Seat belt story.

Year1of1 · 05-17-2008, 10:19 AM

This is an pretty funny story.

Last night after work I decided to drop by the liquor store and pick up a few 30's. The ride home from work is 30mins.

I didnt feel like folding down the seats so i put a few in the trunk and one on the passenger seat. I start driving away and the seat belt gong goes off.

I had my belt on and i didn't understand why. So while driving down the motorway i'm messing around with the seatbelt etc.

needless to say the damn 30pack weighed enough to make the car think someone was sitting in the passenger seat and it turned on the airbag and seatbelt indicator.

I got home and had my room mate help me carry the beer upstairs and he starts to laugh because i had to strap the 30pack in to stop the gong.

damn you bmw and ur smart car

hitthemark41 · 05-17-2008, 10:23 AM

oh wow that is CLASSIC...thanks for sharing! :roundel:

Lester · 05-17-2008, 10:44 AM

Same thing happened to me, with a backpack on the passenger seat.

d3syd · 05-17-2008, 11:01 AM

I disabled the annoying gong on my Land Rover, so now I just have a warning light on the dash if I carry stuff on the front passenger seat.

alexp1_tx · 05-17-2008, 11:21 AM

How do you Disable the gong DIY, please.

Papethova · 05-17-2008, 12:38 PM

Thats funny, because sometimes when my xgf was sitting in the passenger seat the sensors would show no one was in the seat. This was randomly in the middle of a drive, all of a sudden the airbag would deactivate and the car showed the seat as empty.

BTW it was an Audi A4 not a BMW.

jbenington86 · 05-18-2008, 08:54 AM

BMW engineers hard at work keeping your beer safe

05-17-2008, 10:19 AM	#1
Year1of1 Lieutenant 33 Rep 573 Posts Drives: 2020 X5 M50 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	Seat belt story. This is an pretty funny story. Last night after work I decided to drop by the liquor store and pick up a few 30's. The ride home from work is 30mins. I didnt feel like folding down the seats so i put a few in the trunk and one on the passenger seat. I start driving away and the seat belt gong goes off. I had my belt on and i didn't understand why. So while driving down the motorway i'm messing around with the seatbelt etc. needless to say the damn 30pack weighed enough to make the car think someone was sitting in the passenger seat and it turned on the airbag and seatbelt indicator. I got home and had my room mate help me carry the beer upstairs and he starts to laugh because i had to strap the 30pack in to stop the gong. damn you bmw and ur smart car __________________ 2008 128 - retired 2010 X5 - retired 2013 535 - retired 2015 X1 - retired 2020 X5 M50i - On Order
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Lester Brigadier General 300 Rep 3,351 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2007 iTrader: (0)	Same thing happened to me, with a backpack on the passenger seat. __________________ 2008 135i, Jet Black, 6 spd, Canadian Sport package, black leatherette, manual seats, aluminum glacier trim, PDC. 1983 E21 Delphin, M10, 5 speed, LSD, MSW wheels, recaro seats, Hartge strut brace, rear sway bar. [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Papethova Banned 240 Rep 3,094 Posts Drives: '08 135/ '11 1M Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: at Death Valley 127 iTrader: (1)	Thats funny, because sometimes when my xgf was sitting in the passenger seat the sensors would show no one was in the seat. This was randomly in the middle of a drive, all of a sudden the airbag would deactivate and the car showed the seat as empty. BTW it was an Audi A4 not a BMW.
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