition carbiolet (1 of 400) that never saw rain and, for some reason, I put my seat belt on right when the sky went black. A few minutes later, I hit a puddle on the Interstate and spun the car. I took out a light pole, but was uninjured.

Hey guys - I didn't mean nor do I ever want to come across disrespectful to any of you - I am here for the same reasons you are - yes I am sarcastic, and may step over that line here and there but its all in good fun and again I mean no disrespect to anyone. I started this thread because of a real issue I had with the infamous PINGING and I think it strayed a few too many times, as did a few others. Respectfully, John.