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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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So I was sound deadening my car and I had the entire interior out of the car, and as I was rushing to put the interior back in so I could drive back home, I realized that the seats don't have power. This really sucks because I can't bolt the drivers seat in fully and it is stuck all the way forward.

I think it may have something to do with a spare plug under the trim panel that I didn't hook up, but I am not sure. This plug wasn't for the defrost grid, but was in the same harness and it went down the drivers side of the hatch.
Where does this plug go in? Also, could it be something else? I swapped the 30A circuit breaker in the fuse box with another one and it still didnt work.
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The only spare plug I know of in the left side of the hatch area is the CD changer plug which is taped to the hatch speaker harness.

The primary power connector for the seat is C310 under the seat. It has an orange power wire and a black ground wire. There are no other connectors in the power supply between the circuit breaker and the seat switch. There is one other connector on the ground side (C300) which is also under the seat. Check that these connectors are plugged in. If so, check for power and ground using a test light or multimeter.
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Well, I forgot to specify that it was for a Trans Am. I plugged in the big plug under both of the seats, as well as the vacuum tubes for the lumbar. There was a 2 pin plug that I couldn't figure out where it plugged in under the seat. I believe the wires were orange and black. Does it not plug into the seat, but elsewheres? Thanks for the help.
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The only spare plug I know of in the left side of the hatch area is the CD changer plug which is taped to the hatch speaker harness.

The primary power connector for the seat is C310 under the seat. It has an orange power wire and a black ground wire. There are no other connectors in the power supply between the circuit breaker and the seat switch. There is one other connector on the ground side (C300) which is also under the seat. Check that these connectors are plugged in. If so, check for power and ground using a test light or multimeter.
Also, the plug that I was talking about was in the hatch by the glass, in the same harness with the defrost wiring. It wasn't in the area of the cd changer, just in the actual hatch itself.
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Well, I forgot to specify that it was for a Trans Am. I plugged in the big plug under both of the seats, as well as the vacuum tubes for the lumbar. There was a 2 pin plug that I couldn't figure out where it plugged in under the seat. I believe the wires were orange and black. Does it not plug into the seat, but elsewheres? Thanks for the help.
The 2-pin connector is on a pigtail under the driver's seat that comes from the outboard front corner, across the front of the seat then curves along the inboard side toward the back of the seat. It has an orange and a black wire that correspond to the plug you found and carry the power and ground for the 6-way power seat. You may have to remove the seat again to find it because it is tucked up underneath.
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