Winter is Coming... Any news on heated steering wheel retrofit module?

[Monkey]

Any news about the module retrofit for the heated steering wheel?

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[tubby]

Hopefully, they can try to combine it with the Recall on the rear light bar in the 4th quarter so we only have to bring it to the dealer 1 time.

 

[Jim657]

I was told by my dealer it all depends on how much your delete was so for instance, my delete was the $175 and I believe the other one is $25 or $50 if it’s the lower amount you’ll get the refit if it’s the higher one you won’t. From what I can gather the smaller amount it’s just the wheel replacement. i’m from Canada, so these are Canadian prices.

 

[Pod]

Did XLT ever have the heated steering wheel? i cannot remember. Not on my window sticker but it seems like there was a delete at some point.

 

[3rdgenfan]

Did XLT ever have the heated steering wheel? i cannot remember. Not on my window sticker but it seems like there was a delete at some point.

The 312A package did, I would like to get a hold of that HVAC control cluster and look to get the heated wheel in mine.

 

[N0v0w3ls]

The last I read, Ford was targeting Q2 2023 to announce a Field Service Action for the retrofit. Obviously it's July now so that didn't happen... The update to the dealer communication regarding the heated steering wheel for Lightning was from February.

 

[viennaxmas]

It seems recently built trucks do have the heated steering wheel. Mine has a 6/15 blend date and there is no removal for heated steering wheel. Just for the security system. Initially, it had the heated steering wheel removal listed but that disappeared.

 

[Eric22]

So basically I bought a truck for 88 grand and I'm getting shafted by no retrofit because my delete option was 175 bucks? That's terrible and unacceptable I actually walked into the dealership earlier this week and was told there is no retrofitt what's even better is I called ford customer service to confirm this and was referred back to my salesman. At this point I guess I'm beat love the truck dissatisfied with how ford is handling this .

 

[Adventureboy]

So basically I bought a truck for 88 grand and I'm getting shafted by no retrofit because my delete option was 175 bucks? That's terrible and unacceptable I actually walked into the dealership earlier this week and was told there is no retrofitt what's even better is I called ford customer service to confirm this and was referred back to my salesman. At this point I guess I'm beat love the truck dissatisfied with how ford is handling this .

Same situation here. What a load of crap. For such a simple item that has been on F-150 trucks for the past decade, this is a big miss for a simple item by Ford. I want my heated steering. I get the chip shortage at the time - Fix it and do us right by the truck.

 

[Pitbull2o08]

So can @Ford Motor Company clarify this for us? We have the paper about the FSA in the future.

 

[bubbles]

May 23 build Canadian XLT 312A, mine came with heated steering wheel, it's not listed on the window sticker but it's there and works.

Also not listed on the window sticker are other 312A goodies like powered tailgate, zone lighting, 9.6kw onboard, LED box lightning, tailgate step and more.

 

[Monkey]

I was told by my dealer it all depends on how much your delete was so for instance, my delete was the $175 and I believe the other one is $25 or $50 if it’s the lower amount you’ll get the refit if it’s the higher one you won’t. From what I can gather the smaller amount it’s just the wheel replacement. i’m from Canada, so these are Canadian prices.

Going back to this, I have the letter saying that the heated wheel will be a retrofit and it states that it was a $50 USD credit. However on my window sticker the actual credit is $140 or $150. No one at Ford seems to know anything and tells me just to talk to my dealership. Dealership finally got a response from Ford saying that they (Ford) are unable to advise on this matter at this time.

it seems those with the cheaper credit amount on their window stickers, of which I have never actually seen In the wild, are only missing the module that plugs in on the underside of the steering column. Those with the higher credit amount on their window sticker, most everyone, will need that module as well as a steering wheel replacement as our wheels do not contain the heating element.

Dealership is telling me that the module is inexpensive and will happily order one and install for me, but they don’t seem to be available to order at this time. The steering wheel is available to order but expensive.

My guess is that Ford will just quietly sweep this under the rug unless enough of us keep pressing on them. My dealership wants an official answer from them because they’re on the hook to give me a heated steering wheel. There’s a note in my deal to acknowledge I only followed through with the purchase of the truck with deleted features because the heated wheel was to be retrofitted later. That was the advice they were given from Ford at that time. They’re not obligated to give it to me for free and I don’t expect them to. We just want official guidance from Ford. If it’s going to be a $1500 retrofit after a new steering wheel and other parts, we want to know and they’ll work with me on that. If Ford can’t make it happen, they can buy the truck back because they promised me a heated steering wheel. The dealership will assist me with that too. Push for a buy-back over not having a heated wheel? Damn right…. I 100% would not have bought this truck if I was told it could not be added later and my purchase agreement acknowledges that.

 

[RickLightning]

This is exactly why I bought a 2022 demo instead of a 2023 with deletes.

 

[Pitbull2o08]

Going back to this, I have the letter saying that the heated wheel will be a retrofit and it states that it was a $50 USD credit. However on my window sticker the actual credit is $140 or $150. No one at Ford seems to know anything and tells me just to talk to my dealership. Dealership finally got a response from Ford saying that they (Ford) are unable to advise on this matter at this time.

it seems those with the cheaper credit amount on their window stickers, of which I have never actually seen In the wild, are only missing the module that plugs in on the underside of the steering column. Those with the higher credit amount on their window sticker, most everyone, will need that module as well as a steering wheel replacement as our wheels do not contain the heating element.

Dealership is telling me that the module is inexpensive and will happily order one and install for me, but they don’t seem to be available to order at this time. The steering wheel is available to order but expensive.

My guess is that Ford will just quietly sweep this under the rug unless enough of us keep pressing on them. My dealership wants an official answer from them because they’re on the hook to give me a heated steering wheel. There’s a note in my deal to acknowledge I only followed through with the purchase of the truck with deleted features because the heated wheel was to be retrofitted later. That was the advice they were given from Ford at that time. They’re not obligated to give it to me for free and I don’t expect them to. We just want official guidance from Ford. If it’s going to be a $1500 retrofit after a new steering wheel and other parts, we want to know and they’ll work with me on that. If Ford can’t make it happen, they can buy the truck back because they promised me a heated steering wheel. The dealership will assist me with that too. Push for a buy-back over not having a heated wheel? Damn right…. I 100% would not have bought this truck if I was told it could not be added later and my purchase agreement acknowledges that.

This would work out for you because you'd be able to get one this year with a heated steering wheel for $15k less.

 

[TaxmanHog]

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/heated-steering-wheel-retrofit-pu-22g06.16703/

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