Manual To Power Seat Conversion

ediggity · Feb 21, 2018

HI all... First post here...
Subscribed as well... I have a tradesman with laramie power seats and "1" and "2" memory selections. Currently neither the power nor the memory work on either driver or passenger side. All seems to be connected. Could this be a dealer BCM issue?

Ricks Ram · Feb 21, 2018

ediggity said:
HI all... First post here...
Subscribed as well... I have a tradesman with laramie power seats and "1" and "2" memory selections. Currently neither the power nor the memory work on either driver or passenger side. All seems to be connected. Could this be a dealer BCM issue?

There's a post in the 4th Gen DIY section on how to add the heated ventilated power seats to a Tradesman or Express. It is not a BCM isue you with your power seats not working. Your truck does not have the correct wiring. We have figured out the wiring that's needed. You can purchase a harness from M2 mods who's a vendor on the forum and install it and all the power functions will work on your seats. You can also install the switch panel and add the sales codes to your BCM and the heated and ventilated functions should operate. The memory function will not operate. We have looked into it and it's way too entailed to mess with as there's much more wiring and changing door modules Etc.

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ediggity · Feb 23, 2018

Ricks Ram said:
There's a post in the 4th Gen DIY section on how to add the heated ventilated power seats to a Tradesman or Express. It is not a BCM isue you with your power seats not working. Your truck does not have the correct wiring. We have figured out the wiring that's needed. You can purchase a harness from M2 mods who's a vendor on the forum and install it and all the power functions will work on your seats. You can also install the switch panel and add the sales codes to your BCM and the heated and ventilated functions should operate. The memory function will not operate. We have looked into it and it's way too entailed to mess with as there's much more wiring and changing door modules Etc.

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Txs for the reply. I don't have heated/ac seats, just power and lumbar. Do I still need the new harness?

That's a shame about the memory buttons. I switch off with my wife almost every other day - depending on who is driving the farthest that day. Was really hoping to make this work.

ediggity · Feb 23, 2018

or maybe my seats do have a heated option??? I never thought about it. I do have heated seat buttons on the rear of the center console - so I assume that's for the rear seats. I don't think the switch currently does anything...

I just got the truck and the previous owner upgraded to the Laramie seats and center console. Was just trying to get the power seats to work as the seats are too far back and lean to far. Hard to drive like that!

Ricks Ram · Feb 23, 2018

ediggity said:
or maybe my seats do have a heated option??? I never thought about it. I do have heated seat buttons on the rear of the center console - so I assume that's for the rear seats. I don't think the switch currently does anything...

I just got the truck and the previous owner upgraded to the Laramie seats and center console. Was just trying to get the power seats to work as the seats are too far back and lean to far. Hard to drive like that!

The rear heated seats will not work either because I'm sure he didn't install all the necessary wiring. He most likley just bolted in the seats. If you just want to make your seats adjustable all you need to do is connect a constant 12 volt power source to the solid red wire in the Yellow seat plug and a ground to the solid black wire in the same Yellow seat plug. This will make all of the adjustments features of the seat function normally. As far as your front seats go if they are from a Laramie they are definitely heated and ventilated. If you wanted to install the correct harness and the switch panel and activate the proper codes they will work. Sometimes they will work without even adding the codes but you never know until you install them and see

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ediggity · Mar 1, 2018

Ricks Ram said:
The rear heated seats will not work either because I'm sure he didn't install all the necessary wiring. He most likley just bolted in the seats. If you just want to make your seats adjustable all you need to do is connect a constant 12 volt power source to the solid red wire in the Yellow seat plug and a ground to the solid black wire in the same Yellow seat plug. This will make all of the adjustments features of the seat function normally. As far as your front seats go if they are from a Laramie they are definitely heated and ventilated. If you wanted to install the correct harness and the switch panel and activate the proper codes they will work. Sometimes they will work without even adding the codes but you never know until you install them and see

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Thanks a lot for the info... very helpful and much appreciated. I don't have switches for the front heated seats but I can find those easy enough on ebay or dismantler. Thank you!!!

Ricks Ram · Mar 2, 2018

ediggity said:
Thanks a lot for the info... very helpful and much appreciated. I don't have switches for the front heated seats but I can find those easy enough on ebay or dismantler. Thank you!!!

Remember you will also need to buy the harness from M2 Mods and possibly need to add the codes in order for the Heated/Vented seats to function. The harness will also make it where you can install the heated steering wheel with the heated wheel clockspring if you choose and it will work as well. You cannot get a switch panel for the heated/ventilated seats or heated seats that does not the heated steering wheel button. If you don't install the heated wheel you will just have a button on your switch panel that doesn't function. I'm not sure what year your truck is but if it's 2013 it takes a different switch panel. If your truck is a 14 or newer any 14 to 17 switch panel should work fine as long as it has the correct buttons.

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BobbieAnn · Jul 30, 2018

I have a 2011 ram 1500 with manual seats. I need a power driver seat. What year models will fit into my 2011?
Where is the best place to find a power driver seat?

Simpsj2 · Feb 13, 2019

i have a 2012 express. looking to upgrade to power seats. anyinfo would be appreciated

Rodgarza · Oct 1, 2019

I have a 2019 ram classic tradesmen I am trying to do the manual to power seat swap what years of seats will for my ram ??

Rodgarza · Oct 1, 2019

I’m wondering the same

Simpsj2 said:
i have a 2012 express. looking to upgrade to power seats. anyinfo would be appreciated

SitKneelBend · Oct 1, 2019

Rodgarza said:
I have a 2019 ram classic tradesmen I am trying to do the manual to power seat swap what years of seats will for my ram ??

2009-2018...Also 5th Gen HD Trucks will likely fit too.

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mjf6175 · Oct 1, 2019

Rodgarza said:
I’m wondering the same

https://www.ramforum.com/threads/ho...-and-heated-wheel-to-express-tradesman.96759/

Not sure if the thread I linked has specific info on a 2012 but at least it is a good place to start reading and do research.

Rodgarza · Oct 1, 2019

SitKneelBend said:
2009-2018...Also 5th Gen HD Trucks will likely fit too.

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Do I need any additional wiring harnesses ? Or

SitKneelBend · Oct 1, 2019

Rodgarza said:
Do I need any additional wiring harnesses ? Or

Yes, forum members @Mpgrimm2 and @DeereGuy can make one for you at a great price.

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Mpgrimm2 · Oct 1, 2019

SitKneelBend said:
2009-2018...Also 5th Gen HD Trucks will likely fit too.

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SitKneelBend said:
Yes, forum members @Mpgrimm2 and @DeereGuy can make one for you at a great price.

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Rodgarza said:
Do I need any additional wiring harnesses ? Or

Stick with 13-18 (or 19 classic) seats with the airbag tags sticking out of them. 09-12 seats are different and likely don't have the required SRS airbags.

PM DeereGuy for details since he makes the seat harnesses.

M² Mods.

Simpsj2 · Oct 2, 2019

Mpgrimm2 said:
Stick with 13-18 (or 19 classic) seats with the airbag tags sticking out of them. 09-12 seats are different and likely don't have the required SRS airbags.

PM DeereGuy for details since he makes the seat harnesses.

M² Mods.

These guys know better than me, but someone hooked me up with the male plugs that went to seats with power wires crimped in. So i was able to run power to seats like that w/o cutting any wires on the female side. I also swapped my airbags and wiring from my 2012 seats, but the 2016 airbags may have worked because they look the same. Have had a hard time with airbag light because connection to airbag has come loose couple of times.

Simpsj2 · Oct 2, 2019

Seats work in all capacities except heating and cooling, which is fine, but in retrospect probably should have been patient for some same year seats.

SitKneelBend · Oct 2, 2019

Simpsj2 said:
These guys know better than me, but someone hooked me up with the male plugs that went to seats with power wires crimped in. So i was able to run power to seats like that w/o cutting any wires on the female side. I also swapped my airbags and wiring from my 2012 seats, but the 2016 airbags may have worked because they look the same. Have had a hard time with airbag light because connection to airbag has come loose couple of times.

Yeah, I actually took the whole upholstery and cover off of my old seat and put it on the power seat so everything matched. It was much easier than trying to separate the seat cover and reattach it. I too swapped Airbags just to be safe.

I then turned around and sold my old seat on Craigslist and recouped much of the cost of the upgrade.

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Steve017 · Apr 21, 2020

Hey guys, first post and I've been doing a lot of digging into this seat swapping for my 2017 2500 tradesman. I am trying to decide between just upgrading my cloth and re-upholstering with leather and adding a lumbar to to driver side or just buying power seats and trying to install them. Any pros /cons?

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