99 Power Seat Wiring ID - 4 wire plug to seat

[dbcreed]

Would greatly appreciate someone identifying the 4 wires that run to the seat plug: (1) Black; (2) Black/White Stripe; (3) Grey/Yellow Stripe; (4) Lt. Blue/White Stripe.

99 Explorer XLT with power driver and passenger - without memory, without heated seats.

The first two (1&2) are of smaller gauge (heavier wire) so I'm assuming they're power, not sure about the last two (3&4). I know the other wires are for seat belt & air bag.

Just FYI . . . the use & reason for asking - I found two seats from a junk yard vehicle that are identical to the ones in my Explorer, in really good shape (grey leather), and gave $150 for the pair. Since I don't need them yet, I'm going to make two man-cave chairs, hooked up to regulated 12V power supply so the switches work (but of course). Wish they had memory, heat and massage . . . then we'd really be talkin . . .

 

[J_C]

Does it have memory or heated seats? I don't know but there's some potential info here:

Everything you wanted to know about: "Memory Seats"

As the first thread in a planned number of my 'Everything you wanted to know about' series, I thought I would offer up details, explainations, diagrams, and just general information about different areas of ford electronics and electrical know-how. Everyone has their special area, and being as...

www.explorerforum.com

 

[dbcreed]

J_C, thanks for the reference. I updated my post to reflect (a) not memory and (b) not heated.

Does it have memory or heated seats? I don't know but there's some potential info here:

Everything you wanted to know about: "Memory Seats"

As the first thread in a planned number of my 'Everything you wanted to know about' series, I thought I would offer up details, explainations, diagrams, and just general information about different areas of ford electronics and electrical know-how. Everyone has their special area, and being as...

www.explorerforum.com

 

[Pete Deering]

J_C, thanks for the reference. I updated my post to reflect (a) not memory and (b) not heated.

Power seat wiring

 

[J_C]

^ I saw that in my diagrams too, but it doesn't match his wire colors.

 

[DR98FL]

Using a 99 Ford Ex wiring manual:

Black - ground wire
Black/ white stripe (BK/WH) - 12 volt feed. Left and right power seats and power lumbar.

Grey/Yellow stripe (GY/YE) - 12 volt (run) to both heated seats.
Light/Blue (LB/WH) - constant 12 volt to both heated seats.

These are the only matching wire colors in the seat wiring diagrams.

See picture below.

 

[dbcreed]

Using a 99 Ford Ex wiring manual:

Black - ground wire
Black/ white stripe (BK/WH) - 12 volt feed. Left and right power seats and power lumbar.

Grey/Yellow stripe (GY/YE) - 12 volt (run) to both heated seats.
Light/Blue (LB/WH) - constant 12 volt to both heated seats.

These are the only matching wire colors in the seat wiring diagrams.

See picture below.

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Thank you! Problem solved! Just as you said above regarding the two wires that power the 3 motors on each seat.

The harness & plug evidently come wired for the heated seats (the GY/YE and LB/WH) even though my seats aren't heated.

I sure appreciate the help. These will be some "happening" man cave power seats. Planning on a 20A power supply. Will need to consider a few different approaches to the cold can holder, possibly adapting the seat belt gooseneck to mount a gimbled holder . . .