Cayman - can someone check something for me pls?

[pikey]

My question is: does the 'no seatbelt' warning light and buzzer go off for the passenger's seat (ie. someone in it and not plugged in) as well as the drivers?

It only works on the driver's side on mine and I want to quickly check that it's supposed to be passenger side too before I pop the car in.

I ask as we did about 2 hours driving before my passenger realised she wasn't wearing hers! Don't quite know how she did this, but clearly it's makes the buzzer rather important!

Thanks

Ben

[willr]

only the drivers side, IIRC

[Adam B]

surely only drivers side, never heard of pressure pads under a passenger seat to see if it is occupied before

[Thorny]

pikey said:

My question is: does the 'no seatbelt' warning light and buzzer go off for the passenger's seat (ie. someone in it and not plugged in) as well as the drivers?

Ben

Yes - I think it should do, did on my 997 anyway...

Edited by Thorny on Wednesday 4th July 16:36

Edited by Thorny on Wednesday 4th July 16:36

[SunDiver]

"surely only drivers side, never heard of pressure pads under a passenger seat to see if it is occupied before"

Certainly the Mk5 Golf does just this - boings away like crazy if either side doesn't have the seatbelt on....

[987cay]

Drivers side only on mine. J

[pikey]

Adam B said:

surely only drivers side, never heard of pressure pads under a passenger seat to see if it is occupied before

Well, I have them on my Yaris.. which is why I think they should be there on the Cayman

[pikey]

987cay said:

Drivers side only on mine. J

Thanks - can I just check though - you have a Cayman?

[Jacko99]

I have a Cayman and the buzzer works on driver side only.

Having said this, my previous car was a BMW Z4 and that bloody thing used to beep even if I had a bottle of water on the passenger side. Most irritating!

[pikey]

Bizarre cost saving considering their attention to detail (I only recently noticed lights in the door handles!)

[Erik997]

Same on the 997 - no warning on the passenger side (at least not on mine).

[Adam B]

pikey said:

Adam B said:

surely only drivers side, never heard of pressure pads under a passenger seat to see if it is occupied before

Well, I have them on my Yaris.. which is why I think they should be there on the Cayman

interesting, will try on my Audi next time missus is in it (at low speed!)

[987cay]

March 2006 Cayman S J

[rlw]

Both sides on my 993 too.

[pikey]

Yeah, 993s ROCK!

[ascayman]

i belive you can set it either way.

not sure if this is via pcm or if porsche have to do it themselves, but i'm pretty sure that you have the choice.

[pikey]

What? Choice of left / right / left & right ?

I could always ask....

[wrn]

pikey said:

Bizarre cost saving considering their attention to detail (I only recently noticed lights in the door handles!)

I think it's intentional - not a cost saving. Nothing more annoying than sticking a heavy bag/shopping on the passenger seat (as is often necessary in sports cars with limited luggage space) only for it to bleep away at you.

Porsche owners are intelligent enough to decide whether to wear their seatbelts / remember to put them on without having a computer to tell them...

[Porsche Tech]

wrn said:

pikey said:

Bizarre cost saving considering their attention to detail (I only recently noticed lights in the door handles!)

I think it's intentional - not a cost saving. Nothing more annoying than sticking a heavy bag/shopping on the passenger seat (as is often necessary in sports cars with limited luggage space) only for it to bleep away at you.

Porsche owners are intelligent enough to decide whether to wear their seatbelts / remember to put them on without having a computer to tell them...

There are no occupancy sensors on UK cars, its for the americam market so no the car does not know if there is a passenger sat in it