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the following at your own risk. It's always better to
use your seatbelts. Enough said.
The
"little guy" lite can be disabled by disconnecting
the weight switch in the passenger seat. There is a
connector for the weight switch under the seat, at the
back near the inside track. It's a white female connector
with a black male connector. The release tab is on the
black connector and has a fairly long throw for such
a small connector. DO NOT permanently disconnect the
connector toward the front of the seat. This must remain
connected for the "electric tension reducer"
to function when the seatbelt is used. (The "pre-tensioners"
are wired to the "center airbag sensor assembly"
and have nothing to do with the seatbelt buckle switch.)
The circuit to the weight switch is broken when the
buckle is connected. Therefore, disconnecting the the
weight switch will not effect the tension reducer or
the airbags.
The
drivers side is not as simple, since it does not have
a weight switch. But the circuit is the same. There
is only one connector under the drivers seat (for the
seatbelt). It's toward the front. If you pull the drivers
seat most of the way forward, you may be able to access
the connector from the front without removing the drivers
seat.
DO
NOT LEAVE THIS CONNECTOR DISCONNECTED. Leaving it permanently
disconnected will disable the electric tension reducer
on the drivers side. What you need to do is disable
the blue wire. I prefer not to cut the wire, rather
remove the pin from the connector (if possible) and
tape it back out of the way. Do not let this wire remain
loose. It is 12v positive after the ignition relay and
will short against the frame/ground! If you cut the
wire, leave enough length on each end to splice it back
together. That should disable the drivers side seatbelt
lite.
FYI,
the switching logic:
(drivers
side only) seatbelt unbuckled: the white/blue wire and
the blue wire connect; the red wire is open. seatbelt
buckled: the white/blue wire and the red wire connect;
the blue wire is open.
I've
tried this on my car. I also put the wiring back since
I use my seat belts and encourage others to do the same.
One head-on collision is all it took form me.
Recently,
I had a passenger in the car who actually asked what
the blinking lite meant. Your seatbelt, I said. Oh,
he said and ignored the suggestion.
About
a mile of my driving convinced him to buckle up.
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