Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Blue85 · 04-09-2006, 08:28 PM

I was looking at my 01 chev buckets today, wonder if anyone knows what wires to hook up to make them functional.

**Palf70Step** · 04-09-2006, 09:06 PM

It it is anything like the seats I am using out of a 97 silverado, you'll need a HD power line run from the battery, fused at around 30 amps. My dirvers side bucket has 2 orange wires, 1 for the lumbar, 1 for the power seat controls., A single orange wire is on the passenger side for the lumbar. Those 3 go to the new seperately fuse hot lead. Each seat also has a black wire. Just find a good ground and that should do it.

These seats draw a lot of current. You do not want to run them through the stock fuse box. They were not made for it. I can't think of where the newer style would be wired any differently except maybe the colors. for the hot leads. I'm probably also going to run a realy for the seats also to lessen the need for that long a heavy gauge run of wire.

Blue85 · 04-09-2006, 09:14 PM

Not quite the same, there is an orange and Black(heay gauge) and then 4 small gauge wires, have to check the colors.

**Palf70Step** · 04-09-2006, 09:30 PM

Are your seat controls built into your seats or into a console/door panel? Mine has the control built into ther seats, so I don't see any extra small wires.

Blue85 · 04-09-2006, 09:39 PM

Controls are built into the seats, checked the other small wires there is 2 yellow ones hooked together, then a black w/white stripe, and 1 green.

pound41 · 04-09-2006, 09:41 PM

Not like this will help but over on the blazer forum there was a thread a while back. Several people were putting tahoe/suburban seats in their blazers. I remember it because a member had warned that if you didn't hook up the wires the seatsbelt could fail during a wreck. I wouldn't have thought that. Anyway search for that or go to the blazer forum and post
Hope this helps

Blue85 · 04-10-2006, 01:57 PM

Might have to just trace the wires, i think for the smaller wirest here is probably a seatbelt warning light, and seatbelt lock, the 2 large wires are probably for the motors.

Blue85 · 04-11-2006, 02:01 PM

Got it figured out, big orange is 12 volts, big black is ground , that's all you gotta hook up, the seat belt have manual locks on them.

04-09-2006, 08:28 PM	#1
Blue85 Oilfield Trash Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth Posts: 3,170	Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats I was looking at my 01 chev buckets today, wonder if anyone knows what wires to hook up to make them functional. __________________ 14 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 08 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 87 Chev 3+3 4x4 80 GMC K10 High Sierra bone stock 70 Chevelle 350SS long term project 68 GMC 3ton Grain Truck/Garbage wagon 50 Pontiac 2 Door Coupe Project "I've got a shotgun rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive" Hank Jr.

04-09-2006, 09:06 PM	#2
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,269	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats It it is anything like the seats I am using out of a 97 silverado, you'll need a HD power line run from the battery, fused at around 30 amps. My dirvers side bucket has 2 orange wires, 1 for the lumbar, 1 for the power seat controls., A single orange wire is on the passenger side for the lumbar. Those 3 go to the new seperately fuse hot lead. Each seat also has a black wire. Just find a good ground and that should do it. These seats draw a lot of current. You do not want to run them through the stock fuse box. They were not made for it. I can't think of where the newer style would be wired any differently except maybe the colors. for the hot leads. I'm probably also going to run a realy for the seats also to lessen the need for that long a heavy gauge run of wire. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-09-2006, 09:14 PM	#3
Blue85 Oilfield Trash Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth Posts: 3,170	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats Not quite the same, there is an orange and Black(heay gauge) and then 4 small gauge wires, have to check the colors. __________________ 14 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 08 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 87 Chev 3+3 4x4 80 GMC K10 High Sierra bone stock 70 Chevelle 350SS long term project 68 GMC 3ton Grain Truck/Garbage wagon 50 Pontiac 2 Door Coupe Project "I've got a shotgun rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive" Hank Jr.

04-09-2006, 09:30 PM	#4
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,269	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats Are your seat controls built into your seats or into a console/door panel? Mine has the control built into ther seats, so I don't see any extra small wires. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-09-2006, 09:39 PM	#5
Blue85 Oilfield Trash Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth Posts: 3,170	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats Controls are built into the seats, checked the other small wires there is 2 yellow ones hooked together, then a black w/white stripe, and 1 green. __________________ 14 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 08 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 87 Chev 3+3 4x4 80 GMC K10 High Sierra bone stock 70 Chevelle 350SS long term project 68 GMC 3ton Grain Truck/Garbage wagon 50 Pontiac 2 Door Coupe Project "I've got a shotgun rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive" Hank Jr.

04-09-2006, 09:41 PM	#6
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats Not like this will help but over on the blazer forum there was a thread a while back. Several people were putting tahoe/suburban seats in their blazers. I remember it because a member had warned that if you didn't hook up the wires the seatsbelt could fail during a wreck. I wouldn't have thought that. Anyway search for that or go to the blazer forum and post Hope this helps

04-10-2006, 01:57 PM	#7
Blue85 Oilfield Trash Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth Posts: 3,170	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats Might have to just trace the wires, i think for the smaller wirest here is probably a seatbelt warning light, and seatbelt lock, the 2 large wires are probably for the motors. __________________ 14 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 08 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 87 Chev 3+3 4x4 80 GMC K10 High Sierra bone stock 70 Chevelle 350SS long term project 68 GMC 3ton Grain Truck/Garbage wagon 50 Pontiac 2 Door Coupe Project "I've got a shotgun rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive" Hank Jr.

04-11-2006, 02:01 PM	#8
Blue85 Oilfield Trash Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth Posts: 3,170	Re: Wiring For 01 Chevy Bucket Seats Got it figured out, big orange is 12 volts, big black is ground , that's all you gotta hook up, the seat belt have manual locks on them. __________________ 14 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 08 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 87 Chev 3+3 4x4 80 GMC K10 High Sierra bone stock 70 Chevelle 350SS long term project 68 GMC 3ton Grain Truck/Garbage wagon 50 Pontiac 2 Door Coupe Project "I've got a shotgun rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive" Hank Jr.



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