Resetting or Stopping a Seat Belt Alarm

If your seat belt alarm won’t stop due to a malfunction, you can reset it through the vehicle’s built-in sequence or use a seat belt stopper. Keep in mind: driving without a seat belt is illegal in most states, and for your own safety, you should always buckle up.

Things to Know Before You Start

Many cars allow you to reset the seat belt alarm using a simple ignition and buckle sequence.
If you don’t want to wear a seat belt, a seat belt clip/stopper can silence the alarm by plugging into the buckle.
If you do plan on wearing your seat belt but need more room, use a seat belt extender instead.

This sequence will disable a seat belt alarm in most vehicles, but not all of them. If you try these steps and they don’t work, check your user manual for specific instructions.

In order for this to work, you need to move fast! Try to do this step within 10 seconds.

4. Turn the car off

Either turn your key or press your engine button. When you do this, you’ll probably hear a “ding” to indicate that your seat belt alarm is off. When you turn your vehicle back on, there will be no more alarm!

The seat belt light on the dashboard will still come on, but your car won’t ding.
Typically, disabling the alarm will last for multiple trips. If the alarm ever comes back on, you can follow the same steps to turn it back off again.

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