Got my steering wheel radio controls!

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Sep 26, 2016 | 07:26 PM

#41

donbrew

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All of your questions are answered in this easy to find link: https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...ng-wheel-1912/ However you will have to read 51 pages.

Feb 19, 2021 | 01:20 AM

#42

hhrumadbruh

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Originally Posted by HHR_style

OK On to the installation. I went to plug in the blue plug (for the new wheel) & I notice that all the wires are a different color than the stock HHR wheel. Great! What do I do now? Will my new buttons even work? Oh man, will this project ever get completed?

I'll just have to hook it all up & pray!
Installation was pretty quick. My new wheel came with all buttons & wiring intact. Hey, that's plug - n play
Overall the install should've been easier. Messing with the plugs slowed the entire project down for me. I took a test drive & everything works perfect!

Oh Man! The leather. It's like buttah! The smaller diameter feels great. I can still read all gauges normally. The button lights are a slightly different color (yellow instead of blue. cool!). Messin' with my radio buttons now. Oh Man, I can highly recommend this install.

Quick question: Is there an empty connector slot for the new plug that the steering wheel controls on the right side have? Were all models wired up, similar to the fog light behind the waterfall?

I found a LT steering wheel with the stereo controls but I'm just not sure how it's supposed to tie into an HHR without it already, unless there is an empty plug or the single harness has more wires in it?

Feb 19, 2021 | 06:47 AM

#43

Oldblue

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My 2007 LS accepted the radio harness and was plug and play.

Feb 19, 2021 | 08:26 AM

#44

donbrew

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All of them have a cable terminal, you must add add a pigtail when upgrading. Your steering wheel should be plug n play, but at some point they changed the pinout order in the pigtail. Just a matter of matching colors on both sides of the connector.

Feb 19, 2021 | 11:48 AM

#45

hhrumadbruh

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Thank you both! I will try to just grab the buttons, unless the steering wheel itself is more appealing and I want to swap it 👍

Feb 19, 2021 | 11:57 AM

#46

Oldblue

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Look at post #6 , it indicates that the LS/LT has the harness connector in the steering column.

Feb 19, 2021 | 12:00 PM

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hhrumadbruh

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Originally Posted by Oldblue

Look at post #6 , it indicates that the LS/LT has the harness connector in the steering column.

it's hard to find the relevant info when there's posts with hundreds of replies and the search function doesn't always show you what you need

Feb 19, 2021 | 03:24 PM

#48

Oldblue

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See that page count window at the top of the thread , click on first, that’ll take you to the first page then scroll to #6 post.

Feb 19, 2021 | 06:28 PM

#49

donbrew

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Reading for ones self is an onerous task. Much easier to ask one of the same 5 questions that took up the last 45 posts and at least one other never ending how-to (that was linked in the las post of 2016).

I'll close this one as being too long to bother reading.