[Supacat]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

SUCCESS!!! I'm not sure how I feel about the silver buttons, but at least they're easier to see in my dark interior.

so just a heads up and hopefully to help others. I dont think your original switch was bad. Let me explain why, when I hooked mine up (same part#) it acted the same as your first one. It was completely dead and not even basic funtions worked. I tried my old switch and it lit up right away. I said eff it and plugged new switch in again (it was dead) and locked the car. Let the car sleep for like 30 min and when I came back, all was working including gent switch! Happy camper I be :-)

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Supacat

So, exactly same thing happened to me. Purchased 61316826716 and it is completely dead. Won't even light up when plugged in. When you got the replacement that worked, was it the same part # 61316826716 that worked? Was it just a dud part on the original one you received? Thanks!

I honestly have no idea and don't remember. I got it out of Lithuania.

Originally Posted by Supacat

so just a heads up and hopefully to help others. I dont think your original switch was bad. Let me explain why, when I hooked mine up (same part#) it acted the same as your first one. It was completely dead and not even basic funtions worked. I tried my old switch and it lit up right away. I said eff it and plugged new switch in again (it was dead) and locked the car. Let the car sleep for like 30 min and when I came back, all was working including gent switch! Happy camper I be :-)

Interesting... It worked out for me as the replacement switch was cheaper than the original.

[wzg30]

Did the retrofit, p/n 61316826716, also it second as your passages seat memory

[juliusedward]

Originally Posted by Supacat

so just a heads up and hopefully to help others. I dont think your original switch was bad. Let me explain why, when I hooked mine up (same part#) it acted the same as your first one. It was completely dead and not even basic funtions worked. I tried my old switch and it lit up right away. I said eff it and plugged new switch in again (it was dead) and locked the car. Let the car sleep for like 30 min and when I came back, all was working including gent switch! Happy camper I be :-)

So the passenger seat need not have memory function for the gentleman switch to work? My car does not have memory but I'm very interested in this mod

[wzg30]

Originally Posted by juliusedward

So the passenger seat need not have memory function for the gentleman switch to work? My car does not have memory but I'm very interested in this mod

You don’t need to have it, but for it to work, you do need to have seat heating, which it will have module for you to able to code it, just connect bimmercode or esys and too see how many seat modules you have

[juliusedward]

Originally Posted by wzg30

You don’t need to have it, but for it to work, you do need to have seat heating, which it will have module for you to able to code it, just connect bimmercode or esys and too see how many seat modules you have

I don't have heated seats. But bimmercode shows Seat module driver. No module for passenger seat. Is it mandatory to have passenger seat module for this to work?

[wzg30]

Originally Posted by juliusedward

I don't have heated seats. But bimmercode shows Seat module driver. No module for passenger seat. Is it mandatory to have passenger seat module for this to work?

Yeah, it kinda rely on passenger seat modules, but do you have electric control for your passenger seat or all manual, but I do know it rely on passenger coding, so if you don’t habe module, idk how to get it to work

[juliusedward]

Originally Posted by wzg30

Yeah, it kinda rely on passenger seat modules, but do you have electric control for your passenger seat or all manual, but I do know it rely on passenger coding, so if you don’t habe module, idk how to get it to work

The passenger seat is electric control just like the driver seat. But no module. It's a no go for me then. Thanks though