This tutorial will show you how to silence the annoying door chime when the key is in the ignition. This was performed on a 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX, but should work with similar years.

Step 1: Remove the large plasitc cover piece below the steering column. This tutorial will show you how to silence the annoying door chime when the key is in the ignition. This was performed on a 2004 WRX, but should work with similar years.

Tools: Philips Head, Flat Head, Electrical Tape

Step 1: Remove the large plastic cover piece below the steering column. The lower half is held in with screws, while the upper half if supported by little pop it pieces that you can’t see. Simply remove the 3 visible screws, and then pull from the top. (2 metal screws, 1 plastic screw)

Step 2: Locate the “Integrated Module.” It is about the size of a large turbo timer and has 2 harness’ coming out of it.

Integrated Module


Step 3: Slide the “Integrated Module” down towards you and it should come right off. Once it is off, remove the 2 wiring harness. (Flat head helps with wiring harness removal.)

Step 4: Wedge a flat head into the “Integrated Module” to pop off the plastic cap piece. Once it is off, hold the grey wiring harness connecting piece and carefully pull. The green mother board looking chip should slide out now.

Integrated Module with cap popped off


Step 5: Use electrical tape to seal up the speaker. (I am not too sure about how to remove this speaker, so all I did was tape it up.)

Speaker Sealed up with tape


Step 6: Put everything back together.

 

interesting. do u leave the key in often with the door open?

it does bother me but not to the extent i'd have to cover it up.

great mod tho. since ur just silencing it a bit.

 

hmm, i guess i mist be leaving the door open often, i duno.

 

I don't drive without my seatbelt... except in and out of my drive and I hate the damn thing too! I filled it with black silicon a year ago!!!

...that's before I knew the '20 times in 30 seconds' sealt belt silence trick :-(

 

does the tape silence the chime completly? or is there still a little ringing (only made quieter).

 

its still there, but pretty faint. i dont notice it anymore.