Here's a new one: 06 SRT8 seat swap into 07 R/T - harnesses not the same!

Gabe · Jan 23, 2011

Yesterday I picked up a set of SRT8 Charger seats from an '06 and when we went to plug the r/f seat in, we got quite a surprise ... the connectors were different.

I was left with quite a puzzled look on my face, pretty much copied by the seller ... lol

We've never heard of this being an issue before.

My car has both front seats power with heat, and so are the SRT8 seats.

After a couple of phone calls to some helpful people (thanks Chris and Rob), we ended up removing the driver's seat (the only old seat I had in the car, as I had removed the other seats the night before), and swapped the harness from my seat into the SRT8 seat, and it works great, and I love the freakin thing ... lol

Now, today I have to do the passenger seat. Will it be the same ? Just a harness swap ?

Fargo/Chris mentioned something about a sensor that the SRT8 seat has, that the R/T doesn't ? I forget exactly, since I was tired/puzzled/confused/frustrated at the time ... lol

I haven't had a chance to go get the SRT seat and try this ... I'll be going out soon to get it ...

But wondering if anybody's run into this problem before ...

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Gabe · Jan 23, 2011

Well, got it all done. Had to swap my R/T harness and the seat-track-position sensor, and voila!

Some pics of the seats installed :

And some pics of what had to be done to make them functional :

Swapping over the harness from the old R/T driver's seat to the new SRT8 driver's seat :

The 2 passenger side seats, as they look from underneath.
SRT8 seat on left with its extra module and track sensors,
and the extra plug for the buckle sensor (these "extra" parts didn't get re-used/plugged-in on my R/T) :

SRT8 seat :

My old R/T seat :

This is the SRT8 seat's harness that needed to be replaced by the R/T harness
(starts at the seat switches and goes to the motors and the main connector) :

Another pic of the harness as it goes from the switches to the motors and ending in the main large connector :

The 2 connectors : (SRT8 on left, R/T on right) ... I probably could've just swapped the connectors :banghead: ... lol

The seat-track-position sensor that needs to be removed from the R/T seat-track and transferred to the SRT8 track :

And the bracket that it will go into :

And the sensor transferred into its new home, installed :

And the end-result of the SRT8 seat track transformation :
(the seatbelt buckle plug I taped up onto the track frame so it doesn't dangle around under the seat, and the module I left unplugged.
Plugging the seat into my R/T caused no Airbag lights to stay on and all functions work )

Dan/FlyByU, thanks again for the awesome seats

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Afreet · Jan 24, 2011

Looks good Gabe, bet they feel much better than the R/T seats.

You plan on the panel swap or you keeping the two tone?

Top notch write up as well :bigthumb:

We hope to do this as one of our mods.

Gabe · Jan 24, 2011

Thanks ... I love the new seats in corners or braking ... it holds you in place so much better than the old shiny-leather R/T seats.

The 2-tone door panels don't bother me at all, so changing them would have to be a super-crazy deal on some new panels/trim pieces, to convert it to black, but then other parts (dash) won't match, so chance are that I won't do much else to the interior.

I need to re-focus on the other mods currently in progress, the coilovers/brakes/supercharger install

Edit 5-23-2018: Added pics for the post #2 above.

Grimlock · Jan 24, 2011

I am surprised like you, I thought the harnesses were supposed to be the same if they both had heated or not heated seats.

Ddaddy · Jan 24, 2011

Looks good Gabe! :bigthumb:

I love the SRT seats too. Are you going to leave the SRT on the headrests or change them out? I'm not saying you shouldn't leave them (I'm not an upbadger freak) but just curious if you had something planned.

mnunes · Jan 24, 2011

Nice upgrade, Gabe. Sounds like fun, too!

I would assume the track sensors were for memory seats but I don't recall any of the Chargers having this option, only the 300's. Weird.

Gabe · Jan 24, 2011

Thanks, definitely a fun/performance/comfort upgrade

The extra sensors I was told are weight sensors. Not used on R/T, but used on SRT8. So the SRT8 drivers/passengers get extra safety "nannies" ... didn't think that would be the case with safety stuff.

You adding this to the "how-to" thread? :lol:

un4givun2 said:
I can tell that the SRT wiring harness has a lot of differences in the wiring harness. While I've been trying to solve this stalling mystery I have been studying the schematics very hard. There is like 300 pages devoted to wiring. Every page shows 2 or 3 exceptions to the standard wiring harness. 1 exception is always for Diesels sold in Europe (yeah, you can buy a turbo V6 Diesel, just not in AMERICA!!), the 2nd exception is always the SRT8. It is on every page. What makes even less sense is they have the same wires going to the same location but they changed the pin-out location in the connectors and/or the connector itself.

So for no rhyme or reason, Chrysler/Dodge purposely made changes to the wiring harness on the SRT8 even though both could have used the same wiring harness. Nearly every connector under the hood of the SRT is the same as an R/T. Same wires and same connectors, but they changed the location of the wires in the connectors.

Don't you just love it ?

I know you don't ... lol.

But transferring over my R/T harness made the seat work good enough for the R/T. My car won't be looking for that extra module and the buckle plug-in sensor, so my Airbag light is off.

The final test drive proved it

Edit 5-23-2018: uploaded pictures for post #2

un4givun2 · Jan 24, 2011

I can tell that the SRT wiring harness has a lot of differences in the wiring harness. While I've been trying to solve this stalling mystery I have been studying the schematics very hard. There is like 300 pages devoted to wiring. Every page shows 2 or 3 exceptions to the standard wiring harness. 1 exception is always for Diesels sold in Europe (yeah, you can buy a turbo V6 Diesel, just not in AMERICA!!), the 2nd exception is always the SRT8. It is on every page. What makes even less sense is they have the same wires going to the same location but they changed the pin-out location in the connectors and/or the connector itself.

So for no rhyme or reason, Chrysler/Dodge purposely made changes to the wiring harness on the SRT8 even though both could have used the same wiring harness. Nearly every connector under the hood of the SRT is the same as an R/T. Same wires and same connectors, but they changed the location of the wires in the connectors.

Pyrate · Jan 24, 2011

Man I would love to do that
congrats, awesome write up

Gabe · Jan 24, 2011

Thanks man ... it's been a 3+ year search :yikes:

FinallyCharged · Jan 24, 2011

super nice upgrade gabe! glad u got it all fixed up!

Gabe · Jan 24, 2011

Thanks Julio ... you already had this type of seats in your R&T so you know how I feel ...

Mik3y · Jan 24, 2011

Great work!

Cant wait for your writeup on the coilovers, i just ordered mine friday.

06HEMI R/T · Jan 24, 2011

Looks awesome, those seats are much nicer looking and feeling then the r&t seats IMO. I hope to have the cash one day lol. You got a great deal.

Gabe · Jan 24, 2011

Thanks man ... the R/F and the rear seats have supposedly been out of the car over a year, and the car is now officially a race car

desertcharger · Jan 24, 2011

Congrats!
Love the seats- I need to do some painting to keep up with you now!
Glad you found the deal- Enjoy buddy!:beerchug:

Gabe · Jan 24, 2011

Thanks Bryan.

And today is -4 degrees outside ... I'm actually contemplating taking the Focus today ... don't think I wanna wake up the Charger in this weather ... lol

dscrizzo · Oct 31, 2012

swap connectors?

I just received a pair of R & T seats for my R/T and the connectors are different. My R/T seats are heated and electronic, pretty much what the R & T seats are, so is it really as easy as just cutting and replacing the connectors?

Gabe · Oct 31, 2012

dscrizzo said:
I just received a pair of R & T seats for my R/T and the connectors are different. My R/T seats are heated and electronic, pretty much what the R & T seats are, so is it really as easy as just cutting and replacing the connectors?

I didn't do any cutting, I swapped the complete harness from one seat to the other

chad spender · Jan 18, 2013

would Daytona bucket seats be able to be swapped into an 07 3.5 V6 Se charger? I would have to somehow power up the right seat, as my stock passenger seat is not power, it is manual. I would love to do a swap like yours, but only with Daytona seats if possible. Can someone chime in?

dscrizzo · Jan 21, 2013

You could also replace the seat foams w/ covers. They would still be manual but with with daytona covers.

I sold my old interior to someone and thats what he planned to do. I had power everything and 60/40 folding back seat...he had manual driver/passnger seats and a non-folding rear bench.

hskr · Jan 21, 2013

You can wire up power to just the seat motors pretty easily. I installed a set of '06 Charger seats into my '00 Dakota. Just have power and ground for the seat motors so they can be adjusted. When I get back from deployment I'm going to try and tackle getting the heating elements to work so I can have heated seats as well.

1968_327 · Jan 7, 2018

I am currently installing srt8 seats in a 1971 Chevelle. I have already wired the passenger seat. I am having a hard time trying to power the driver side seat. Any help and pictures on the subject would greatly be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help

Jmbltrn29 · May 22, 2018

Is there any way to get the pics you posted here? They aren't showing up on the thread. Thanks

Jmbltrn29 · May 22, 2018

This post

Gabe · May 23, 2018

Pictures are back up in the second post of the thread

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Jmbltrn29 · May 24, 2018

Thank you Gabe, the seats are just different for my swap. Did 08 RT seats into my 06 RT and I have the seatbelt airbag problem.

Gabe · May 24, 2018

You're welcome.
I actually only had an airbag light when there was no passenger-front seat installed in the car, since the car wasn't seeing its sensor.
After the harness swap and seat re-install, I started the car and no airbag light.
The airbag system always does a self-test when the car is started, if it sees everything it expects, the light goes out.

The '08+ seats may have a different resistance than the older cars, you might just need to wire a resistor in line, not sure exactly, but the Mustang guys do that when they install a newer seat in an older car, and I think it all has to do with the side airbag impedance.

Jmbltrn29 · May 24, 2018

Well what I did was switched the cushions and kept my 06 frames but now I have the yellow wire connector that comes from the back part of the seat not connected to anything.

HemiLonestar · May 25, 2018

I repinned mine to the 06 plug (found some at the junkyard) so it mated properly with the car. Once I figured out the airbag sensor & power seat connections, everything else leftover was for the airbags in the seat. I taped them off out of the way since my original seat didn't have that (and I didn't want power anywhere near those lol).

matt789 · Jul 9, 2018

Seat track position sensor bracket

Hi! I'm looking for anyone that can help me find where I can purchase just the bracket for the seat track position sensor, passenger side. I have a 13' chrysler 300 srt. Any info would be helpful.

Thank you!

Here's a new one: 06 SRT8 seat swap into 07 R/T - harnesses not the same!

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