I Have A New Chevy Silverado, and This Thing Says ‘Buckle to Shift,’ I Have to Buckle My Seat Belt in Order to Shift Out of Park

Seat belt chime ( overkill) I'll just keep my 2020 Sierra plus it has a 6. 2, You Can't get that anymore either.Wake up GM and going total electric isn't going to work either

A little annoying will be tolerated, but excessive annoyance will result in people bypassing the systems. People can leave the belt buckled all the time and just sit on top of it and people will find ways to remove or bypass the buzzer. The trick is to be just annoying enough that people won’t bother with bypassing… For the record, I almost always wear my seatbelt unless I’m just moving the vehicles around on my own property.

Easy solution. Go to an auto supply store and purchase a set of the male buckles and put them into the seatbelt receiver....unless you prefer wearing seatbelts.

On one hand I understand why it is needed. Too many idiots don't wear their seat belt, get into an accident and get seriously injured or die, or worse, lose control the vehicle after a collision and then hit other people that weren't in the initial collision.
On the other hand, after working in the automotive industry from sales, service and auto-body, as well as a valet, it is annoying and troublesome to have to click the seat belt.
Farmers and other industries need that quick in and out as well, and for someone to click the seat belt and then sit in the seat makes it a higher probability that they will get in the car for a regular road driving situation and not put theor seat belt on properly because the buckle is already connected and they are sitting on the belt.

Why not go back to the automatic sliding belts?

I can't wait for the breathalyzer equipped cars to roll off the lines, and sit on dealership lots because no one will buy them. Just put those cats next to all of the EVs that aren't selling.

Way to go over reaching government, you've just hurt the automobile industry even more with nonsense mandates.

This ‘tech’ was tried in 1974. Absolutely failed with so many problems. Good luck on reliability and longevity to the system. I use my seatbelt, so not a problem for me, but if it becomes faulty…. I would probably be looking for an older vehicle…

The buckle to drive feature is extremely annoying!! Wait until you try to back up and hook up to trailer!!!
I think this "feature" is definitely going too far

atleast yours runs mine has been in the shop with transmission issues with no end in site for the last 4 months, no answers no real communication, chevy has definitely lost a customer for life and your warranty dept get a minus 10 out of 10 for customer service or lack of same

All 1974 model year vehicles sold in the US were equipped with an interlock so that the car would not start until the seat belt was fastened. The system was pretty easy to defeat, but lthe requirement lasted for just one year due to consumer complaints.
I was once stuck in a remote part of a national forest when the system shorted out. After much fiddling and jumping on the seats the car finally started and I was able to avoid a very long walk out.
With today's electronic technology, i don't think bouncing on the seats is going to work anymore, so expect to hear stories about stranded drivers. At least we have cell phones now.

I really think this is a great idea for on road and off road travel equipment because we have more vehicles and weather conditions that challenge our driving skills not everyone is a skilled driver with what could challenge our driving abilities it takes 2.2 seconds to use this safety features check all your loved ones and happy travels

I think that it commendable for company's to help in making things safer but at the end of the day it just complicates things it should not be mandated by corporation or government we should still be able to decide. As a me mechanic by trade we find that the after market companies will sell some kind of bypass that we will have to fix the because of a short or some other kind of mechanical device that will fail and it will drive unnecessary cost up for things that's just not okay in my book let's put more money and time in expressing our concerns in public safety and proper knowledge on vehicle and it's purpose more strick rules on getting drivers license and big rig safety. Still would be nice if we made our own decisions.

Danged if I want to buckle up to back the pickup out of the carport to unload mulch on the other side of the driveway. They've gone way too far.

I own a 2023 Traverse, it does Not have the buckle to shift . If it had I would not have bought it.

This “Shift to Drive” feature has been around for a number of years, but the vehicles are now arriving with the setting turned on. Why not make any mention on how this is a feature that can be turned off in the Driver Information Center?

Just buy a seat belt extender and leave it plugged in. Don’t even hook seat belt to it.

Just put the seat belt behind you and plug it in, as for the louder chimes go to the fuse box, pull fuse out that runs the chimes

I live in the only state that doesn't have a seatbelt mandate. I generally wear my seatbelt voluntarily. 100% of the time on the highway. But every now and then I need to move my car a few hundred feet in a parking lot or something and don't want to because I'm getting in and out of the car. The seat belt chime is obnoxious. Like it's pushing me to trick the system and potentially actually wear my seatbelt less often. All my previous vehicles allowed me to disable it. The Silverado does not. Meaning I may need to mess with wires to physically disable it, and again, legally I don't even need to wear a seatbelt. Nevermind when I'm in a parking lot and moving the truck to the door to load an item.

Also, this setting can be turned off on the 2024 Silverado in the settings. The chime however can not be turned off.

Uhm just turn it off like I did in my truck

I knew someone way back when who had a new 1973 Olds 442. You had to buckle up before the car would even start. She had a work around and defeated the system. What she DID NOT have was twenty-five internet sites telling her how to disable the damned thing. Get off your whiny behinds and look it up.

I knew someone way back when who had a new 1973 Olds 442. You had to buckle up before the car would even start. She had a work around and defeated the system. What she DID NOT have was twenty-five internet sites telling her how to disable the damned thing. Get off your whiny behinds and look it up.

This is totally ridiculous. So say I am just moving my truck just to hook up a trailer or position it on my 2 post lift. I would have to put on my seat belt?. I will never own one of these vehicles. This is getting out of control.

GM tried the same "belt before starting" feature in 1975.
My grandfather had it disabled on his Chevrolet Vega.

I'm a 50+ year loyal GM customer. I currently drive a 2024 silverado crew. I have the incredibly annoying seat belt chime along with browse feature disabled while driving and auto stop that i have to shut off every time I start the vehicle. I've been fighting with GM since the day after i drove it home. I was not made aware of these significant changes to trusted familiar features. I was led to believe same vehicle just newer. Thought i was getting a custom instead got the ORWELLIAN EDITION!!! I hope that insurance institute buys alot of GM products because I'm done. If I would have known, it would have been left on the lot.