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hzhardy

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Do any of you techs have any experience and or directions to how my dealer is suppose to do this. The kit is already installed. My dealer says they want to charge upwards 3 hours labor to just program my truck since they have never done it and they will have to sit on the phone with gm. Honestly I think that is bs and should not be customers problem but what other choice do I have as not many people have access to the gm online based programing. If any if you guys have experience so I can give the tech a push in the right direction it would be great.

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Find a different dealer. After I installed my kit, the local dealer charged $100 to program the BCM. I watched the mechanic, and it was just a matter of adding the seat heater module number to the BCM and within 10 minutes he was done. He also adjusted the tire pressure system to compensate for different tires I installed.

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I actually stood there with the tech and found the option needed in the drop down menus in his software. Took less than 15 minutes. My dealership also had never done it before but knew my background and if I was willing to be patient/help they were up for trying. About a year later, the same dealership offered me a great deal and I traded up. They were crazy for those heated seats! Maybe because they were cloth?

Doug_Scott Senior Enthusiast

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Is this using GM accessories heated seats kit? When I had my seats changed to leather they also put the heated seat stuff in them. No programming required.

I would be interested in hearing if yours will turn on automatically when started with remote start in the winter if the vehicle does not have auto climate control. My truck does not have auto climate, I have to make sure the heated seat is turned on and the heater controls are set to have the fan on and heat at max before walking away from truck. I had the two switches put into a small flat panel that just fits inside the cubby hole under temp control knob, between power outlets.

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From what I understand since I will be using the directed DBALL remote start activation, it will be able to turn them on, but I am not sure about the factory system as my truck is a LS and does not have the proper RPO.

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I am still trying to figure out why you need heated seats Florida. :smoker: I would think you would want refrigerated seats. :crackup:

 

Anyway, call GM and tell them you are having trouble with a dealer. And ask them how much flat rate time they allow a dealer to program a BCM for heated seats. Tell them you are not too excited about paying to train their techs.

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I am still trying to figure out why you need heated seats Florida. :smoker: I would think you would want refrigerated seats. :crackup: Anyway, call GM and tell them you are having trouble with a dealer. And ask them how much flat rate time they allow a dealer to program a BCM for heated seats. Tell them you are not too excited about paying to train their techs.

I will definately give them a ring. I am getting hwated seat because I am moving back to Oklahoma and they feel good on my back.

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My truck is a 2008 LT and if it's cold outside and I used the remote start the seats heat up (without the switches left on) and the heater / defroster comes on high. If it's hot outside and I use remote start the A/C comes on high... Without programming the module will not work, period.

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Does the LT come standard with auto climate control? In Canada it is an option. As far as I know, if your truck does not have auto climate control, it will not turn the heat on when truck is started with remote unless you preset the heater controls before exiting the vehicle the last time.

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Doug_Scott, are you sure they put an OEM style heated seat kit in? The OEM kit has a module that sits on the GM low speed LAN and the BCM has to 'know' it there before it will even allow it to turn on. Not disputing, just wondering what might be different. Canadian trucks/heated seats doing something different? Maybe they included the price with the leather seats?

Doug_Scott Senior Enthusiast

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I had the leather seats and heat added aftermarket. It is not using the factory module. I knew mine was not going to work automatically when I had it done. I have the SL model, and factory leather was not an option. The SLE can get factory leather. The SL also did not have the option of auto air.

 

From what I was told by parts department, I could not get the remote start to auto turn heated seats on due to missing auto air. After buying the truck, I found out about 6 weeks later that I could have got the SLT instead. At the time I bought it, a SLT was too much money. I had a major change in income 6 weeks too late. I would take too big a hit to sell the SL and get the SLT at that time, so I have been adding all the stuff in via GMAccessories.

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