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I have bought the new SIR coil for the radio controls. And I have also bought a new Cluster from an Escalade. Everything installed right. The DIC works great but the radio controls DON'T. A friend at the dealer did some research and said that I have an earlier made truck that did not have a reprogramable BCM?? He said that some of the later 04's came with 05 BCM which he say's CAN be reprogramed, But mine is not one of them. Can anyone shed some light on this.

 

04 ex-cab GMC z-71

 

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I went to the dear again today. after talking to the right tech person at GM that was willing to help, like magic I know have working DIC and Radio controls.

 

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  • 4 weeks later...
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I went to the dear again today.  after talking to the right tech person at GM that was willing to help, like magic I know have working DIC and Radio controls.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

So you successfully added a DIC and steering wheel controls to your truck? Can you provide a list of parts you used, and a brief description of what you did?

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I went to the dear again today.  after talking to the right tech person at GM that was willing to help, like magic I know have working DIC and Radio controls.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

So you successfully added a DIC and steering wheel controls to your truck? Can you provide a list of parts you used, and a brief description of what you did?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes Yes Please do reply!!! I was thinking about doing the same for my '03 sierra.

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I went to the dear again today.  after talking to the right tech person at GM that was willing to help, like magic I know have working DIC and Radio controls.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

So you successfully added a DIC and steering wheel controls to your truck? Can you provide a list of parts you used, and a brief description of what you did?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes Yes Please do reply!!! I was thinking about doing the same for my '03 sierra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would also like to do this to my '05 Silverado.

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me to, but whats DIC?

 

 

 

 

 

Driver information center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you guys do a little search.....this topic has been answered before. I'll try to find the thread that I followed (I added steering wheel controls to my 2003 Silverado). You obviously need the steering wheel with controls, you need a new airbag coil that has the connectors for this steering wheel(I'll look for the part number), and a technician that isn't an idiot.

 

Again I'll look for the part numbers and thread, but give it a few searches and you'll find it.

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Another option is Jason at www.jpcustoms.com - I believe he sells a kit for the 03+ trucks. I have his kit in my 2000 - great instructions, easy install :lurk:

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I'm aware of the JP customs route, but it appears as though that kit costs something on the order of 4x what you could do it for with used parts and elbow grease.

 

 

 

Maybe so. I now Jason put a great deal of effort and research into his kits. Most of the people out there don't have the knowledge or patience to do that so the kit is a good way to go.

 

If you can do it yourself, that can usually be a cheaper route, let us know what you end up doing :confused:

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Has anyone tried to add steering wheel controls to the nbs 2007 trucks?

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