Mk8 steering wheel install on Xl

[Baloo]

What did you have to do to get the Maverick Airbag to be used? I attempted the install, but the airbag would not fit.

PUMA 2019 - 2021 Mk2

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[Vtec87pr1]

PUMA 2019 - 2021 Mk2

well i dont know about the puma i bought mine from a ford fiesta

 

[AMCfoxbody]

@Vtec87pr1 Apologies if this has been answered but I have an XL and have the Fiesta wheel in my garage. I will be swapping the wheel but do not care about cruise control. Can I/do I take both the left hand and right hand modules out of my stock XL wheel and install them in the Fiesta wheel and they will theoretically both still work?

 

[NoVaJimmy]

@Vtec87pr1 Apologies if this has been answered but I have an XL and have the Fiesta wheel in my garage. I will be swapping the wheel but do not care about cruise control. Can I/do I take both the left hand and right hand modules out of my stock XL wheel and install them in the Fiesta wheel and they will theoretically both still work?

You'll probably have to take the switches and the short wiring harness and swap them over and I don't think you should have an issue. The harness can be difficult to place back into the tight rubber channel but I used the end of a wooden spoon to stuff it down into the channel without damaging the narrow gauge wires. I didn't want to leave them out of the channel and risk them rubbing on something and scraping off the wire insulation.

 

[AMCfoxbody]

You'll probably have to take the switches and the short wiring harness and swap them over and I don't think you should have an issue. The harness can be difficult to place back into the tight rubber channel but I used the end of a wooden spoon to stuff it down into the channel without damaging the narrow gauge wires. I didn't want to leave them out of the channel and risk them rubbing on something and scraping off the wire insulation.

Thanks, that was my assumption but wanted to verify if someone had done so already.

 

[NoVaJimmy]

Thanks, that was my assumption but wanted to verify if someone had done so already.

Innards of the wheel are identical which is why the Maverick airbag fits I think the issue is that the UK versions use a LIM switch which just limits the speed you can drive at instead of holding a specific speed like cruise control does. Think of it as if you were driving on a 25mph road that had stop and go traffic and didn't want to hold the car at 25mph since you're going to be stopping frequently but also didn't want to modulate the accelerator all the time to keep yourself at the speed limit. Anyway, the wiring and harness are different hence why the LIM wiring won't work with the Maverick harness. Just swap over the Maverick switches and harness and you're good to go!

 

[AMCfoxbody]

Innards of the wheel are identical which is why the Maverick airbag fits I think the issue is that the UK versions use a LIM switch which just limits the speed you can drive at instead of holding a specific speed like cruise control does. Think of it as if you were driving on a 25mph road that had stop and go traffic and didn't want to hold the car at 25mph since you're going to be stopping frequently but also didn't want to modulate the accelerator all the time to keep yourself at the speed limit. Anyway, the wiring and harness are different hence why the LIM wiring won't work with the Maverick harness. Just swap over the Maverick switches and harness and you're good to go!

For sure, one of the reasons I went with XL (w/ 4K tow package) is that I didn't want or need the 'extra' stuff and it is an affordable blank canvas to customize the way I would like. This steering wheel is going to be a HUGE upgrade and simply want to swap in the existing switches and modules off my stock wheel onto the new one.

 

[Vtec87pr1]

Thanks, that was my assumption but wanted to verify if someone had done so already.

sorry for the late response im was busy at work this week. yes al you need to do its swap the wiring from the stock xl wheel and switches and everything should work fine

 

[AMCfoxbody]

Just swapped the OEM XL steering wheel with the MK8 steering wheel I bought off of eBay. Seems to have gone off without any issue! I am not interested in cruise control so I swapped the wiring harness and both switches from the stock wheel and put them on the MK8 wheel. I broke one of the small frame tabs on the OEM trim piece so I put all the components in the undamaged MK8 trim ring. Many thanks to the forum and the online videos - very helpful!

 

[Vtec87pr1]

Just swapped the OEM XL steering wheel with the MK8 steering wheel I bought off of eBay. Seems to have gone off without any issue! I am not interested in cruise control so I swapped the wiring harness and both switches from the stock wheel and put them on the MK8 wheel. I broke one of the small frame tabs on the OEM trim piece so I put all the components in the undamaged MK8 trim ring. Many thanks to the forum and the online videos - very helpful!

Glad it worked out good for you man .

 

[Deleted member 9167]

Does anybody know of a flat bottom steering wheel WITH heat? I was not expecting to like my heated wheel as much as I do, so I don't want to swap to a non-heated wheel.

 

[Nunya]

Help!! I found conflicting answers and I cannot get it to work! Does the LIM CAN buttons work at all on the switches steering wheel, can I use them for cruise?

 

[Gilbillygucci]

Help!! I found conflicting answers and I cannot get it to work! Does the LIM CAN buttons work at all on the switches steering wheel, can I use them for cruise?

I think you can set it up to work for it's intended function, limiting speed, but that is NOT cruise control.

AFAIK, you would need switches for cruise or ACC and program it via forscan.

 

[Nunya]

I can’t find a way to program the lim via forscan

 

[Automan21]

Well i originally bought the weel so i can have the cruse control installed. Tried to enable it with forscan left side not working. But the wheel swap just swap the harness and was good to go heres how it looks .

You'll probably have to take the switches and the short wiring harness and swap them over and I don't think you should have an issue. The harness can be difficult to place back into the tight rubber channel but I used the end of a wooden spoon to stuff it down into the channel without damaging the narrow gauge wires. I didn't want to leave them out of the channel and risk them rubbing on something and scraping off the wire insulation.

So if I swap the harness from the two steering wheels will I lose the ability to have a heated wheel?? Do they both have the pins for heat? Also isn't that harness wired with the paddle shifters?

Edit: never mind. they wire up perfectly fine.

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