I’m hoping to go to one of the local auto junkyards next week to see if I can find any of the leather seats. Looking for black, with the heating function in the front. Would it be possible to put automatic seats in a vehicle that previously had manual ones? Has anyone here done this mod? Anything I should know before looking for these seats? I just know I’ll need to go to a dealership for some reprogramming so the airbags work.

 

Airbags?
They all secure to the floor the same way. You won't have any wiring or control modules. I don't think the computer needs anything. The control is in the AC control panel and under the seat.

 

There are power(electric) seats. There are no automatic seats for HHR. Unless you mean the seats that came with the automatic transmission, they were different in that they had armrests.

 

Power is what I meant, yes.

 

The passenger side looks like it combines both of the wires before going under the carpet. Am I seeing that correctly?

 

Yes I have a 2009 HHR LS in the passenger seat has a plug underneath that's just dangling I don't even know what it is I don't see a place where it goes either maybe you can help me with that

 

It doesn’t go anywhere, it just dangles there, unused.

 

@Oldblue I have a similar question as the original poster of this thread @Nasaathoff I also have an LS with manual seats. I asked some questions on a coupe of the Facebook HHR groups about switching out my seats for power seats. The responses I received made it seem like the power seat connector pig-tail was just under the carpet. Easy, just pull the manual seats out, fish out the pig-tail from under the carpet, connect and install the power seats. So I picked up a nice set of power seats (just movement - no heat) and thought I could swap them in in an afternoon. It didn't work out that way. There are no pig-tails under the carpet. I pulled up my entire front carpet section trying to find where they might connect to?? I don't even see an empty power connector in the center console, under the window switches / HVAC controls or dash?? Your schematic makes sense, I just can't relate it to what I'm seeing in the car. Any idea where the power seat leads connect to the car's electrical system?? Thank you in advance.

 

From another thread

I just added power seats to my 07.

I had to add a connector to each seat for the power option.

With power seats the drivers side uses two connectors one for the heat and power and the other is for the seat belt switch.

The passenger side has three connectors one is for heating one is for the air bag pressure switch and the 3rd is for the seat belt switch.


Thank you Lucky a former moderator.

 

Depends on when the car was made; some are fully wired others not
The passenger presence sensor was changed; I think in the 2008 model year, not sure.
The fuse for the mechanical part is #37 under hood.