[5th Gen : 08+]: changing from manual to power seats
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my 2008 SE had all the wiring in place, it was a plug and play for me.
Look under the seat and see if you can find a big gray plug, it will have a thicker (can't remember - was it red?) wire to it as well as others.
I'd be surprised if they cut the wiring out with newer models... but I'm pretty sure you should be okay.
Look under the seat and see if you can find a big gray plug, it will have a thicker (can't remember - was it red?) wire to it as well as others.
I'd be surprised if they cut the wiring out with newer models... but I'm pretty sure you should be okay.
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I got the same issue: won't downshift manually. That killed my break when I down the hill because the engine brake was not used.
So, I decided to follow this proposal preparation. I am not a mechanism but it was straightforward. I removed the shifter and the wires were broken exactly at the same place mentioned above !! (follow instructions here - https://www.allpar.com/threads/2008-...repair.228827/)
It is not visible at first glance but the wire inside the insulation was broken. In fact, you can feel it when you play with the wire.
I bought a soldering iron and some wire. I placed a new wire around the place it was broken(I added 5 cm of wire) on each wire
I replaced the shifter, and boom I was able to downshift manually again!
Cost of the reparation: 7 dollars for the wire ( I got too much) and 30$ for the soldering iron that I own now!
Technically if you have the tools it is 1$ dollar fix!. You need just some time to do it. I am not an expert, it took me around 3 hours for doing it (I follow the instructions, played with the soldering iron).
If you have the habits to do some mechanism, it will take you around 2h or less
The garage asked me 800 dollars !!! So I am happy to do it myself and learn new stuff and near free.
If you get the problem and don't want to play (soldering) with the wire, broke something, whatever, .... here is the reference of the shifter. You have just to search on google: 1GJ35XDVAF. (or here an example _ https://www.moparpartsgiant.com/part...gj35xdvaf.html)
So, I decided to follow this proposal preparation. I am not a mechanism but it was straightforward. I removed the shifter and the wires were broken exactly at the same place mentioned above !! (follow instructions here - https://www.allpar.com/threads/2008-...repair.228827/)
It is not visible at first glance but the wire inside the insulation was broken. In fact, you can feel it when you play with the wire.
I bought a soldering iron and some wire. I placed a new wire around the place it was broken(I added 5 cm of wire) on each wire
I replaced the shifter, and boom I was able to downshift manually again!
Cost of the reparation: 7 dollars for the wire ( I got too much) and 30$ for the soldering iron that I own now!
Technically if you have the tools it is 1$ dollar fix!. You need just some time to do it. I am not an expert, it took me around 3 hours for doing it (I follow the instructions, played with the soldering iron).
If you have the habits to do some mechanism, it will take you around 2h or less
The garage asked me 800 dollars !!! So I am happy to do it myself and learn new stuff and near free.
If you get the problem and don't want to play (soldering) with the wire, broke something, whatever, .... here is the reference of the shifter. You have just to search on google: 1GJ35XDVAF. (or here an example _ https://www.moparpartsgiant.com/part...gj35xdvaf.html)