your gonna need to bend it a bit to wiggle it in. its a PITA.. i did mine without the hole for the plugs and just moved them right behind the panel.. (i wont use it anyway)
UPDATE: Ordered part came in correct. EASY swap. took me longer to walk to my truck than it took to swap it out.
To pull the vent panel, the top corner closest to the steering wheel is easiest to get under.. and hides any scratches you may leave.. get the first one popped and work your way...
just ordered the single zone with heated wheel for my XLT.. 100 shipped on ebay. looking forward to digging into this.
FOR THIS set up you are looking for parts from an 2020-2023 ESCAPE SEL 301a
part number: LJ6T18C612RC
Did mine today as well. Driver door took me about 40 min.. passenger side took me 15. Once you get the rear part of the door popped a swift pull works well. I used the metra adapters they worked great.