Replacement Seats

[mneimeyer]

The back of the drivers seat in my '02 Aztek is cracked (IOW the left half can be moved separately from the right half within the cloth cover). It barely passed inspection and I'm sure it isn't the safest thing in the world...

So I know I need to replace it. Since I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for a replacement seat I'm going to be calling around to some local junk yards and I'm wondering what "parameters" I have. When we bought it (new) it had a manual seat but if I remember correctly they offered a power seat. Can I buy either version? (Did they all come with the needed hookups?)

And if an Aztek seat isn't available are there any other "sibling" vehicles that would also work? (Another GM Minivan I assume?)

Finally, supposing I can only find a seat without the side airbag (which presumably works in mine) how hard is it to move that over? Is that something I can do myself?

Thanks in advance!

 

[melsg5]

All junkyards have an interchange manual so they can tell you what other GM vehicles would work in addition to whether the power seat can be just dropped in or if you need a complete harness to go with it. Working with airbags is dangerous so unless you can find the proper remove and install procedure, I wouldnt touch it.

 

[mneimeyer]

Thanks!