Fiesta ST Steering Wheel Gives Maverick Interior a Sportier Touch

[HappyCat]

Google lead me to this, which is just the cover that you stitch on yourself for $33. I'd be much more comfortable with that than tackling electronics.

https://www.steeringcover.com/for-f...ne-leather-wrap-car-steering-wheel-cover.html

No idea if this is a reputable company.

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[Pickles]

I’m assuming there’s some kind of heating coil throughout the whole steering wheel that heats it? Could it be added to the fiesta ST steering wheel?

Carbon fibre. Its the same element principle as your heated seats. They just wrap it around The steering wheel instead, and then wrap it in leather. Can it be added? Yes. From everything i’ve seen though. It is not a simple process. And every DIY video will be on an older vehicle. So you can expect significantly more complications trying to integrate it into a 2022 system. I suppose it depends on your level of DIY ability. But judging by your question you might be best to make the same call i’ve made. I’ll chose one of these 2 options:

1. Have a new steering wheel installed that has leather and heating. Im not comfortable with touching my airbag by myself. I’d rather pay someone to do it that will retain warrenty and more importantly… ensure i wont die in an accident.

2. Be content with heated seats and remote start, and leather wrap my current steering wheel as a DIY project. (The kits are under 100 bucks off amazon, and the tutorial videos are plentiful, and several are well done and easy to follow)

hope this helps!

and as a side note… if anyone has a link that might help me sort out option 1, i’d be eternally grateful

 

[Mikk]

Thanks for this thread; I just did the swap on my non-Lux XLT hybrid. It looks and feels way better than the stock plastic wheel!

Via eBay I purchased a wheel from a 2020 Fiesta ST from the U.K., got it in a week. I picked one with red stitching to match my hot pepper red exterior, the ones with black stitching are available as well.

I had to swap the wiring harness in the steering wheel as well as both switches (I could have swapped just the left one). Also, go buy a Torx T8 screwdriver, you will need it for the switch screws. As I discovered, a T8 is not commonly included in Torx sets.

 

[Kaytu]

Thanks for this thread; I just did the swap on my non-Lux XLT hybrid. It looks and feels way better than the stock plastic wheel!

Via eBay I purchased a wheel from a 2020 Fiesta ST from the U.K., got it in a week. I had to swap the wiring harness in the steering wheel as well as both switches (I could have swapped just the left one). The whole job took under an hour. BE AWARE: disconnect the battery and wait 15 minutes before starting! Also, go buy a Torx T5 screwdriver, you will need it for the switch screws. As I discovered, a T5 is not commonly included in Torx sets.

It is not necessary to remove the steering wheel lower shroud, you can release the airbag clips from above the shroud: just turn the wheel 90 degrees and use a short screwdriver to release one side, then turn the wheel the other way and release the other clip. Turn the wheel straight before removing the wheel. Once the wheel is removed, use a piece of tape to keep the clockspring from rotating.

You're absolutely welcome and that looks great in the XLT!

With all the swaps I've been doing I've got a whole process down pat, could have a new wheel on one of these trucks in five minutes LOL

I also swapped the wiring harness but discovered after the fact that the euro airbag is surprisingly the same - the airbag has connections for both the plug-in clip we swapped in and the two separate wires! It's the connection for the horn, I believe.

Seriously though, stoked to know someone else jumped to it and -man- that looks choice. Welcome to the sporty Maverick club!

 

[Mikk]

You're absolutely welcome and that looks great in the XLT!

With all the swaps I've been doing I've got a whole process down pat, could have a new wheel on one of these trucks in five minutes LOL

I also swapped the wiring harness but discovered after the fact that the euro airbag is surprisingly the same - the airbag has connections for both the plug-in clip we swapped in and the two separate wires! It's the connection for the horn, I believe.

Seriously though, stoked to know someone else jumped to it and -man- that looks choice. Welcome to the sporty Maverick club!

I agree, I could probably do it in 15 minutes now, lol! So happy I did it, as I don't have a heated wheel and the leather feels much nicer. I believe the leather is of higher quality than what comes with the Lux pkg. wheel.

 

[GrandpaBill]

Just received my leather wrapped wheel I purchased on ebay from UK. Got here in about 2 weeks. Had to change wire harness and switches from my XLT for all to connect up in the ST wheel. It really feels comfy with the leather and the flat bottom on the wheel. Cost approx $250 with shipping and has the blue stitching to match my velocity blue Mav.

 

[Mymaverick2021]

That's a good question! I wasn't able to find any when I did my search otherwise I would've snagged that. I'm in Florida, but opening up what we're able to do with our trucks drives me LOL

I'd guess you just gotta call every and all auto recycle yards in your heck of the woods till you find one

 

[Braderick]

eBay is about the only place I could locate something.

 

[Preservals]

Sadly no heated steering, and the switch it came with on the left side was a speed limiter switch, not cruise control. I just swapped them over from my previous wheel.

I have so many steering wheels now.

So many.

any leather ones for sale? haha

 

[SPLMAVERICK]

Grandpabill how did it go? Does it work well? I'm about to make the jump but want some feed back since this thred has been dead for 4 months. I understand I will need to swap out the left controller but the right 1 can stay correct? Unless I plan on buying cruse control modual to replace left controls? Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Kaytu]

Grandpabill how did it go? Does it work well? I'm about to make the jump but want some feed back since this thred has been dead for 4 months. I understand I will need to swap out the left controller but the right 1 can stay correct? Unless I plan on buying cruse control modual to replace left controls? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Hey! If you're not putting cruise control in your XL, you'll need both modules from your original steering wheel. If you're doing cruise, you can keep the right module of this wheel and only need to replace the left with the US cruise control module (to replace the LIM switch set)

 

[SPLMAVERICK]

Thanks. I found a steering wheel but the guy will not ship to California. That's alright. The information is what I was looking for. Thank you again for getting back to me.

 

[GrandpaBill]

Grandpabill how did it go? Does it work well? I'm about to make the jump but want some feed back since this thred has been dead for 4 months. I understand I will need to swap out the left controller but the right 1 can stay correct? Unless I plan on buying cruse control modual to replace left controls? Correct me if I'm wrong.

If your Mav is an XL, you will need to use forscan to activate cruise control as well as buying the switches. Mine is XLT so it was just a matter of moving my OEM switches and the harness into the UK wheel. I really like the feel as well as the looks.

 

[Payton333]

Hi folks. I’m a long way away from receiving my hybrid XL. That said I have time to plan and purchase parts. I’ve ordered a Fiesta ST steering wheel off eBay. I know I need to change The switches and have found the parts numbers. What I am wondering about is the changing of the wiring harness. Is this because of the Euro steering wheel? Does anyone have a part number? Easy to do? I’m a complete novice to this type of stuff, but I’m not afraid to try and some of the videos online are really well done and have me believing I can tackle this…
time will tell.

 

[Kaytu]

Hi folks. I’m a long way away from receiving my hybrid XL. That said I have time to plan and purchase parts. I’ve ordered a Fiesta ST steering wheel off eBay. I know I need to change The switches and have found the parts numbers. What I am wondering about is the changing of the wiring harness. Is this because of the Euro steering wheel? Does anyone have a part number? Easy to do? I’m a complete novice to this type of stuff, but I’m not afraid to try and some of the videos online are really well done and have me believing I can tackle this…
time will tell.

Hey! You can totally do the swap yourself. I put up a video on how to swap the switches (only video I've been able to do due to new job and no garage + Florida weather):



As for pulling the wiring harness itself, I'm not sure it's needed. The airbag has prong connectors for the euro-style harness and that's just for the horn. But if you do swap the harness, you'll have to pull it from your old steering wheel I believe. It's simply pulling the harness out of the hard rubber channels, and as long as you use something like a flathead screwdriver to force the hard (but still pliable) rubber apart, then putting your harness transplant in is pretty easy!

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