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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: mossy69 on 21 February 2015, 08:03

Title: seat belt chime
Post by: mossy69 on 21 February 2015, 08:03

hi there my car is in for its mot this morning and the seat belt chime seat sensor is buggered it constantly chimes I got over this buy simply disconnect the sensor under the seat ,,should I reconnect it for the mot or leave it disconnected ,,,,,,,,,, will this fail the mot

Title: Re: seat belt chime
Post by: Rhyso on 21 February 2015, 08:43

Get it coded out. Find someone with VAGCOM / VCDS

Title: Re: seat belt chime
Post by: mossy69 on 21 February 2015, 09:29

thanks for getting back to me reguarding getting it coded out but does it not need to work for the mot   testcheers

Title: Re: seat belt chime
Post by: Rhyso on 21 February 2015, 10:20

Nope

How can you test something that isn't there

Title: Re: seat belt chime
Post by: mossy69 on 21 February 2015, 17:15

well said ,,the car passed so ive disconnected the sensor doing my head in lol    cheers again

Title: Re: seat belt chime
Post by: itavaltalainen on 22 February 2015, 02:31

unless it's driver's seat it's better to reconnect and get fault fixed (pretty sure it uses it for passenger detection - airbag deployment) and just get it coded out. I disabled it on my mk7 with VCDS, can be done on mk5 too.