Steering wheel controls

03HD · June 28, 2006

My truck has the plain steering wheel with no controls. If I purchase a new wheel with controls is the wiring etc. all there for DIC and radio controls, or am I just wishful thinking?

Thanks anyone!

gmcjoe · June 28, 2006

Checkout http://www.jpcustoms.com - they sell kits, but you may be able to see what is included.

03HD · June 28, 2006

Checkout http://www.jpcustoms.com - they sell kits, but you may be able to see what is included.

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What I mean is...is the factory wiring underneath my existing wheel-just not hooked up to anything? or is there no wiring underneath at all?

ALarsh · June 28, 2006

You can convert your truck to use the "Driver Information Center". Underneath your non-controlled wheel there is a wiring harness that has to come off and you can buy the correct harness from gmpartsdircet.com for the controlled wheel to work. The harness will run you about $250. It takes about 2 hours to put the new harness in.

After you get everything back together, you have to go to your dealer and they have to flash 2 new codes onto the computer for the controls to work. You have to have a good dealer to do this because I have read some won't do it because it is not a factory modification. The dealer charged me $60 to flash the 2 codes.

Search "DIC" and you will have enough reading for days.

ALarsh · June 28, 2006

This is the best thread describing the process read it all the way through.

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/index.php?...ic+modification

I printed off one of the posts that described the process of flashing the codes and took it to the dealer. The dealer read it and understood it and he was able to put the codes on the truck.