2014 PPV Front Seat Replacement
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Tonyrodz
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Sure you can. Just make sure you grab the electrical pigtail from the donor.
Thank you! Is the pigtail the entire seat wiring setup or just a connector? I looked via web searches for Tahoe seat pigtails for my 2014 and found a variety of different items called pigtails on Amazon and autozone.
Tonyrodz
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The pigtail is the electrical connector. There's the male and female--one connector on each harness(wires). One harness comes from the bottom of the seat and the other part comes from the vehicle wiring. You'll want to take as much of that pigtail (harness) as you can from the vehicle harness. Usually, but not always--you can get away with just hooking up the ground and power to the seat to get the power functions to work. I hope I'm not confusing you. I've never been great at explaining things, that's why I never helped my kids with their homework lol.
Shackman7878
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If it has a seat airbag make sure the connectors are the same ran into this issue Square plug and Round plug. Learned the Hard way there was 2 types it is a easy swap if you cant get the correct one.
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Shackman7878
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there is that I know of 3 styles of connectors Locking style like the tan seat that one has all the options usually known and 6/8 way adjustable, One marked driver side is your usual PPV/SSV seat connector seat only goes forward and back up and down photo below. Have issues finding the 3rd style of connector. If your going to rewire really need power, ground, Seat belt, and Pressure sensor.
Have to dig out wiring diagram for seat connectors have it somewhere.
Also check your glove box for the RPO codes will tell you a lot what is installed/Deleted in your Gm Product example below @dhwright
If all else fails you can buy new leather seat covers from Ebay or leather company and do it yourself if the seat foam is in good shape.
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Tonyrodz
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Probably your local LKQ or pick n pull. If you go to the pick n pull bring a power pack(jump box) with you to test the functions.
Shackman7878
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Craiglist, offerup, Facebook market place, look for anyone doing a part out. If you would see if you can test them out if not inspect for bent or broken parts under the seat.
Car-part.com
is my go to most of the time if you cant find seats search for a Hood, Door, and etc some places don't list all the parts. Make sure to take the Person name time and date you called and price some scrap yards are good and bad also be ready to walk away if they change the price or not as shown on the website.
Do not know if this is said Back middle seats from a Suburban/Yukon XL/escalade XL will not fit a Tahoe but 3rd row will Make sure to grab the brackets and bolts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT900 Makes and models of years that will fit and cross over
gruvenparts.com
One other thing I forgot to say the forward and back and up and down gears are known to grind out, this guy sells brass gear replacements, The Billet GM Heater Core Coolant Tees are epic. I bought there Brass folding mirror brass gears they are a little nosier but I know they will last over the plastic gears.
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tamitall
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I went a different direction with this issue, I bought new leather seat covers, and seat bottom foam from The Seat Shop, then bought OE GM back foam. I did this back in March 2021, and the seats are as comfy as any truck seat I've sat in, and are holding up great. We have over 60k on the truck since I did this work.
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Shackman7878
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Bought used leather seat covers LKQ for my Yukon XL and they dried out bad, Soon will have to order Foam and leather for both front seats here soon.
This is definitely a better move than trying to make the seats from a higher end trim package work. The PPV bcm is not set up to support all of the heating, cooling, etc. functions nor is the wiring harness the same so you will have air bag codes, passenger presence sensor codes and the list goes on. I just went through all of this on my 2014 PPV. Anything can be made to work but some things just aren't worth all of the time and work. There are easier ways to have deluxe seats. That said, I have some great seats from and '09 Tahoe for sale...
