POWER FOLDING MIRROR WOES

[FORDTEXAS]

I guess my Lariat is the unicorn without the 360 camera system - and I prefer it without

parking these big ass half ton and 3/4 tons without a 360 camera system is atrocious ?

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[Zedbra]

So you are without Co-Pilot360 Assist 2.0 and Adaptive Cruise Control, is that correct?

500A or 501A?

Special Order or bought out of dealer inventory?

Just curious, not questioning your preferences, TIA.

501A - no CoPilot and no Adaptive Cruise. I don't know if it was special ordered, I bought it used and the previous owner only owned it for 1.5 years and 22,000 kilometres. I never had a chance to speak to the previous owner as I bought it from a Kia dealer, of all places. It does have an interesting selection of features, so it may have been ordered, I'm not sure how to tell. I ordered a pic of the build sticker, I'll attach that here.

It has every feature I wanted except for a heated steering wheel - which I am going to add with the help of this forum, and it has all the features I didn't want: sunroof, power step, 360 camera, Nav delete, and Auto start/stop delete.

 

[Buyer2021]

501A - no CoPilot and no Adaptive Cruise. I don't know if it was special ordered,

Got it, thank you, curiosity satisfied.

FYI, based on that window sticker your truck was not a Special Order.

Not sure about the Canadian market but I suspect the in the US market that is a bit of a unicorn / rare combination of options for a dealer inventory truck. It looks like yours was built in the thick of 'covid after-effects' (October 2022) so who knows, those were strange times insofar as various chip / commodity availably issues. But your build was certainly allowed by the Order Guide in effect throughout the 2022 MY (and 2021-2023, too).

Nice truck BTW, glad you're happy with it.

 

[Zedbra]

Got it, thank you, curiosity satisfied.

FYI, based on that window sticker your truck was not a Special Order.

Not sure about the Canadian market but I suspect the in the US market that is a bit of a unicorn / rare combination of options for a dealer inventory truck. It looks like yours was built in the thick of 'covid after-effects' (October 2022) so who knows, those were strange times insofar as various chip / commodity availably issues. But your build was certainly allowed by the Order Guide in effect throughout the 2022 MY (and 2021-2023, too).

Nice truck BTW, glad you're happy with it.

What is the info on there that tells you it isn't a Special Order? Now I'm curious. Would it say such somewhere on the sticker?

 

[Buyer2021]

What is the info on there that tells you it isn't a Special Order? Now I'm curious. Would it say such somewhere on the sticker?

Three clues that are valid for the US market and I think for CA, too:

• The sticker border is blue, not green
• Name of a dealer in the 'sold to / vendu a' box in the lower right corner
• Dealer order code info in the boxes below the MSRP where mine shows "SPECIAL ORDER" (attached FYI)
  

 

[Lord_Lariat]

My 502A also has adaptive cruise, no 360 and power folding. Also in Canada

 

[TAD-XLT]

When I was looking for mirror part #s, I used the Ford parts site (and others) that allow you to specify a VIN and thus limit parts returned in searches that are a valid potential fit for the VIN. Evidently, these sites have access to Ford's databases of features for each VIN so only return correct parts.

I found a next higher trim comparably equipped (in my case, a Lariat whereas I have an XLT) by doing some inventory searches various places and plugged that into the VIN fields. This approach works for new OEM parts quite well.

On eBay, I used the part # (s) returned that way to search for used parts and made sure the photos of parts that came up showed the stickers that corresponded to what I needed/wanted, feature-wise, in my replacements. Note that the part codes/abbreviations on stickers are sometimes a bit cryptic so you'll have to do some detective work sometimes to understand what features the mirror actually has.

Eventually, I actually got lucky using Facebook Marketplace and found a local person who had upgraded their old power fold, BLIS, camera, puddle lights, etc. mirrors to towing mirrors similarly equipped, also with telescoping, and bought them for about half of new would have cost. YMMV.

Happy hunting!

 

[Ricksc]

I updated from manual tow mirrors to power fold and extend. Can’t use vin number. It’s a challenge but with a good parts person it can be done. They only come with cameras so just have to pay the price. Then wiring then another issue. Ford sells an upgrade but not the wire harness or all the switches needed. Just have to do your homework.

 

[Kanuck]

parking these big ass half ton and 3/4 tons without a 360 camera system is atrocious ?

Don't have a problem - do not have 360 cameras. Mirrors work great and the back up camera helps.

 

[Calson]

With my 2011 GM 2500 truck and every other pickup I have owned over the past 50+ years there was zero need for a 360 camera setup. With my 2022 F-150 the visibility up front is terrible and I very much need the front and side cameras to verify the amount of clearance available.

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