Seat belt chime, flashing light

NICKTHEBEST

MEMBER
2006 SATURN VUE
3.5L
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
75,000 MILES

I have an 2006 Saturn Vue with the Honda 3.5v6 it has just under 75,000 miles on it. My problem is the seat belt chime keeps coming on and off while I am driving, also the seat belt light (drivers side) comes on every time it chimes and I am buckled in with the seat belt on. I have tried taking it on and off a bunch of times nothing, I thought it might be on passenger side so I did the same thing there with the belt unbuckled and buckled a lot of times and still nothing. It has to be on the drivers side because driver's side seat belt light comes flashing on while it chimes. It will stop for a little bit and then starts right on chiming again with the light and its driving me crazy! Is there anyway to disable this? I looked in the Saturn manual, but I could find nothing on this matter. I had the key cylinder replaced while it was still under warranty about 6 months ago by an authorized Chevrolet dealer, could that possibly have anything to do with it? Any help would be appreciated. Please help! Thank you! Frustrated in N.Y.

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SATURNTECH9

MECHANIC
30,870 POSTS

It sounds like a bad buckle the side with the button. Start it up and plug the drivers side seat belt in and pull on the seat belt like your trying to pull the seat belt back out without pushing the button. Pull it around really good and see what the light does. More then likely you a have a bad seat belt buckle the side with the button. That's what I have seen with those Vue's. The ignition cylinder has nothing to do with the seat belt light coming on.