Hi folks:

My 95 Blazer has a seat belt light on the dash that comes on while I'm driving. Seat belt is fastened, and the light behaves as though there is a short or open circuit. The light will stay on for a few seconds, then go off. Come on for an instant then go off. Sometimes it will come on and stay on for a brief time.....20 seconds...then go off. Sometimes it seems to flash on/off at regular 1 second intervals.[sm=rant.gif]
Gotta be a connection somewhere doesn't it?

Any ideas on where to look, or how to repair? Anybody else have a similar problem?

Thanks All!!!!

 

Come on boyz!!!!

Anybody got a clue for me?????

Could use a hand here!!!!

 

there was no need for a bump. on a saturday night, the number of members online is very low. when someone has an answer, they will post up.

 

Well there is a sensor in the seat buckle it self so I would be guessing this is the problem? I don’t know how to really fix it, if I were you I would rip out the seat buckle and once you do that take it apart and see what could be wrong. I could imagine the hardest part would be getting the buckle out because may have to take the seat out a bit to get enough access to take the buckle out. If you cannot fix the buckle just buy a new one, they are not that expensive, especially if you can just get it off a totaled one at a junk yard. If you dont mind not having the light sensor you could just disconnect the wire to the buckle and just use a resistor to cancel the cable out to make the computer think its connected without anything wrong.

 

Thanks Nofear:

That's along the lines I was thinking, although I wouldn't have thought of the resistor treatment. I appreciate the confirmation.

Do you just cut the sensor wires and solder a resistor (what value) to the cut ends?

 

or you could just get a blocking diode and put it inline. try radioshack or stop by your local car audio/alarm shop and ask if you can have one.

 

Thanks HillbillyinOhio....I'll keep that one in mind too....

May have stumbled on a solution myself.....

Thought that a blast of WD-40 into the throat of the receiving end of the female part couldn't hurt....and may help if a contact inside the unit was just dirty. Drove home from a trip....and the light stayed off the whole way.

Time will tell if that truly did it, or was just a fluke.

Thanks guys!

 

lol... I buy WD40 in bulk

 

I had the same problem on my 2000 extreme, I ended up replacing the buckle part from the scrap Yard