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covetsthesun's avatar
covetsthesun
Explorer
Nov 09, 2022

Truck wants $$$

Hello All, We've been off on a weird life journey the last few years... but that's done.

So. Same truck. 2004 Chevy Silverado 1500. About 400k miles now... it doesn't owe us anything. We did get it a new transmission though. Three problems.

1. Intermittent power problem with driver's seat. Driver seat won't move and neither seat warmer works. We have to reach under the driver seat and jiggle the wiring box. That works for awhile. Until it doesn't and we have to do it again.

2. Some of the steering wheel control button lights have stopped working. Is this an easy fix? What could cause this to suddenly happen?

3. The passenger seat heat quits working intermittently. Again. A few years ago I found some "codes" and the dealership used them to get the seat heating again. Now... it's doing it again. The element was replaced a few years ago.

Could all these issues be related somehow?

A bit bummed because my go to truck tech left to go work for another company in another town. Had the truck in to check the wiring/box jiggle issue and seat warmer... they couldn't get it to repeat. It did the next day though...when the dealer was closed.

I love my truck so not getting rid of her!
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  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator
    Nov 09, 2022
    What you’re describing to me just sounds like oldtruckitis. Lights or fiber optics whatever lights buttons, burn out.
    Jiggling a connection means a short or intermittent connection.
    And 400k out of seat heaters is better than most.

    Best bet is find a good little private shop that won’t hose you to fix some little stuff.
    Don’t touch the steering wheel. Those little lights aren’t as important as it is expensive to get to them.
    That’s my suggestion.
  • Turtle_n_Peeps's avatar
    Turtle_n_Peeps
    Explorer
    Nov 09, 2022
    I would see what codes come up and go from there.

    If I had to guess I would say something going wrong with your body control module. If your windshield leaks on the drivers side even a small amount this can cause problems with the BCM.
    They are around 100 bucks or so for your BCM.

    A shop with a good scan tool that can command different modules to do this should be able to fix you up.

    Let us know what you find out.

    Oh, the lights going out are more than likely just that. The lights are burned out. I have quite a few that went out on my 06. The steering wheel switches are a PITA to replace. It can be done but I hate doing the job. There are Youtube vids on doing it.

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