on sundays, you can always just put the seat belt on the seat only (without you sitting there) then just sit on top of it?

 

I tried that tonight, but the tension on the belt kept pulling the latch into my side

 

OMG that drove me nuts! I took the whole belt and pulled it around the back of the seat and clipped it in.

 

Just wear the seatbelt...its the law.

 

X2!

 

Not in NH if you're over 18...

 

...and sitting in the BACK. In the FRONT they are manditory!

 

I wore my seatbelt an I'm still here. Sure I got bruised lungs and heart, but better than kissing the hood or the spare tire of the RAV-4 in front of me.

 

You mean there are still idiots in this world who drive around with NO seatbelt ?????

 

This afternoon I was chatting with a friend who used to do mechanical work on police cruisers for several towns in a neighboring state. He said about half were following Harold's suggestion above, and had the seatbelts buckled to the seat. I'd be curious to know their rationale.

 

What a dumbass! There's a reason the seatbelt exists. If you value your life, use it. If you feel like being an idiot, it's your freedom at work but that doesn't mean Jeep or any other car manufacturer needs to allow it.

 

Google/Bing is your friend:

http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5363

 

I didn't know all my Nanies would come out of the woodwork telling me how much of an idiot I am if I don't wear my seatbelt, but just incase you tools didnt read my original post....I deliver Pizza, I don't get on any highways, or main roads for that matter. When I do, I wear my belt, but if I have several deliveries in a couple block radius I do not and will not wear it. I was not looking for permision, or for acceptance to this, only how to make the chimes stop! Thanks for the link OntarioPatriot.

 

I didn't know all my Nanies would come out of the woodwork telling me how much of an idiot I am if I don't wear my seatbelt

After this has happened every time the topic has come up, I must say I wasn't too surprised... :icon_rolleyes:

On the topic of disabling the chime, there is a procedure that you can do. I can't remember the exact sequence, but it should be posted in one of the earlier threads. Or in Finland at least, the dealership can disable that chime for you, if you're having trouble with the sequence. (What still amuses and annoys me is that nobody can seem to do anything to the chime that goes off if you start the vehicle without the seatbelt already pulled out. :icon_rolleyes: Logic - not used when programming Jeeps, it seems.)

Personally though, if you're driving on public roads, I'd wear the seat belt. Just because you keep your speed rational doesn't mean some random nutjob on meth won't tear through the neighborhood at 120MPH.

This afternoon I was chatting with a friend who used to do mechanical work on police cruisers for several towns in a neighboring state. He said about half were following Harold's suggestion above, and had the seatbelts buckled to the seat. I'd be curious to know their rationale.

Faster egress in a tactical / arrest situation? Or, possibly just laziness on the part of the officers.

 

We've had random nutjobs here in Montreal go in 50km/h zones at up to 160km/h so yeah, seatbelt is a good thing.

 

Kinda like m/c helmets. They shouldn't be required, but they shouldn't need to be required.

 

Pennsylvania used to be a helmet required state. They also passed a seat belts required law, but then repealed the helmet law. So that's a big WTF right there. I love how the M/C crowd successfully lobbied that it infringed on personal choice. I personally don't think there should be a seat belt law, but I do wear mine. If I was delivering pizza though, I wouldn't wear it, just like the OP. My wife doesn't like to wear a seat belt so I'm glad the procedure for turning off the dinging was posted. I'll turn it off on the Patriot because I'm tired of hearing it when she's driving. And before the nannies strike, if the car dinging along with me asking her to put her seat belt on doesn't work, at least I can have peace and quiet during the ride.

 

Although I understand the frustration with the chime but it really is a good thing to just wear it think about this...

takes about 3-4 seconds to take on and off? so lets say 10 seconds every time.... now you drive quite often and unless you have side impact air bags (you had to add to sport model) even if someone is speeding at 40mph your head is going to hit the side window or you'll be thrown to passenger side really REALLY hard.

I know how ya feel man i really do I would just wear it though. save you $$ on a ticket and just maybe, save ya some trouble in an accident (hope ya dont get in one though)

 

Try reading the handbook its tells you how to disable the chime.

 

and that is exactly what the OP wanted...i think

 

Here's a situation where no seatbelt is best. I own an old classic, a 1960 Nash Metropolitan convertible, which had no factory seatbelts. Also, unlike some modern convertibles, there is no rollbar, just the windshield frame, which would collapse flat in a rollover. If you were strapped in during a rollover, you couldn't possibly survive. Your only chance is to be thrown clear.

The law around here requires seatbelt use for everyone in the car, except if the car was never equipped with belts, there's no requirement to install them. They can affect the authenticity and therefore the value of the vehicle.

Driving it with no belts tends to make me a very careful driver.

No belts, but I did manage to install an airbag... see attachment.

 

I wonder if you could unhook the cable to the seat switch--if the systems doesn't recognize a person in the seat, will it remind for the alert?

 

Just use the seatbelt and stop fighting it!!!

 

Haha Neil, my 1983 Nissan Sentra had a manual air bag as well

 

The procedure posted in the link provided does work. It was similar to the procedure on my WK. When I did the patriot I did have to let the seat belt wind up part way before it recognized that it was unbuckled.

 

My solution to the startup ding (I just unloop and buckle before taking off

 

I did some trick to make the chimes stop. I think it was click the ignition over to the first click and buckle/unbuckle 3 times within 60 seconds. No more seatbelt alarms.


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I went through the steps to shut the reminder off 2 years ago and it just started back up again the other day. Or maybe it happened a long time ago, and I never noticed it because I always wear my seatbelt, I just happened to be driving off-road

 

I just happened to be driving off-road

This is EXACTLY why the seatbelt chime should be disabled in some cases. Enough about is it right or wrong to wear it or not, that is for the person wanting to disable it to decide, nobody else. Where I live, I am surrounded by rural trails and off road driving, and have several acres which I frequently get in and out of a vehicle. Buckling a seatbelt is not only impractical, but also unnecessary. I can see how others feel the same way. The chime on some vehicles is very annoying. Yes, I do wear a seatbelt while on the road, and no I don't need to be lectured about it. I am a grown man, and can make my own decisions. End rant.

 

I've seen to many incidences where seat belts should have been worn so buckling up is like automatic to me. But what is weird is my 2013 Pat got its bath for the first time and the belt chimes stopped working they do flash a warning but no chime just for the seat belts.

 

What I think is interesting--my 50+ lb. dog can sit in the front PAX seat of the Patriot and not trigger the seat belt alarm. But in my VW, a bag of groceries will set it off unless the belt is fastened--pulling it out makes no difference!

We old time flyers ALWAYs wear our seat belts--when you fly an open cockpit flying machine--one needs to take all the precautions possible!

 

In accordance with WA law,I have a Doctors note to not wear a belt.

The Patriot is retractor activated versus our 2012 T&C which is buckle activated.


I went to China Freight, bought a $2 huge padded alligator clamp. Pulled it about an inch or so (just enough to make the chimes go off), clamped it and forgot about it.