| Author | Message | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 428 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hi, Todd: Quickly, I have to run: I forgot that you can reach the seat belt modules easier by removing the gauge/switch panel below the radio. Just remove the two screws on the shift gate, jockey the black plastic panel around the shifter backwards slightly, then tilt out the panel with the two gauges. It comes right out, you don't have to force it. The modules are the two "black boxes" under radio, with gang plugs. Mine have been disconnected for years. Don't forget to "belt up" if you will be doing it manually!! | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
New member Username: Sllade Post Number: 31 Registered: 7-2003 |
jeff I really appreciate all your help the modules look like what under the console? | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 427 Registered: 12-2002 |
Todd: I'm guessing that the Seat Belt warning light is on because it is signaling that there is a malfunction in the operation of the system. It seems safe to say (from your first post on this thread) that the retractors are not functioning properly. They may be misadjusted, bent, shorted out electrically, debris in the tracks, etc. On a safety item like this, you pretty much have to go to the dealer, but new mouse mechanisms run about $2000 from what I have heard. If you are going to use the backup/manual system (which seems to work fine and is a factory design), then you can disconnect the modules, which are in the central console below the radio. Bingo, lights out. It isn't real easy to get at the modules, you have to remove the panel on the right front side of the console. You can do it, the dealer probably wouldn't DREAM of disconnecting a safety item!! | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
New member Username: Sllade Post Number: 27 Registered: 7-2003 |
seatbelt lights always on too what do you think that could be | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
New member Username: Sllade Post Number: 26 Registered: 7-2003 |
jeff you are a real help i really appreciate it | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 425 Registered: 12-2002 |
Todd: Connect belt "C" to anchor "F" when you get in the car. Leave mouse "B" unattached. By the way, welcome to FChat, enjoy your Ferrari!  | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
New member Username: Sllade Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2003 |
jeff what do you mean per the backup system? | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 423 Registered: 12-2002 |
If my seatbelt retractors worked (which they don't) I would disconnect them anyway. STUPID design. I connect my belts manually per the backup system. | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
New member Username: Sllade Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2003 |
yippie lucky us symbolic told me they were notorious for that . | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 787 Registered: 4-2003 |
No, only 348's.  Vincent. | ||
| todd montandon (Sllade)
New member Username: Sllade Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2003 |
is it just me or do all ferraris have a problem with the seat belt retactors? |