I have a set of power/heated leather seats from a Legacy wagon. If I buy a newer legacy 2001-2004 that does not have these options - will the wiring be there to plug the power seats in?

 

I know you can do this with 96-99 Legacy wagons - seems they all have the wiring harness available.

 

I guess it might not matter since I have the entire wiring harness to go with it - but just in case i'm wrong it would be nice to know for sure.

There is a shop nearby that does collision work, etc., and during the slow season buys lightly hit wrecks (one smacked in the front corner, another of the same year and model that was totalled in the rear) fixes the best with parts from the other, and then sells the car. Frequently, the power windows, door locks and power seats from the one car end up in the other car making resale easier. These cars are usually domestic brands and in every case the necessary fuses and relays were already in the fusepanels, and the needed wiring harnesses were hiding in the doors and under the carpeting. This makes it much cheaper for the car companies to sell just 3 upgrade packages or so for every model. Since the wiring is already there, they just need to add the accessories. I would think that Subaru would do the same thing. I can't say for certain, but I'd be willing to bet that you'll find what you need already in your car. I can say for certain that the 07 OBW's that someone wants to add the power mirrors that have the built in turn signals will require the additional short harnesses from the kickpanels to the inside of the doors (Been there and was told by the parts guy they would be missing). Good Luck!

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I only got the power movement controls to work on my outback heated seats that went in my Brat. Did not get the heated part to function, cause my brat does not have the correct heat relay lol. I didnt pull the relays from the donor car, and then they went and crushed it. adjustment motors work fine without the relay.

I added a set of <Volvo 240> seat heaters to my wife's 2000 OBW. As far as I could tell, none of the Subaru factory seat heater wiring was pre-installed in that car. I had to run new wiring and relays and switches from the fusebox in front of the driver's left knee, through the center console to the switches, then on to the seats. Works fine now though. I just used those seat heaters because I had them laying around. Had to strip the seats down to the springs to do it, sort of a big job. Probably I would not do that again.