(How-to) Install Working paddle shifters

money_man said:

Yeah, denies low rpm upshifts in the diesel as well. It shouldn't, it should just let you do what you want to do.

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boraz said:

i find itll upshift regardless, cuz it wants to be in low rpm/high gear

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The whole shift denied bit ruins the wish for paddle shifters for me. I want to be able to downshift and upshift as I please.

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nick993 said:

What's Needed:

Compatible steering wheel with paddle shifters
12-18 gauge wiring(6 ft in length depending on the switch location)
12v rated On/Off/On switch
Electrical connection fittings (In total I used 3 female connectors at the switch, but it depends on how you set it up)


Have a automatic transmission in your cruze? Is the floor shifting boring you? You are not alone. Everyone was so excited when someone was able to get them working, but then the kit was selling for $400. That's not even including the steering wheel! Too much for my economy car that doesn't it make it faster or look better. A lot of people have bought a 5th gen camaro steering wheel, and it was my turn to keep an eye for a sweet deal. While on eBay one day looking around, I found a Chevy SS steering wheel for $100 buy it now with free shipping! Didn't hesitate, it was a steal for a quality leather flat bottom wheel with paddle shifters. It showed up quick and in immaculate condition, the buttons even felt stiff and new.

So I got excited and was ready to install it. I used this link for a how-to install a new steering wheel

http://www.cruzetalk.com/forum/161-...6-how-remove-replace-your-steering-wheel.html

This how-to will work for all GM steering wheels that are interchangeable with the cruze. So after using that how-to I got it installed.

I loved it! It felt lighter, contoured to my hands, all the buttons worked except for the paddle shifters, forward collision monitoring, and blind spot monitoring. I knew the last two weren't feasible. But driving it daily I couldn't stop staring at those paddles. I figured theres got a be a simple way of getting them to work. So the research started...

So after looking looking at endless pages of schematics, forums, and pictures of compatible steering wheels. I found a page that showed how the automatic gen 5 camaros go from Drive, to Sport, and to "tapshift". All you do it put the shifter into S mode, then when you pull on either - or + paddles, it will engage them. Seemed simple enough, all I had to do was trick the bcm. Once you put it into Manual mode, then switch the gear selector power from the floor over to the paddles. So I got it all opened up...

Then I found the manual switch wire which is the yellow wire within a harness located in the console tunnel on the driver side of the shifter. There is two wires in there that are yellow. One is for the 12v power plug in the console, the other is the manual mode wire (it's a little thicker in gauge).

Now that we have located that wire, we can check out the steering wheel side. Here is the schematic for the steering wheel with paddle shifters:

Note there is only one wire that controls the paddles. So all we have to do is run a wire that goes from the harness at the steering wheel down the yellow wire we located earlier.

Luckily the clockspring behind the steering wheel has the harness and pin we need to hook up that wire coming from the steering wheel. So we have to pop the top pad up that's behind the steering wheel to access it...

Notice it has 6 wires coming out of the clockspring from the factory, and the steering wheel will have 6 wires going to the clockspring. The paddle wire(purple) skips a pin and is going into the 8th spot. So now we have to run the wire we ran from the floor shifter to the steering wheel harness coming out of the clock spring.

An option would be to find a pin that will work for the harness, but I simply stripped enough insulation to feed into the harness and fold it over about a 1/4" to help keep it in place.

Now that the steering wheel side is complete, we need to find somewhere to mount the switch. A On/Off/On style switch is needed. I used this:

I installed this switch into the side the tray located in front of the shifter. Now we will cut the yellow manual shifter wire where you want to place your switch. The yellow wire with the female connection coming the dash side will go in the middle male connection on switch. The wire coming from the paddles and the yellow wire coming from the shifter are connected on the two outside connections on the switch, it's up you to pick which side goes where.

Time to button everything back up.

So the procedure is to simply have the switch on the floor shifter side engaged all the time (if you leave it in the off center position, the manual floor switch won't work). Then when you are ready to use the paddle shifters, you will put it in manual mode on the floor side, then flip the switch to the paddle shifter's side of the switch. Then when you are done using them, switch it back to the floor shifter. If you don't switch it back, the display will show it still in manual mode. It will work normal when you put it in park, reverse, etc. But you won't see it on the display.

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Blasirl said:

I had this saved, so except for the picture you see already, here they are.

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nick993 said:

What is necessary:

Steering wheel compatible with paddle shifters
12-18 gauge wiring (6 feet long depending on switch location)
12V nominal On/Off/On switch
Electrical connection accessories (In total I used 3 female connectors on the switch, but it depends on how you configure it)


Do you have an automatic transmission on your Cruze? Is the floor movement boring you? You are not alone. Everyone was so excited when someone managed to get them working, but the kit was selling for $400. That's not counting the steering wheel! Too much for my economy car, which doesn't make it any faster or look better. Many people bought a 5th generation Camaro steering wheel and it was my turn to keep an eye out for a good deal. Searching eBay one day I found a Chevy SS steering wheel for $100, buy it now with free shipping! Didn't hesitate, it was a steal for a quality leather flat bottom wheel with paddle shifters. It turned up fast and in perfect condition, the buttons even looked stiff and new.

O que é necessário:

Volante compatível com paddle shifters
Fiação de bitola 12-18 (6 pés de comprimento, dependendo da localização do interruptor)
Interruptor On/Off/On nominal de 12 V
Acessórios de conexão elétrica (No total usei 3 conectores fêmea no switch, mas depende de como você configurar)


Tem câmbio automático no seu Cruze? O movimento do chão está te entediando? Você não está sozinho. Todo mundo ficou tão animado quando alguém conseguiu fazê-los funcionar, mas o kit estava sendo vendido por US$ 400. Isso sem contar o volante! demais para o meu carro econômico, o que não o torna mais rápido ou tem uma aparência melhor. Muitas pessoas compraram um volante camaro de 5ª geração e foi a minha vez de ficar de olho em um bom negócio. Certo dia, procurando no eBay, encontrei um volante Chevy SS por US $ 100, compre agora com frete grátis! não hesitou, foi um roubo para uma roda de fundo plano de couro de qualidade com paddle shifters. Ele apareceu rápido e em perfeitas condições, os botões até pareciam rígidos e novos.

So I got excited and was ready to install it. I used this link for how to install a new steering wheel
eu fiquei animado e estava pronto para instalá-lo. Eu usei este link para como instalar um novo volante


How to remove and replace your steering wheel

This tutorial will work for all GM steering wheels that are interchangeable with the Cruze. So after using that tutorial I installed it.
Este tutorial funcionará para todos os volantes GM que são intercambiáveis com o cruze. Então, depois de usar esse tutorial, instalei-o.

I loved! It felt lighter, contoured in my hands, all the buttons worked except the paddle shifters, front collision monitoring and blind spot monitoring. I knew the last two weren't viable. but driving daily i couldn't stop looking at those oars. I figured there was a simple way to get them to work. So the search began...

So after looking at endless pages of schematics, forums and pictures of compatible steering wheels. I found a page that showed how automatic gen 5 camaros go from Drive, to Sport, to "tapshift". All you do is put the shifter in S mode, and when you pull the - or + paddles, it engages them. It seemed simple enough, all I had to do was trick the bcm. After putting it in manual mode, shift the power from the floor gear selector to the paddles. So I opened everything...

Then I found the hand switch wire, which is the yellow wire inside a harness located in the console tunnel on the driver's side of the shifter. There are two wires there that are yellow. One is for the 12V power plug on the console, the other is the manual mode wire (it's a little thicker in gauge).

Eu amei! Parecia mais leve, contornado em minhas mãos, todos os botões funcionavam, exceto os paddle shifters, monitoramento de colisão frontal e monitoramento de ponto cego. Eu sabia que os dois últimos não eram viáveis. mas dirigindo diariamente eu não conseguia parar de olhar para aqueles remos. Achei que havia uma maneira simples de fazê-los funcionar. Então a pesquisa começou...

Então, depois de olhar para páginas intermináveis de esquemas, fóruns e fotos de volantes compatíveis. Encontrei uma página que mostrava como os camaros gen 5 automáticos vão de Drive, para Sport e para "tapshift". Tudo o que você faz é colocar o câmbio no modo S e, quando você puxa os paddles - ou +, ele os aciona. Parecia bastante simples, tudo o que eu precisava fazer era enganar o bcm. Depois de colocá-lo no modo manual, mude a potência do seletor de marchas do chão para as pás. Então abri tudo...

Então encontrei o fio do interruptor manual, que é o fio amarelo dentro de um chicote localizado no túnel do console no lado do motorista do câmbio. Há dois fios lá que são amarelos. Um é para o plugue de alimentação de 12 V no console, o outro é o fio do modo manual (é um pouco mais grosso na bitola).



Now that we have located that wire, we can check out the steering wheel side. Here is the schematic for the steering wheel with paddle shifters:

Note there is only one wire that controls the paddles. So all we have to do is run a wire that goes from the harness at the steering wheel down the yellow wire we located earlier.

Luckily the clockspring behind the steering wheel has the harness and pin we need to hook up that wire coming from the steering wheel. So we have to pop the top pad up that's behind the steering wheel to access it...

Notice it has 6 wires coming out of the clockspring from the factory, and the steering wheel will have 6 wires going to the clockspring. The paddle wire(purple) skips a pin and is going into the 8th spot. So now we have to run the wire we ran from the floor shifter to the steering wheel harness coming out of the clock spring.

An option would be to find a pin that will work for the harness, but I simply stripped enough insulation to feed into the harness and fold it over about a 1/4" to help keep it in place.

Now that the steering wheel side is complete, we need to find somewhere to mount the switch. A On/Off/On style switch is needed. I used this:

I installed this switch into the side the tray located in front of the shifter. Now we will cut the yellow manual shifter wire where you want to place your switch. The yellow wire with the female connection coming the dash side will go in the middle male connection on switch. The wire coming from the paddles and the yellow wire coming from the shifter are connected on the two outside connections on the switch, it's up you to pick which side goes where.

Time to button everything back up.

So the procedure is to simply have the switch on the floor shifter side engaged all the time (if you leave it in the off center position, the manual floor switch won't work). Then when you are ready to use the paddle shifters, you will put it in manual mode on the floor side, then flip the switch to the paddle shifter's side of the switch. Then when you are done using them, switch it back to the floor shifter. If you don't switch it back, the display will show it still in manual mode. It will work normal when you put it in park, reverse, etc. But you won't see it on the display.

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