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It would be expensive to buy the parts separately because it takes an actual different seat frame. They sell the bottom portion of the seat frames on Ebay saying it's a power seat conversion but it technically isn't because it doesn't have the motor for the seat back adjust. Your best bet and cheapest rout would probably be to buy a non heated cloth drivers seat with power adjust that has a damaged seat cover or blown airbag and simply switch your good seat cover and airbag over to the power seat frame. If you have a 13 to 18 Ram and get a seat within those years the wiring will all be the same. Your truck will be missing the two wires to power the seat adjust but you can easily add them by running a constant positive wire to the solid red wire in the drivers side yellow seat connector and a ground to the solid black wire in the drivers yellow seat connector.
The passenger seat should have power adjust plug and play. You will need to enable the codes for the vented seats with the alfa tool and install the correct switch panel and you should be set.
Some of the 2012 seats do have airbags. I believe it was an option and not standard equipment so still be careful when ordering to make sure it has the correct wiring. They are listed incorrectly all the time.
Good to know. I should have my seats this afternoon so I will find out soon enough.
Your memory won't work until you add the 4 needed wires. Two from the drivers yellow seat connector to the CAN system and two from the drivers yellow seat connector to the drivers side door harness. You will not be able to connect to your memory module unless the wiring is added. It's not necessary if you don't want it. Your power seat functions should work. It has nothing to do with your truck. Your lumbar working shows that the seat has power. You either have a bad switch,bad connection or another issue with the seat itself. As far as your heated/vented seats not working are you sure you enabled all the codes for the seats? I have posted a picture with all the codes that need to be enabled. You should not need to enable the heated wheel if you don't have one. Last question is are you sure the heated seat module and memory modules were not removed from the seat? I have seen it happen in the past when wrecking yards sell seats. I reccomend looking under the drivers seat to make sure both black modules are present and no wires were disconnected.
Your memory won't work until you add the 4 needed wires. Two from the drivers yellow seat connector to the CAN system and two from the drivers yellow seat connector to the drivers side door harness. You will not be able to connect to your memory module unless the wiring is added. It's not necessary if you don't want it. Your power seat functions should work. It has nothing to do with your truck. Your lumbar working shows that the seat has power. You either have a bad switch,bad connection or another issue with the seat itself. As far as your heated/vented seats not working are you sure you enabled all the codes for the seats? I have posted a picture with all the codes that need to be enabled. You should not need to enable the heated wheel if you don't have one. Last question is are you sure the heated seat module and memory modules were not removed from the seat? I have seen it happen in the past when wrecking yards sell seats. I reccomend looking under the drivers seat to make sure both black modules are present and no wires were disconnected.
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Remember you cannot connect to the MSM module because your truck does not have the memory wiring. In other words your truck cannot communicate with it so that's normal. You should be able to connect to the HSM as long as you have both the grey and yellow seat connectors connected and all the seat wiring is in place. The seats with memory have different motors that are wired to relay there information to the MSM module. I have seen in the past when they were changed the seat adjustments will only move in small increments because the MSM module is not picking up the signal from the motor. Not sure if that would happen in all situations but I have seen it happen. A lot of people add the heated seats without the heated wheel and they work fine. I'm not sure if I have heard of anyone adding the heated/vented seats without the heated wheel. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. Remember by enabling the heated wheel without having one it's going to set DTC codes because your truck will be looking for the wheel it doesn't have. It may also be the fact that you haven't installed the switch panel. Trucks that come with the Aux switches don't have the hard buttons and they work but they are programmed differently. I would install the switch panel to see what happens before you go to far. Also use the alfa tool to check for DTC codes and see what comes up. As far as the seat not adjusting if you have physically looked under the seat to verify all the modules are present and connected and no wiring is disconnected I'm kind of at a loss as to why it's not working.
As posted by @mjf6175 not having the memory wiring will not affect the other seat functions at all. The power adjust and heat and vent should still work normally. I guess there could be a possibility that the MSM module is defective or was damaged in the accident when the truck it came out of was totaled and that could possibly cause the seat adjust not to work but not sure. .The Laramie seats require the 8.4 radio in order for them to function properly and they are a little more involved than the standard heated seats. Not having the switch panel could definitely be the issue you are having with the heat and vent not working correctly. I haven't seen anyone install them without the switch panel so I can't give you a definitive answer but it's definitely the next step I would take. Remember the 13 Ram takes a different switch panel than the 14 to 17 so if you purchase a used one make sure it's from a 14 or newer. The solid red wire in the drivers yellow seat connector should have constant 12v power. You might want to check it just to make sure it does just to completely rule it out. If you have power there then you are 100% sure it's an issue within the seat itself. I know the wrecking yard said they tested before removal but who knows if they actually did. Did you check to see if the truck had any DTC codes with the alfa? It could possibly be a bad seat adjustment switch but it's unlikely.
