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Just wondering if anybody can tell me exactally what this wire harness is used for? I'm guessing it's for the heated seats button for a higher model other than mine, I have a 2011 SEL model. here is 4 pic's to show you what I'm talking about. Hopefully I'm right :) I came to find this harness buy accident when I was uninstalling a Cache CE06 line driver that was installed by my local stereo shop. FYI the panel I'm talking about is beside the steering colum on the left hand side.

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Yes it did come in & I was not impressed, for $65 bucks all I got was the front panel with no button fml :( , so the dealer tells me that for another $75 bucks he can order me the button, the only down fall is when you order certain parts like me you can not return them, there is no restocking fee, bummer. So looks like Im gonna have to think about it for a bit, but I wil get back to you with some info when I get it :)

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Having spent many years in the parts business in my youth, I can tell you that electrical parts are generally not returnable because counter people have no way to know if the returned part is functional or even the same part. Some people will return the bad part after replacing it. Some people will damage the new part in the same way as the one they're replacing because they don't know there's another problem causing the part to fail. Many people will just try multiple parts looking for a solution to an electrical problem without doing any testing or diagnostics and then want to return the parts they didn't need.

 

I can't tell you how many customers I had at a Toyota dealer where I worked in the late '70s who wanted to buy a turn signal flasher module (which cost about $20 at the time) because one side would flash but the other wouldn't. Many would not listen to my advice that they only needed to replace a burned out bulb on the non-flashing side until I told them that the module was not returnable. Their choice... a 79 cent bulb or a $20 module (plus the 79 cent bulb when the module didn't solve the problem). BTW, the dealer was Scarborough Toyota in the "Golden Mile" area of Eglinton Avenue - I have no idea if it's still there or not.

 

Comments made earlier are also correct - merely installing a panel and switches will not give you functioning seat position memory nor a power tailgate. There are many other (expensive) components involved. Don't waste your money buying the switches unless you plan to make this a project and get all the other required components.

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