HOW TO HOT WIRE A POWER SEAT - Silverado Tahoe Suburban 1999-2006 - junk yard removal the EASY WAY!
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- In this video I show you how to "hot wire" 12 volt power to your power seat when working on a vehicle with no engine, battery or electrical power available. if you are trying to remove power seats from a truck or car in the junk yard this is a must watch! This video specifically shows how to do this in a 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra, Tahoe, Suburban Avalanche, Cadillac Escalade, Yukon, Hummer H2. However, you can also use this basic technique for any car or truck out there. Just identify the two power wires and hook up your jump box!
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Selling a set of seats in half an hour and just found this video after I realized I could moved my seat and it worked great! Thanks for the video.
This video sure did come handy i was about to burn my truck down lol I watched the video and it worked!!! Straight genus man
Brilliant, thanks for this! I'm building a power office chair from a passenger seat out of an '08 Cadillac. They have the same harness & controls as far as I can tell as this Tahoe so I'm looking forward to getting it built. I've never really understood why high-end vehicle bucket seats are so much more comfortable than anything I've ever had inside of my house. I can ride for 12 hours in my Caddy (same seat pretty much) and never be uncomfortable but home chairs, and especially office chairs don't have near the adjustability nor the support or comfort. So I'm doing it myself! Thanks again!~
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Thanks!! I'm gutting an 03 Suburban, lent it to a friend, he disappeared and when they found it - he totaled it. But the inside is immaculate. So I bought an 03 Tahoe with the reverse issue. Apparently a soccer mom knew how to drive, but basically raised 5 kids in it. So the inside - 'nough said there.
Will be watching many more i'm sure. Thanks again!
Good luck with your swap and check out my other videos! Also as the weather gets better I'll be doing a few more so let me know if you need anything specific and I'll try to get a video how to of it.
Great video! I went to Pick A Part to get a center console from a Chevy Tahoe. You can only remove the console after removing the seats. After watching this video I picked up a portable battery booster/charger from Harbor Fright. It worked perfectly and I was able to remove the electric seats. One other thing I discovered is on Chevy full size vehicles there are two 13 mm nuts under the seats located on the front left and right side corners. If you remove those nuts the bottom of the seat can be removed giving you easy access to the wiring without trying to reach under the seat looking for wires……
Thanks for the video. I’ve installed power seats in my car but couldnt move them because there’s no factory wiring. I tried this method, seats worked and now I’m motivated to wire them up :D
Thank you for taking the time to do this video
Worked perfectly! Saved me a huge headache.
Thx for the helpful video man got a cheap power pack at harbor freight it worked good. Now I can move both seats to make room to put my kids in back. Learned that the fuse that controls both seats also affects the passenger window mine wouldn’t roll down cuz of it . Replaced the 30amp circuit and 50 amp fuse and unplugged both seats since one seat had a short somewhere, at least now I can lower both my windows and got seats where they needed to be . Ur vid helped a ton
Thank you! This is an amazing, fast, QUICK, helpful video without all the BS. Nice work sir
I bought 04 seats for my 02 harness was different beautiful 2 tone leather seats glad i watched this vid and made it work 👌🏽
Did powering those 2 wires allow all functions in the seat or does it all need to be wired? I have 05 seats going in my 00 and am dreading this wiring part cause I have a feeling it all needs hooked up
Thank you so much i was swapping leather power seats to my silverado and it has also power seats but unfortunately after i gutted the interior i realized that the connectors doesn't match, but you sure did saved me also of hassle 👍♥️
Thanks for the response! This is exactly what I️ did except with an old honda battery as the power source. Promptly replaced with manual seats lol
Best video I found for this problem thanks for making it easy
I'm in junkyard NOW🤷 this works GREAT 😂
You can also use a battery pack for a drill or impact gun. Strip the leads back, red wire goes to the B+ terminal, black wire goes to the B- terminal. Stick ‘em in there, boom.
Dude I bought a 99 Silverado recently and the passenger seat has the harness cut and is is a terrible angle and is all the way back. This will help me a lot. Right on!
I wish I would have seen this the other day. ( And yes I did look on YT and only found one of a guy who ripped out some long wires from the front of the seat (Yeah, right) to jump it. It did nothing. I found a seat with an almost perfect bottom cushion, in a wrecking yard, that was still bolted in. I managed to drill one front stud out, from underneath, but hit a weld on the inside one, because you can't really see it, as it is hidden partially, and had to cut the leg off. One of the rear bolts was out, but I had to rip the other captive nut loose with my 1/2" Dewalt impact, and then grab the bolt with vice grips, and turn the nut off with a wrench. Took me three different tries to get it out. It was really starting to become a White Whale. (Ironically the Tahoe was white too...LoL...) Luckily, they ended up giving it to me for free, because it was such a hassle.
Hey bro thank you so much. I don't just subscribe to just anybody but you made life sooo much better! Thanks for your post!
Great video. I’m supposed to remove 2 front passenger seats out of a 2005 suburban. The main wiring harness was removed, rendering the power seats inoperable. Going to try this out and see how it works.
I did a search, your video popped up, I got my answer. Thanks a lot. New sub.
I want to say thank you so very much I’ve been looking for a video like this nobody says anything but you are the first one and I want to commend you for that this is great information for a person that is looking to remove all the interior of his Chevy truck and replacing it with one that looks like it came out of a dealership. Thank you once again God bless you and I pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to give you lots of love peace prosperity and safety especially in these crazy times and remember repent if you need to because Jesus Christ is on his way the book of revelations in the Bible is almost complete so please repent so we can be in heaven together and talk about trucks and cars lol love you brother take care of you and your family and friends ✝️✝️✝️
Memory Module Fixed my issue! On my 2001 Chevy Silverado my drivers side seat quit working. I traced the power all the way to the Memory Module and that's as far as it went. I had power to the Module but no power past it. I searched eBay for this part number 12473998 and bought a used module for $89.99 and it fixed my seat problem.
Good idea! My question is could I use this method to adjust my seat as I need it? Bought a 03 Suburban that has a short in the power seat somewhere. Just need to adjust it then I don't care if it's unhooked lol.
That’s what I did bro just did it. Got a power pack for when I need to adjust them. I got a short somewhere in my passenger seat not worth tearing apart
@@robamador5594 omg go to the junk yard pay 15-20 and replace it 😂
Thanks Bro, I'm at the junkyard and needed to move the seat foward.. big help and thanks again..
Thanks man, glad this was helpful!
Thanks for the Video.
Pick a Part…Here I Come!!
Thank you so much now my s10 have power leather seats.
I hope this works on the seats for my Jeep. I swapped the old manuals out for the power seats because they sit a lot higher and quite frankly my old ones were torn up and flattened. Basically no good foam left for your tush. I got them from my dads old blown engine jeep and adjusted them to my liking, but I've been wanting to scoot the seats back. Since I don't have any plugs to connect the seat I'll try this, hopefully it works. Thanks for the tips
Thank you very much, I now have caddy seats on my truck
Thanks 🙏 for this video very very helpful.... did it on my regal with up to date Lexus seats
Perfect! I’m parting out an 03 that has the engine removed as well and I was wondering which wires to put power to. Thanks!
my dude i was trying to do that to thank you for this video
I want to swap none electric seat for electric heated seats, using your method do all the buttons work like tilt or just the forward & back.
also how hard would it be to do this swap.excellent video and thanks
The video is great! I purchased a pair of seats from a yard and was needing to figure out the power to move the seat back and forth, to make mounts in my XJ to have it all work! Can you tell me about the colors of the other smaller wires and what they go to?
Thanks
Good shit man .. not doing this car but will try it anyways
Great vid bud
Great info, just what I needed!
Hey i have a truck that has these seats but doesnt have the external plug with the wires do you know where i can buy a connector online or just tap the lines previous?
You can use your impact battery instead of a jump box
Brilliant. Just bought used seats for my 2005 Avalon and when they pulled it at the yard they left the power plug and pigtails. I need to lubricate all of the moving parts, so I'd like to throw in the garage and easily access all of the screws/hinges. I like the portability of your solution but I am thinking I might get a 12V AC converter for the garage. Any specs on your jump box and how much use you can get before a recharge?
my 2001 driver side stopped working 5 years ago....so if i do this and still motor does not work at all this would mean i need a new motor? i will try this..thanks
Do I need the harness for the driver side and passenger side? I have a donor passenger harness and works on that side but not the driver side. Id appreciate it the help
2022 Jan 02. I did manage to pull back my seat thank you very helpful now I can’t figure how to pull back my upper seat back lol help anyone
You are a life saver !!!!!! Thank you so so much
Can you tilt the seat foward as well?
When I did it on this one all the side panel controls worked.
Would i be able to jump say the orange wire to my driver side power seat and just ground the black wire to make my passenger seat work? Or would i have to wire it up directly to the fuse box,key on hot,and so forth?
Do the seats have to be grounded? This isn’t working on a seat I have removed
Will trick make all the switches work? Or just the back & forth
Hey I have a Tesla model s power seat and it appears the motors have 4 wires rather than 2. They are Bosch 12v motors. I am wondering if it’s possible to Hotwire it in a similar way? How did you know which one was the positive and which one was negative? I have tried adding 12v to the motors. But they don’t move. It looks like these motors have hall sensors. Any idea how u could Hotwire those motors? Thanks!
Is there any concern of blowing the seat motor with this method
Could I just use another car's battery and some jumper cables to do this?
Thank you!
I have power to seats but the switch is messed up so not sure if motor works so how do I move the seat up?
so? 12 volts? straight? won't harm the motor?
I know this vid is old, but will the backrest also work? There is vids on how to make it go front/back but nothing on the backrest movements.
If i’m doing this on a different car how do i know which wire connects to positive and which wire connects to negative?
Question? If only the positive and negative were needed to power up and seat and have it fully fuctional, what were the other small wires for? Im trying to swap in newer chevy seats into my project c30 squarebody and im trying to figure out if power seats were an easy install just wiring them to constant power...any advice? TIA for the help
You have a lot of other electrical stuff going on in that seat like side airbags, airbag weight sensors, heated seat elements, etc.
I just put these seats in my 95 2dr tahoe and there was only 4 wires u need for seat to move up dwn front back..
U might need to run cigarette lighter wires or glove box wires for power and ground .good luck
Do you need the harmed from the ground ? Or could I just connect it to the wires off the seat themselves?
How's the dash top on this avalanche?? I might be interested
Thanks i have an 03 trailblazer ls and bought an 02 trailblazer ltz for parts but have to run power in mine... Should i fuse the line for the seats?
Does it absolutely need the other end of the harness? I have a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica set of power seats with the seat half of the harness intact. I connected a power and a ground to the harness (without the other half of the harness) and just get a brief click.
I’m going to power seats. How would I make power?
Love you for this video thank you so much
Question. I got a set of nice leather seats, problem is I have no idea what car they came from. if I want to replace the ones in my truck can I just wire the 2 wires like in the vid straight 2 the battery with maybe a fuse in between to make em work? any problems with that??
maybe? I think the bigger problem is securing them to the floor as every seat in every different car mounts to the floor at different heights and in different locations. My suggestion would be to get a set of seats from the generation that your truck belongs to. it will cost you less in the long run not to mention be safer overall.
TheHoodScoop I know. but I got em for really cheap, $45! the cheapest I found for mine were $300 and they weren't even in good shape. fabricating brackets to mount them would be the easy part for me.
Worst case scenario, I'll go back to the stock seats and save up for ones that fit directly. But I figured $45 and maybe another $50+/_ and I got more comfortable, nicer seats, why not give it a shot. Thx for your reply :)
Hey jack, I’m doing the same thing to my truck right now. How did that end up working for you?
Good shit man 🔥
thanks for the video
Can someone help with a Nissan Pathfinder power & ground. I can’t seem to find them. I bought power seats from someone & just want to adjust them
How did you get the airbag light to turn off
THANKS!!!
Hey I did that recently. But I can't get the seat to go up and down forward and backward I was able to get but not up and down because I'm going to keep the seat but I need to get into a lower position. How would I do that?
Thanks
Does this only work on moving the seat back and forth, or does the lumbar support and seat recline work as week? Swapping power seats from a Yukon into my Silverado that has manual seats. Was wondering if it was as easy as just hot/ground to power the seats. Please help, thank very much!.
Hi John, when I did this hot wire trick on these seats (2003 seats) the orange and black wire powered the entire side panel control. Meaning it powered, back forth, up down on the seat bottom, reclined the seat back and lumbar controls.
TheHoodScoop Thank you so much for the help!!!!
What if I want to add a power seat to a non power seat truck, how would I hook up to all those wires?
Will all movement functions work? I’m swapping seats into an old k5 build and and wondering how to wire up the seats.. only interested in up down and back and forth.. no heat or anything .... thanks
Erik Olsson yea I’m not to concerned about the memory at all... did u use a relay, breaker or fuse?
Why did you cut the wire harness that goes into the floor of the truck? BTW great vid!
I cut the harness to get to the connector so that I could attached power to the main wires. I parted the truck so it didn't matter if I destroyed the main wiring harness that comes up from under the carpet. If I was keeping the truck I would have just spliced into the black and orange main wires
Do you know if it would work even if my motor makes a sound but won’t go forward or backwards?
I’m hoping you still look at these messages. So I can’t get my seat to go back but it went back on a memory setting so I know the motor is good. The memory setting was deleted so now I just want to put voltage on a wire and set it and forget it. Which one do I make hot?
Look for the thicker gauge wires orange and black those are the power wires
@@thehoodscoop1969 thanks. I’ll try it
awesome..ruined a nice seat i needed at the junk yard cuz i couldnt get to bolts.
Thanks 👍 you save me
Fabulous!!!
Good stuff 😃
If the seat worked with just those two wires, wtf are all the other wires for?
Will it work on a Ford Thunderbird? What if it has power but the switch doesn't work, can this method still be used to move the seat? Do I just disconnect the main battery and use this method. Every time I need to get under the dash to do something I have to take the seat out. I would like to be able to do what you are doing. New switches for my 88 Thunderbird are not available any more.
If you can find the power and ground wire it should. If I were you I'd find another thunderbird, mustang, escort, F-150 as ford in the late 80's used the same parts across just about every single car.
Can you show how to do this for a 2009-14 f150
Sweet
Question will that work without the memory module too
The truck in the video had the memory seat option.
what about when the motors are dead
Great!!!
Good for you, now how do you remove the seat when the electric motor goes bad? These trucks are garbage
Would this work if my seat motor doesn’t work ? I recently have a Ford Fusion 2007 and I’m not able to make my seat forward or backwards
A year late to your question, but no, it's unlikely unless the harness from the clip back to the battery has been compromised somehow and isn't getting juice to the motor(s) in the seat.
Why is there dislikes to this video?!?
fucking hell, thank u lol
Why do they have so many freaking wires if all you need is a positive and a ground?
If the seats are heated, the controls for that circuit are normally mounted remotely in the door panel or center consoles, whereas the seat motor functions are in the seat itself.
Trey were
Title is very misleading he says “without power” then uses a jump box
"Not sure if serious"
He cant be serious....lol..
TheHoodScoop I figured out how to do it two of the seat motors went out and was stuck all the way forward you take the motors out and put the little square thing in a drill and you can move your seat with a drill
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Thanks 😮
Thank you !