Heated Steering Wheel Retrofit - updated with information

[Snakedoctor]

Yup, what's circled in green is the HSW connector.

Awesome thank you. Maybe if I get one it’ll be a bit better than my current wheel is at heating up!

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[mdn14]

Thanks all for the details. I'm the OP of this long forgotten thread and I'm updating the first thread as much as I can.

I wanted to do the retrofit myself but can't seem to find the HSW itself at a reasonable price right now. Everywhere I looked is around $500 new. The only cheap ones on ebay are with active steering, which I'd assume won't fit at all since it looks totally different under the airbag.

I'll keep looking and if anyone find a place for $200 please shoot me a DM. Thanks

Gosh this is tempting as I kinda want to upgrade to the heated raptor wheel with paddles since it should just be plug and play on my 502a. I just cant justify the cost for getting only some paddles out of it quite yet!

 

[fayby]

Do you know what it takes to make the shifting paddles work on a non-raptor?

 

[mdn14]

Do you know what it takes to make the shifting paddles work on a non-raptor?

Depends on the trim of your truck.

Some people have had to add three wires that tap into the signal wires from your +/- on your shifter and some are prewired for it.

I believe (and this may not be a universal rule, just something I’ve gleaned from reading) that the 502 lariats and higher are prewired and lower trims require tapping.

Here's a great thread on it: https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/conversion-to-paddle-shifters-is-it-possible.11432/

 

[mau47]

Depends on the trim of your truck.

Some people have had to add three wires that tap into the signal wires from your +/- on your shifter and some are prewired for it.

I believe (and this may not be a universal rule, just something I’ve gleaned from reading) that the 502 lariats and higher are prewired and lower trims require tapping.

Here's a great thread on it: https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/threads/conversion-to-paddle-shifters-is-it-possible.11432/

FWIW, at least on my '23 when I checked the wiring for my upgrade, my 502 is NOT wired for paddle shifters but was wired for heat. It was kind of a bummer as I was leaning towards the Raptor wheel but ended up being enough to convince me to save the $200.

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

Has anyone found any aftermarket wheels yet that have heating in the wheel? The paddle shifters on the Raptor wheel are nice, but I don't really much care for the bland shape of it. I ended up with this one on my 13 Raptor and added aftermarket paddle shifter kit to it that one of the guys on the Raptor forum offered.

 

[fayby]

Thanks in that case I don’t think I’d like to spend the extra on the raptor wheels. I thought those paddle shifters can directly down shift when accelerating.

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

Looking at purchasing an aftermarket wheel that has heat and paddle shifters as well as an LED display built into it. I'm assuming from the sounds of it it might take a little bit to get both the heat and paddle shifters to work. It sounds like at most on the paddle shifters I'll just need to tap into the factory column shift + and - buttons. For the heat I'll have to figure out if the truck is pre-wired for it. What else would I need to get the heated wheel to work as far as button activation?

 

[Hcast22]

Added the heated wheel to my 2023 F150 Powerboost XLT.

The truck needed the heated wheel, SCCM and the new bolt. I took off the power telescope off the SCCM, not needed. My truck was PREWIRED as an xlt. The harness was in the dummy plug on the back of my original SCCM and already ran to PIN 15 in the respective harness. My forscan changes are below, this added the soft button to the climate bar. Everything works. I just need to see if it works with auto climate on remote start when it gets colder out. Thanks to Livnitup and JMoney17$ for their help as well as the others on this forum!



APIM 7D0-02-03 xxxx xxx1 xx--

APIM 7D0-02-02 xxx2 xxxx xx--

APIM 7D0-02-01 xxxx 5xxx xx--



After changing these values go into the wrench icon in FORScan and reset the APIM. This should add a climate bar on your screen with the HSW button.



Enable the HSW in the SCCM here: 724-01-01 xxxx 8xxx --



Enable the HSW in HVAC here: 733-01-02 xxx9 xxxx xx--

I’m reading all this, seems like a lot!
But I have a 23 302A PB and haven’t checked to see if I have the plug in the SCCM.. hoping I do. But I just had a couple questions. If I change it to display the climate on the bottom of the screen, how can I go about getting around to the navigation and CarPlay, setting and features tabs?

 

[shopworks]

Thanks for the info on this!

I am currently adding a heated wheel to a 23 King Ranch. My buddy at a dealer is doing the install and he cannot get the tilt wheel to work. I am wondering if its the wrong SCCM but I cant verify it. He said it has the switch for the power tilt. Here is the part he used.

Truck has blue cruise, auto wipers, power tilt

NL3Z-3F791-BA

Is this the wrong the part number?

Edit this is my bosses truck, I just had the bright idea to help him out lol

 

[dolsen]

Thanks for the info on this!

I am currently adding a heated wheel to a 23 King Ranch. My buddy at a dealer is doing the install and he cannot get the tilt wheel to work. I am wondering if its the wrong SCCM but I cant verify it. He said it has the switch for the power tilt. Here is the part he used.

Truck has blue cruise, auto wipers, power tilt

NL3Z-3F791-BA

Is this the wrong the part number?

Edit this is my bosses truck, I just had the bright idea to help him out lol

If it had the switch for the power tilt then power tilt should work. In this case, I would question the as-builts before I questioned the part number

 

[shopworks]

If it had the switch for the power tilt then power tilt should work. In this case, I would question the as-builts before I questioned the part number

Thanks for the response. I will get it back today and hook it up to Forscan. Any thoughts on where to look or what module? I want to verify they made the correct changes anyway, but the way these newer trucks run I have no idea what module affects the tilt lol. I did save all the original As Built

 

[dolsen]

Thanks for the response. I will get it back today and hook it up to Forscan. Any thoughts on where to look or what module? I want to verify they made the correct changes anyway, but the way these newer trucks run I have no idea what module affects the tilt lol. I did save all the original As Built

I believe the tilt is tied to the SCCM and DSM. However, if changes were made to SCCM only and now the tilt doesn’t work, then your answer should be in the SCCM.

The “easiest” way to add the HSW is to replace the SCCM, then reload the factory as builts, and THEN make the changes to activate the HSW.

 

[shopworks]

I believe the tilt is tied to the SCCM and DSM. However, if changes were made to SCCM only and now the tilt doesn’t work, then your answer should be in the SCCM.

The “easiest” way to add the HSW is to replace the SCCM, then reload the factory as builts, and THEN make the changes to activate the HSW.

Thanks a bunch. I will look into that.

 

[mau47]

Finally pulled the trigger on my install today, took about 90 minutes including programming (with an assist from Jesse to flash the hvac module). The hardest part for me was getting the trim off the dash that runs under the screen and upper glove box, those clips were super tight.

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