seat belt warning light stays on

[List]

1992 CTD Auto Trans. 188K





two days ago the seat belt warning light didn't go out as normal after about 10 seconds and now burns constantly. The buzzer also stays on all the time if the seat belt is not fastened. I believe there is a timer module some where which controls these two things. Has anyone else had this problem or can someone tell the location of this module?

 

[bgilbert]

List, there is a plug going to the seat belt, you might have to tilt the seat forward to see the plug, unplug it and it will take care of the buzzing. My 89 was buzzing like that, unpluging at belt took care of the buzzer but not the light. Never did figure out the light, I bet it was a bad ground somewhere, as it would come on after driving for miles and come on and off whenever. I ended up removing the bulb.



As far as location of the module, on my 89 I imagine its different, it is below the dash I think to the right of the steering column attached to it maybe, just stick your head under the dash with the buzzer buzzing and it will lead you to the source. I would look in my 93 FSM but its boxed up waiting on a check from fellow TDR member hmmm... ... . anyone else? Bill

 

[sparks57]

I'm buzzer free! I hate the damn things and disconnect them from every vehicle I own!

 

[dpuckett]

FIrst time you leave your headlights on and drain your battery, you may chnage your tune. Can you select the things you want to buzz? I like the headlights on buzz, but dont really care for the rest of it- i. e. seat belt, door open, etc. I noticed there are about 5 or 6 wires going into the module.



-DP

 

[Paychk]

Six wires going into it, and only two are for the headlights. The headlights are the pink w/ dark blue strip & the light blue wires. the rest are for the seat belts and key in ignition. The easiest way to silence the seat belt buzzer is to disconect the connectors at the base of all the seat belts, this prevents grounding of the seatbelt circuit.

 

[tugboatphil]

Amen, Daniel.



I pull out the wires only for what I don't want to hear. I leave the lights on buzzer hooked up!!!

 

[Paychk]

List



Sorry, lost focus on the original post. The timer is built into the buzzer and is activated by a ground at pin # 3 on the buzzer connector. If this ground isn't present then the buzzer/light stays on. What you need to check is continuity between the 20 ga. black wire and ground. If that is working then I guess the next thing is the buzzer itself must be bad and need replacing.