Deletes, Heated mirrors and heated steering wheel

[FoxNotch]

So my truck is a 22, 8/23 blend and it has the heated steering wheel but, I don’t think it has heated mirrors, if it does I can’t find the button and there is no little heat symbol on the mirrors.

Where would the button be?

 

[fordfreek]

Should come on with the rear window defroster.

 

[FoxNotch]

Should come on with the rear window defroster.

Does yours have the symbol on the mirrors?

 

[xlover]

You can add it for about $1k including the cost of the new steering wheel. You need a clockspring, two 18 ga pigtail wires, and the steering wheel. You can use ForScan to code the APIM to enable the onscreen controls. I have the heated steering wheels with code orange or black stitching.

So this is exactly where I feel Ford is failing right now.... The supply chain issues for production are what they are....
If there is a way to retro fit they should just come out with it as a kit. I think customers (myself included) would be significantly happier if they knew it was possible 6-12 months from now, even at additional cost than the delete, to do a retrofit
Hypothetical Dealer installed kit includes
-New steering wheel at cost (true cost, not warranty cost) for f150 model (this is where ford gives up margin to make customers happy but not at loss)
-Software update for onscreen control (leave the physical hardware as is)
-Dealer installation hours

Charge $500-$700 bucks for it and I think you would have alot of happier (obv not fully happy) customers. People aren't as stupid as PR firms think they are. Easy disclaimer explaining the price difference "the heating element was missing from your wheel which we valued at 140, the kit requires an all new wheel, (leather buttons etc) plus software so it costs more"

maybe too logical for an automaker.....

 

[BarryT82]

So this is exactly where I feel Ford is failing right now.... The supply chain issues for production are what they are....
If there is a way to retro fit they should just come out with it as a kit. I think customers (myself included) would be significantly happier if they knew it was possible 6-12 months from now, even at additional cost than the delete, to do a retrofit
Hypothetical Dealer installed kit includes
-New steering wheel at cost (true cost, not warranty cost) for f150 model (this is where ford gives up margin to make customers happy but not at loss)
-Software update for onscreen control (leave the physical hardware as is)
-Dealer installation hours

Charge $500-$700 bucks for it and I think you would have alot of happier (obv not fully happy) customers. People aren't as stupid as PR firms think they are. Easy disclaimer explaining the price difference "the heating element was missing from your wheel which we valued at 140, the kit requires an all new wheel, (leather buttons etc) plus software so it costs more"

maybe too logical for an automaker.....

The clock spring seems to be the issue. They could put the wiring and steering wheel in place and swap the clock spring later. The $140 credit is a joke.

 

[xlover]

The clock spring seems to be the issue. They could put the wiring and steering wheel in place and swap the clock spring later. The $140 credit is a joke.

If its anything a dealer would do as part of any typical warranty part replacement claim then just substitute that in for the full steering wheel in my hypothetical example.

the point holds that i believe ford would be doing their customers a strong positive service by dedicating some engineering time committing to coming up with official retrofit kits for some of these supply chain errors.

 

[MattR]

The clock spring seems to be the issue. They could put the wiring and steering wheel in place and swap the clock spring later. The $140 credit is a joke.

But it has a clock spring anyway. Not sure what that would affect

 

[BarryT82]

But it has a clock spring anyway. Not sure what that would affect

It has an additional spot to plug in the heated steering wiring. They probably sell more vehicles without heated steering like the XL’s and XLT’s.

 

[MattR]

It has an additional spot to plug in the heated steering wiring. They probably sell more vehicles without heated steering like the XL’s and XLT’s.

Seems like a single pin would be easy enough. Has to be more to it

 

[BarryT82]

Seems like a single pin would be easy enough. Has to be more to it

It’s more profit for Ford. The clock springs are on back order and the other parts are available.