Swap power seat into manual truck

[dlcook]

I maybe the 1st to swap or install a power seat into a xlt with manual seats. I've just started the process and here is where I'm at. The seat I purchased is out of xlt with power / heated seat and heated steering wheel. I also purchased the hvac controls and ordered a heated pad for passenger side. The new seat did plug into my existing wiring. But the seat did not operate as I believe I will have to enable the power seat with forscan. But I did not receive any codes once I drove the truck with the new seat. For now I purchased a 30 amp circuit breaker ( Napa had best price like 5.00) and I ran a wire from the fuse box inside of the cab to the seat. So now seat move as it should and lumbar support works with no codes. Once I have time and the forscan I will try to enable the seat and give update. There is also another light colored wire on the seat plug that my original pug did not have. My guess is maybe for heated seat. I have not found a wire diagram to verify and would appreciate anyone's help with knowledge on this. Tip insert breaker near fuse box and tape all metal. Tip it is best to remove seat out the rear drivers side door and lower the seat and lean the back backwards 6-10 inches before removing. Lift seat up and lay on its side on the rear seat. A blanket can help stop scratches on the center console. Disclaimers I do not work for Ford and am not trained in this field. I do not recommend doing this just explaining how I over came my short comings of being cheap. With what I have learned now I would have order the xl and added cruise, pwr mirrors, seats and swapped wheels. But that's just me someone who waited 61 years to buy a new vehicle for them selves. So take what I did with a grain of salt. And yes I have no buyers remorse with my truck

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[respi133]

Hey thanks so much for posting this, do you happen to have any photos of your install? Your writeup is detailed enough to make sense of the process and your tips are much appreciated - I'm looking to do a similar upgrade for my non-lux XLT, just waiting for a lux Mav to show up at a junker for now, I can be patient.

Please do update us with any new things you've encountered as you finish up the wiring, I'll be watching this thread eagerly!

 

[Darnon]

Did you populate fuse 42 (30a) in the underhood fuse box? The seat wiring harness appears to just get 12V all the time with no intervention of the BCM so FORScan not needed.

 

[dlcook]

Hey thanks so much for posting this, do you happen to have any photos of your install? Your writeup is detailed enough to make sense of the process and your tips are much appreciated - I'm looking to do a similar upgrade for my non-lux XLT, just waiting for a lux Mav to show up at a junker for now, I can be patient.

Please do update us with any new things you've encountered as you finish up the wiring, I'll be watching this thread eagerly!

I found my seat and hvac controls on car-parts. Com bought the controls for the heated seats.

Did you populate fuse 42 (30a) in the underhood fuse box? The seat wiring harness appears to just get 12V all the time with no intervention of the BCM so FORScan not needed.

My truck already had a fuse in place for pwr seat (42) and the one for heated had a fuse as well from the factory. Thanks for the diagram! When I installed the swap the seat did not do anything. I removed the seat and bench tested and all motors and lumbar work. I check the fuse And it was good. But I did not check the power wire at the plug as I did not want to throw a code before I received my forscan and was told to disconnect battery due to air bags. But looking at the diagram it appears the seat does not have a bag in the side.

 

[dlcook]

I found my seat and hvac controls on car-parts. Com bought the controls for the heated seats.

My truck already had a fuse in place for pwr seat (42) and the one for heated had a fuse as well from the factory. Thanks for the diagram! When I installed the swap the seat did not do anything. I removed the seat and bench tested and all motors and lumbar work. I check the fuse And it was good. But I did not check the power wire at the plug as I did not want to throw a code before I received my forscan and was told to disconnect battery due to air bags. But looking at the diagram it appears the seat does not have a bag in the side.

Top pick is pwr seat plug bottom pick is manual seat plug. Per seat plug appear to have 2 hot wires on left end and one ground on the rt end. Original plug in truck only has one hot or wires on the left end and a single ground on the rt. If you look at the rt end you can see where there could be 2 wires instead of one. The lf end is the same only with 2 wires. I will post another Pic in the reply of the original plug in the truck to show what is in the truck

 

[dlcook]

I found my seat and hvac controls on car-parts. Com bought the controls for the heated seats.

My truck already had a fuse in place for pwr seat (42) and the one for heated had a fuse as well from the factory. Thanks for the diagram! When I installed the swap the seat did not do anything. I removed the seat and bench tested and all motors and lumbar work. I check the fuse And it was good. But I did not check the power wire at the plug as I did not want to throw a code before I received my forscan and was told to disconnect battery due to air bags. But looking at the diagram it appears the seat does not have a bag in the side.

Next pic is original plug in the truck

 

[jsus]

But looking at the diagram it appears the seat does not have a bag in the side.

Front seats should definitely have an airbag on the outboard side. Can tell based on the AIRBAG tag on the side of it (see the side of the front passenger seat below).

Photo credit: https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/ford/maverick/photos-interior

 

[Darnon]

And the bright yellow connector is pretty standard for airbag connections.

 

[dlcook]

And the bright yellow connector is pretty standard for airbag connections.

And the yellow wire does goes in that direction so probably does have airbag. I will not be at the truck until next weekend to look at it

 

[RatherBeDrivingaManual]

Any updates?

 

[Vtec87pr1]

Now i want to try this lol

 

[mightymuskrat]

I'm looking to add the 6-way manual base to the passenger side - not quite enough room for me below the sunroof in the passenger seat (tall guy). I see your electrical diagram, do you know where to see parts diagrams? I'd like to see if I can figure out whether just buying those parts is reasonable.

 

[computerpulse]

I maybe the 1st to swap or install a power seat into a xlt with manual seats. I've just started the process and here is where I'm at. The seat I purchased is out of xlt with power / heated seat and heated steering wheel. I also purchased the hvac controls and ordered a heated pad for passenger side. The new seat did plug into my existing wiring. But the seat did not operate as I believe I will have to enable the power seat with forscan. But I did not receive any codes once I drove the truck with the new seat. For now I purchased a 30 amp circuit breaker ( Napa had best price like 5.00) and I ran a wire from the fuse box inside of the cab to the seat. So now seat move as it should and lumbar support works with no codes. Once I have time and the forscan I will try to enable the seat and give update. There is also another light colored wire on the seat plug that my original pug did not have. My guess is maybe for heated seat. I have not found a wire diagram to verify and would appreciate anyone's help with knowledge on this. Tip insert breaker near fuse box and tape all metal. Tip it is best to remove seat out the rear drivers side door and lower the seat and lean the back backwards 6-10 inches before removing. Lift seat up and lay on its side on the rear seat. A blanket can help stop scratches on the center console. Disclaimers I do not work for Ford and am not trained in this field. I do not recommend doing this just explaining how I over came my short comings of being cheap. With what I have learned now I would have order the xl and added cruise, pwr mirrors, seats and swapped wheels. But that's just me someone who waited 61 years to buy a new vehicle for them selves. So take what I did with a grain of salt. And yes I have no buyers remorse with my truck

I just took possession of my XLT today and want to do what you did also! And this is my first new vehicle purchase as well 62 years

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

Has anybody else tried this? @dlcook has not been around since January,,,,,

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[grkpeote343]

I maybe the 1st to swap or install a power seat into a xlt with manual seats. I've just started the process and here is where I'm at. The seat I purchased is out of xlt with power / heated seat and heated steering wheel. I also purchased the hvac controls and ordered a heated pad for passenger side. The new seat did plug into my existing wiring. But the seat did not operate as I believe I will have to enable the power seat with forscan. But I did not receive any codes once I drove the truck with the new seat. For now I purchased a 30 amp circuit breaker ( Napa had best price like 5.00) and I ran a wire from the fuse box inside of the cab to the seat. So now seat move as it should and lumbar support works with no codes. Once I have time and the forscan I will try to enable the seat and give update. There is also another light colored wire on the seat plug that my original pug did not have. My guess is maybe for heated seat. I have not found a wire diagram to verify and would appreciate anyone's help with knowledge on this. Tip insert breaker near fuse box and tape all metal. Tip it is best to remove seat out the rear drivers side door and lower the seat and lean the back backwards 6-10 inches before removing. Lift seat up and lay on its side on the rear seat. A blanket can help stop scratches on the center console. Disclaimers I do not work for Ford and am not trained in this field. I do not recommend doing this just explaining how I over came my short comings of being cheap. With what I have learned now I would have order the xl and added cruise, pwr mirrors, seats and swapped wheels. But that's just me someone who waited 61 years to buy a new vehicle for them selves. So take what I did with a grain of salt. And yes I have no buyers remorse with my truck

Did you ever do forscan or encounter any other issues? I'm looking to get maybe a lariat seat into my XL but can't find much of other people having done this online etc.

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