'05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

Just got my new truck and maybe I'm old fashioned but I hate the bells that go off for everything. I always wear my seatbelt but I don't need a bell to remind me. If I want to leave the key in the ignition,it's my truck,I don't need a bell. It even has a bell to tell me the fuel is low. I hate bells. In the old days, unplug a couple wires,the bells are gone. Not on this one,seems everything goes thru the radio and you don't mess with it.There must be a simple way out of this,I move my truck around the lot everyday,hooking up boats,etc,may only move it 20 feet and the bells are driving me crazy. Help,tech guys.

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

Robert, hit the dieselplace.com or gm trucks.com the two best/friendliest message boards for us GM guys. The bell issues have been discussed at length. It's much more complicated than it seems to get rid of them...yea, all through the radio all right and also through the ECM via the radio!

dieselplace.com is the forum wether you've got a DMax or not. Plenty of all encompassing GM truck forums and gasser forums too. Check it out, you'll like it there, and recognize the vbulletin format.

Some have gotten around some of them but I can't remember how. Had followed it a bit on that site

and they're called "chimes" if that makes 'em sound any better to your ears. :D

P.S. I posted about the "Sport"

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

Robert,
Change out the factory radio with an aftermarket deck, the bells won't work!! I changed the head unit with an aftermarket and the bells went away! If you are serious, PM me and I'll find out which wiring harness you would need to change out the deck without affecting the othe components in the truck except the bell!

Dave

P.S. Hey Rip

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

If you are an onstar subscriber, won't it screw that up changing the radio? I don't care for all of the beeping, but I do like the controls on the steering wheel.

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

Robert, at least you know how to turn them down now. ;)

the chime "brain" is in the radio now on '05's


axa, did you get an '05 GM truck? :eek:

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

Easy there "limp muffller" man

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

there is a kit from metra that you can get from any car audio shop the allows you to replace the stock head unit without losing your bose amplifier or your onstar

and yes it will get rid of the bells or chimes, w/e they're called

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Ooohh, that's right GLH is on the DMax team now. :D

Good to have 'ya, you're gonna love it. :cool:

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Well,I just disabled all the chimes the Alabama way.Pulled the radio fuse! Presto,no more chimes. I never listen to the radio anyway.I suppose if I want to really get sophisticated I could unplug the driver's door speaker and I could have the radio in all the other speakers since the chimes apparently only go to the driver's door speaker. Don't laugh,like I said,it's my truck and I should be able to control those chimes as I see fit :D

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"the Alabama way" :D :D

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There is s plug under the seat to get rid of the seatbelt chime, it is a two prong one, not the powwer one that is wrapped in black conduit. the other bell for the key only goes off if you leave the key in the truck and open the door or if the door is opened and lights are left on. There also is a reminder bell if you are driving and a turn signal is left on for a certain amount of time, I have found that one to be useful:rolleyes:...Good luck with it and put the radio fuse back in.

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Already tried that,worked fine on my last truck,but on this one the only 2 prong plug I could find killed the heated seats.It was a small green plug that I was sure went to the seatbelt base,but apparently not. I could handle the ignition key chime,I always pull the key out slightly from the habit of owning GM trucks for years,but the seatbelt deal is just too much. I'll take another look under the seat.Thanks for the advice.

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they have been located in a couple places, like lawnmowers with pressure sensitive seats, and sometime in the seat belt themselves. try both of em good luck:)

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Found it,there was another 2 prong plug in the same harness,hard to find but I got it.Seat belt chimes are history,radio is back,I can handle the ignition switch. Thanks,OffshoreDrillin,OSO comes thru again :drink:

Re: '05 Silverado-Too many bells
 

Watch OnStar call you about it. :p
Between the "black box" and OnStar, big brother knows, or can know, everything about your driving habits! :eek:

There's no way now to prove through the reading of the blackbox that that position was belted, say...when an airbag went off.

You'd be better off to get rid of the chime source itself, or jump that plug across if possible to make it think you are belted when the ignition is on.

Food for thought...it's true!

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your welcome Robert, glad I could help. Onstar doesnt have anything that can sense seatbelts, their sensors are directly involved with the deployment of airbags. From what I was told the airbag sensors hit a panic button which triggers onstar. I would look for onstar to put lojack out of business soon, as they can disable the car as well as track it.

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the OnStar bit was a joke...
though it's only a matter of time till they are watching you...speed and all. :eek:

but the black box event recorder will know about the belt circuit...