i can see why you want to do this mod, i had them on my 96 grand am and i loved it

 

yea it would be nice to have that option im still trying to track one down i have a buddy at a junkyard that is going to let me know when he gets one in that is in good shape he has one but the controls are all busted and the wiring harness is fried so he said by the end of the week he probably will have one with all the parts intack i will let you know how it goes when i get it i don't think it will be too hard

 

You gotta be careful replacing a steering wheel... you're getting into airbag stuff.

 

That's why I have my local dealer do it for a small fee.

 

yea i have dealt with airbags before i know to disconnect the battery first so there is no power to it and how to be careful taking it off i have allready done it once taking my steering wheel off and putting it back on just to do it plus i was going to buy this billet steering wheel but it didn't look right when i put it in

 

On my Monte Carlo when I purchased the new steering wheel with the radio controls, the wheel had the new correct wiring harness to just plug & play. I can't believe the S10 Blazers don't have this capability. What a joke & pain in the ****!!

 

The biggest problem is that there were a lot more Monte's that came with steering wheel mounted controls. The steering wheel mounted controls for the S-series vehicles was a VERY rare option that wasn't a standard option in any of the trim levels. This was truely an optional feature that a buyer or dealer had to request.

When dealing in volume, it is much easier to justify putting the wiring in all of them to not have to deal with the variability. As many here have noted, on the newer trucks, there isn't even fog light wiring on many of these trucks that didn't come with the factory fog lights. Again, due to the volume of sales that did not have this option, it was cheaper to not include the extra copper.

 

I've yet to see a Blazer/Jimmy with the steering wheel audio controls...

It's probably not that common of an option, so instead of running ALL the vehicles with the wires, they run only the ones that need it...

On your Monte, I've only seen one or two withOUT the controls...

 

True very true.