Interior/Exterior 2006 Cooper seats in my 2003 MCS
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2006 Cooper seats in my 2003 MCS
Hi everyone,
I swapped out my cloth seats in my recently purchased 2003 MCS for leatherette front and rear seats out of what I believe was a 2006 Cooper.
When connecting the connectors under the seats, the yellow and blue plugs came together perfectly as expected. However, there is a single black plug in my 2003 harness that has 4 wires that doesn't connect to any of the left over plugs on the 2006 seats.
Here is a photo of the lone 2003 plug with the 4 wires:
Here is the harness that was cut from the 2006 Cooper when the seats were removed:
Notice that nothing really comes together. Has anyone ever installed facelift seats in the non-facelift 1st gen MINI? Is there some sort of wiring diagram out there?
Thanks!
Vlad
I swapped out my cloth seats in my recently purchased 2003 MCS for leatherette front and rear seats out of what I believe was a 2006 Cooper.
When connecting the connectors under the seats, the yellow and blue plugs came together perfectly as expected. However, there is a single black plug in my 2003 harness that has 4 wires that doesn't connect to any of the left over plugs on the 2006 seats.
Here is a photo of the lone 2003 plug with the 4 wires:
Here is the harness that was cut from the 2006 Cooper when the seats were removed:
Notice that nothing really comes together. Has anyone ever installed facelift seats in the non-facelift 1st gen MINI? Is there some sort of wiring diagram out there?
Thanks!
Vlad
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It looks like the seat belt connector, not sure but the connector looks like what I just checked in my ews cd ! I can't really tell the pin allignment from your pic, but if it looks like this, it's probably the seat belt connector! I'll try to find the wires color if they are the same as you!
X10425 Intermediate connector (4-pin, black), Hall-effect sensor, seat belt buckle
From what I just read the wires color would be those : GN/VI - BR/OR - WS/GN - BR! I guess that would be green/violet, brown/orange, uhwtf/green, brown! But don't take those for granted, I might just have read it all wrong! Maybe someone else will know!
*Edit : I work in a toyota dealer and god those Mini wiring diagrams are annoying :p
X10425 Intermediate connector (4-pin, black), Hall-effect sensor, seat belt buckle
From what I just read the wires color would be those : GN/VI - BR/OR - WS/GN - BR! I guess that would be green/violet, brown/orange, uhwtf/green, brown! But don't take those for granted, I might just have read it all wrong! Maybe someone else will know!
*Edit : I work in a toyota dealer and god those Mini wiring diagrams are annoying :p
Last edited by Da_Ghost; 12-09-2010 at 05:57 PM.
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Hey Da_Ghost,
Thanks for your input! I'm just trying to figure out what I should do. When looking for information on the seat plugs from the 2006, I think I stumbled upon a post on MINI2 where somebody said the 3-wire plug was for the seat heater. That leaves me with one leftover plug from the 2006 that has two wires. Not sure how that will be compatible with the 4-wire plug from my car's seat harness.
Is it possible to maybe swap the seat belt buckle plugs between the seats? Any ideas?
Thanks for your input! I'm just trying to figure out what I should do. When looking for information on the seat plugs from the 2006, I think I stumbled upon a post on MINI2 where somebody said the 3-wire plug was for the seat heater. That leaves me with one leftover plug from the 2006 that has two wires. Not sure how that will be compatible with the 4-wire plug from my car's seat harness.
Is it possible to maybe swap the seat belt buckle plugs between the seats? Any ideas?
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Is it then possible to use the same seatbelt harness from the old seats with the new ones? Thanks for jumping in with some info, Vollgas.
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Vollgas, that's what I have been hoping to hear!
Zippy: From what I understand, letting the sensor sit without being plugged it lets it function just like it isnt there. Since my car was never offered with seats that use the sensor, it isnt looking for one.
As long as my airbags function as they are supposed to, I'll be one happy camper. And once that vinyl is gone, a less sweaty camper too.
Zippy: From what I understand, letting the sensor sit without being plugged it lets it function just like it isnt there. Since my car was never offered with seats that use the sensor, it isnt looking for one.
As long as my airbags function as they are supposed to, I'll be one happy camper. And once that vinyl is gone, a less sweaty camper too.
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Hey everyone, I simply swapped over my seat belt buckle assembly from my 2003 seats to my 2006 seats; it was very easy. The 2006 seats were a direct bolt-in. I don't have my old cloth seats anymore, as I gave them away already. And I'm not too sure how to get 2nd gen seats into the 1st gen; I would like to know if it's been done by anyone here on the forums!
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