I bought a leather steering wheel the other day and after I put it on now my horn and the

buttons on my wheel wont work, does anyone know what I might have did wrong???

 

stupid question but did you get the correct year steering wheel and another stupid question but did you plug everything in before you put it all back together?

 

Im not sure abot the right year steering wheel I didnt know it made a difference im a noob at cars but ill have to check on that...and i made sure all the stuff was pluged in I even took it back apart just to make sure...still dosnt work

 

07above should be ok....if u didnt have the buttons before then u have to get the wiring.....something like that....pm maven he helped me...

 

I just used the buttons that came with my stock steering wheel because the other wheel had all the buttons for cruze control and all and I dont have that on my car. Should I try putting the stock steering wheel back on and see what happens???

 

does the new steering wheel have the buttons for the your DIC and silver trim pieces? and is your stock steering wheel all black.

 

I just put on the silver pieces on from my stock steering wheel and yea my old one was all black the cheap plastic one...

 

ya if i'm not mistaken your stock one is an 06 and the new one is an 07 and if i remember correctly use a differen't wiring system. i bet you anything that if you put your stock one back on, everything will work correctly.

 

Nah i have an 08...but its base model but im guna put my stock one back on and see what happens

 

I put an SS wheel on my 08LS and its a direct fit. the dic buttons and horn will work so long as you plug the little harness back in properly. The only reason youd need to do anything is if you want radio/cruise.

can you post pics of what you put in? and what switches you used?

 

thanks for clearing that up maven. i wasn't too sure if the DIC wiring was differen't as well.

 

correct me if i am wrong, but even if his car doesn't have cruise, should he not be able to go get that turned on at the dealer?

 

There are two circuits missing in cars that dont have cruise, these need to be fabricated, technically a dealer can turn on the cruise control in a Cobalt, but they are told by GM not to and that it isnt possible to upgrade.

 

Im going over my friends tomorrow to try and fix it again but if it dosnt work ill post some pic's up....

 

how much was ur steering wheel?

 

13 Dollars i got it from a kid that wrecked his car before he was putting it in the junk yard

 

A new SS wheel is about $200.

 

I put a leather wheel on my 08 LT. My stock wheel has the cruise and DIC but no radio controls. The leather one had all he same with the addition of radio buttons. I just plugged mine in and everything works. When I had mine apart I had disconnected the airbag plug and when I put that plug back in I neglected to to put the plastic piece that fits into the plug. I got an airbag light pop up. It drove me crazy trying to figure that one out. I took it to the dealer and the techinician found the problem after looking at the manuals. So, I would say check and make sure all your plugs are in and pieces related to the plugs are in. Also, you may check your fuses. Maybe you blew a fuse in the process.

 

Correct, if you leave out the CPA(connector position assurance) in an airbag connector it will usually set a code. They are there for a reason, and very easy to damage. A damaged one will do the same thing

LTs with cruise have the upgraded dash harness so I have no problem believing the radio controls were plug and play, they are on the LS too once you install the wires,

You might even have the fog light wiring in the dash, wouldnt be the first time

 

Were outside now trying to find the peoblem and we already made sure suff was plugged in we also already checked the fuses so now were putting the stock steering wheel on so we can see if the wiring harness in the new wheel wasnt bad...

 

well??