Seatbelt light on/off intermittently

[willn513]

Ok the title says it all. 2002 TB with 175,000 on the clock. Cloth manual seats (LS). My issue is that my seatbelt light comes and goes as it pleases. I always buckle up, so I am wondering what to do about it. It seems to me that jiggling the base and or unbuckling and re-buckling my belt has no effect at all. I am assuming there is a sensor built in that is bad? Or bad wiring somewhere? As I said, I am always buckled up, so I am even considering pulling the cluster and just removing the bulb. I have no intentions of ever selling this vehicle and I am the only driver so I really can see no reason not to do that. Unless there is something I can do to fix it? Any ideas?

 

[The_Roadie]

Trace the wiring and hopefully locate an intermittent open. Or plug in the passenger seat belt even if there's nobody there and see if you have a flaky passenger butt sensor switch.