Hello All,

I have an EJ8 (96 2dr EX)

I've recently replaced my seat since it had a rip it in.
The seat belt light/chime hasn't worked in a while (not sure if it was before or after i changed the seat)

The connector under the seat IS plugged in.

Any help?

 

200 views and no one knows?

 

200 people didn't want to be the one to tell you to check your fuses? That's where I would start being you provided such little information.

 

lol What else do you need to know? What else should I include?

 

Never heard a seat belt chime in either of my Civics.

 

Isn't there the door open chime too? Maybe not a seat belt chime but my seat belt light doesn't work as well.

 

You car has three chimes - key in, seat belt, and lights on.

Have you checked fuses 43, 30, and 25?

 

No, ill check them now.

Lights on reminder works,

Key In reminder works, I THINK

and Seatbelt does not.

How do I know which fuses are 43, 30 and 25?

The picture doesn't work thats in the FAQ saying which #s are which

 

 

key in reminder works,

going to check those fuses now.


RonJ, could you shed some light on my other thread? p0138 code.

 

All three fuses are good.

Now what?

 

Test the driver's seat belt switch.

If you ground the Red/Blu wire of the seat belt switch, does the cluster light turn on and does the chime work?

 

will go check now, don't go anywhere Ill be right back!

 

 

do i ground the wire on the seat or the one that comes from under the carpet TO the seat?

ps. grounding a wire just means splicing into and taking like a paper clip and touching bare metal?

 

Ground the Red/Blu wire on the wire harness side not the seat belt buckle side.

Yes. Ground to the metal frame under the dash.

 

tried that and nothing happened.

 

Was the key in ON(II)? Describe exactly what you did.

Do you have a multimeter?

 

Yes, I spliced the red/blue on the harness side, the piece that connects to the seat.

I took a paper clip and held it to the exposed wire and then touched the metal frame (all while the car was on).

 

The seat belt light in the cluster did not turn on?

Use you multimeter to test whether installed 7.5A fuse 25 has voltage on both top test tabs with the key in ON(II).

 

To clarify, you grounded the Red/Blu wire that runs under the carpet, right? Not the one that runs to the seat belt buckle, right?

Did the seat belt light in the cluster turn on? Does it ever turn on?

Does the ceiling light work?

 

Honestly, I don't even know how to use the multimeter.

But this is what I did.

I set the car to ON (II), I put the multimeter on V.

If i touch one side with black and one side with red, i get .000
If i touch the red probe thing to the fuse test tab (either side gives same reading) I get .010
I i touch black (either side gives same reading) I get .006

I also removed the fuse while car was in ON(II) and some of my cluster lights (oil light, brake etc) went out (batt stayed on thougH)

 

I grounded the Red/Blu from the connector (that comes from under the carpet)

Seat belt light DID NOT turn on, it doesn't turn on when I turn the car on either.

Ceiling light works.

Door Open / Key in reminder works

 

Post a picture of your multimeter and I'll tell you how to do the tests.