How do you disable a seat belt alarm on a Subaru forrester?

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seatbelt alarm

For those of you looking to permanently disable the passenger side alarm (without any beeping ever!) I have figured it out. Bear with me. You need to remove the four bolts holding the seat in place to gain easy access to the seatbelt female side. Unclip the plastic pice on the seatbelt clip female side. It comes off easily with two small screwdrivers. There is a switch located in the seatbelt connecter (it has the red/white wire and black/white wire). Remove the switch from the seatbelt connecter(there are two small tabs holding it in. This switch is the alarm switch. It operates by magnet (crazy, I know). When the seatbelt is clipped in, it pushes a thin piece of brass through this switch which closes the circuit and keeps the alarm from buzzing. All you have to do is insert a small pice of scrap metal through that part of the switch and electrical tape it so it stays in there forever. Now zip tie that switch and wires to the side of the seat (do not re-install it into the seatbelt connecter. Done!!! Put your seatbelt connecter plastic on and bolt the seat in place. No more buzzing - EVER!!

I spoke with the local dealer and I was told if you turn the key to the on position (without actually starting the engine) you want to click and release the seat belt buckle 20 times withing 30 seconds.

Now when I turn on the ignition I get the initial chime reminding me to put my seat belt on, but not a constant nagging if I happen to have my car running in the driveway.