Seat belt detector
 

It occurred to me today that I've never seen the seat belt light on the console go on, and I've never heard any chime when the car starts up and I'm not wearing my seat belt. I'm not really complaining, since it doesn't bother me at all that my car isn't treating me like a child... However, I know that it's supposed to light up and chime when the car is turned on and the driver isn't wearing a seat belt, so I thought I'd ask if anyone knows why the car seems to think that the seat belt is always in, even when it isn't?

Maybe there is something inside the seatbelt receptacle causing it to read falsely. Just a guess

what year is it on, my 99 dont have no seatbelt warning??

I think the seatbelt warning chime is one of the things that's programmable in later models. Check your owners manual for how to program your extra features.

as far as im aware there is no wires/sensors on the seat belt fastener or anything, unless its on the reel itself?? im not bothered anyway, its just another annoying chime, like the one when the key is in. Its like i know the key is in FFS, I put it there!! :)

Mine is a 94. I can see that there is a seat belt light on the dash, I've just never seen it light up. And the owner's manual says it should.

Are you the first owner? Some people get so frustrated with those things that they just splice the wires together, so it always reads connected...

It might be a bad guage or light, though. I wouldn't expect that, since it doesn't chime, but it could be. Worst case scenario is that the BCM is going out on ya, but if that's the only symptom I don't think that's the problem.

No, I'm not the first owner... I bought it from a guy a couple weeks ago. My guess is that a previous owner disabled it. All the other alarms and chimes work as they should. I'm not going to stress over it; I just thought I'd ask if anyone had an idea of how to make it work as it should.

As far as I'm aware, it doesn't chime, but it should illuminate for a few miles then turn off.

If that's true, then it's probably a burned out indicator on the dash panel. In that case, I'm even less concerned. ;)

^Yes in my 95 it illuminates but mine doesn't turn off after a few miles...it stays on constant

The strangest thing happened yesterday... When I removed my seat belt, the seat belt light actually came on! It went off when I turned off the car, and it hasn't come on again since then. So I guess the bulb on the dash isn't burned out after all...

I have a 94 and it comes on any time I have my seat belt off, but no chime.

Yup... that's exactly what happened on mine... but only that one time. It never happened before, and it hasn't happened since. I guess there must be a loose wire or a faulty sensor where the seatbelt attaches. I'm really not that worried about it.

there should be a sensor in the seat too. lets the sytem know someone is in a seat and needs to buckle up. the belt sensor should be in the receptor where u click it in for the belt but if the seat sensor is messing up then it wont come on.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there usually only a sensor in the seat for the passenger seat? I mean, isn't it assumed that if the car is driving, then there's someone sitting in the driver's seat? I don't think the '94 has a sensor for the passenger side. I'm pretty sure the seat belt light on the dash only lights up if the driver isn't wearing his/her seat belt.

could have changed but we used to unplug the seat sensors so the light and buzzer would not come on. back then there was a sensor in each seat. now im not so sure.