How do you take off a Ford Ranger steering wheel and airbag (2019-2022)?

[Flowgod]

Hey guys,
I recently replaced my steering wheel and wanted to share how to do this. There is almost no info I could find about it so I took pictures along the way to show you guys if you need to do this at some point.

*Disconnect the battery*
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Undo metal pins holding air bag in place
Red circles are the pins that need to be pushed in. The blue arrows are how you access the pins. There are two small holes on each side of the wheel to stick a tool in and push the pin to release the air bag. This is the hardest part of this process.
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Undo connectors and pull out the air bag
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Undo Large Torx bolt holding steering wheel in place and undo the connectors
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And that is about it. I took out all of the internals and transfered them to my new steering wheel and it wasnt hard to do at all. I hope this helps out.



More pics​

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[Synfulz]

Replaced steering wheel as in aftermarket or needed to replace factory one?

 

[AzScorpion]

Great write up Seth. It will be very helpful to others looking to remove/replace theirs.

 

[Flowgod]

Replaced steering wheel as in aftermarket or needed to replace factory one?

I replaced mine with a carbon wheel from socal garage works. I ordered it in may and just got it yesterday.

 

[Synfulz]

I replaced mine with a carbon wheel from socal garage works. I ordered it in may and just got it yesterday.

That looks great. Love it. How much?

 

[Flowgod]

That looks great. Love it. How much?

I bought it for around 650. I got the core exchange which is 100 bucks, so hopefully after all said and done it costed around 550.00.

 

[MrBirdman330]

Hey guys,
I recently replaced my steering wheel and wanted to share how to do this. There is almost no info I could find about it so I took pictures along the way to show you guys if you need to do this at some point.

*Disconnect the battery*
-
Undo metal pins holding air bag in place
Red circles are the pins that need to be pushed in. The blue arrows are how you access the pins. There are two small holes on each side of the wheel to stick a tool in and push the pin to release the air bag. This is the hardest part of this process.
-

Undo connectors and pull out the air bag
-

-
Undo Large Torx bolt holding steering wheel in place and undo the connectors
-

And that is about it. I took out all of the internals and transfered them to my new steering wheel and it wasnt hard to do at all. I hope this helps out.



More pics​

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What tool did you use to stick through the holes and push the clips holding the air bag? I'm contemplating doing a wheel wrap.

 

[OFC Ranger]

Sort of related, can anyone direct me to the wire that clicks our high beams on via the steering wheel left hand stick?

I need to tap it for a trigger wire to a relay for my forward rack and bumper lights.

Edit: Or I am going to hi-jack one of the numerous buttons I don't use on the steering wheel.

 

[Flowgod]

What tool did you use to stick through the holes and push the clips holding the air bag? I'm contemplating doing a wheel wrap.

I ended up using a small flat head screw driver. If you have anything that has a flat surface with a little step in it that would be best. I asked someone before I did mine and they told me they used a welding rod.

 

[LB'sTremor]

ohh that's nice!!! $550 is a tough pill to swallow so it's down a couple notches on my list...

LB

 

[MrBirdman330]

I ended up using a small flat head screw driver. If you have anything the has a flat surface with a little step in it that would be best. I asked someone before I did mine and they told me they used a welding rod.

I have a trim removal set so then I may have something that could work out that. That at least gives me a starting point.

 

[ControlNode]

Sort of related, can anyone direct me to the wire that clicks our high beams on via the steering wheel left hand stick?

I need to tap it for a trigger wire to a relay for my forward rack and bumper lights.

Edit: Or I am going to hi-jack one of the numerous buttons I don't use on the steering wheel.

There is not one there, the Steering Column Control Module (SCCM) uses the HS2 CAN to communicate control inputs to the related modules on the network. In the case of the high beams and the options on your truck it could have both the SCCM and IPM-A sending request to the GWM on HS2, the GWM than forwards those on HS1 to the BCM for action. If you are planning to run off road lights automatically when your high beams are on, I would wire a relay in like this.

The ground side of the relay coil I would run to a switch in the truck so you can disable the relay while on the road. An in-cabin indicator lamp between the switch and ground so you know the lights relay is being requested to be on would not be a bad idea, but it sounds like with the number of lights you want to add it should be obvious. On the other side of that relay coil tap a fused lead into the GY-BN (I think that is gray-brown) wire between BCM (C2280B-pin11) and left head light (C1021-pin3), or the VT-OG (maybe violet-orange) wire between BCM (C2280B-pin6) and right head light (C1041-pin3). Maybe if you have multiple relays tap into both sides.

The other option would be adding a device to one of the networks in the truck that those request pass through and monitor for high beam request. May need to monitor 2-3 messages on the network

 

[OFC Ranger]

There is not one there, the Steering Column Control Module (SCCM) uses the HS2 CAN to communicate control inputs to the related modules on the network. In the case of the high beams and the options on your truck it could have both the SCCM and IPM-A sending request to the GWM on HS2, the GWM than forwards those on HS1 to the BCM for action. If you are planning to run off road lights automatically when your high beams are on, I would wire a relay in like this.

The ground side of the relay coil I would run to a switch in the truck so you can disable the relay while on the road. An in-cabin indicator lamp between the switch and ground so you know the lights relay is being requested to be on would not be a bad idea, but it sounds like with the number of lights you want to add it should be obvious. On the other side of that relay coil tap a fused lead into the GY-BN (I think that is gray-brown) wire between BCM (C2280B-pin11) and left head light (C1021-pin3), or the VT-OG (maybe violet-orange) wire between BCM (C2280B-pin6) and right head light (C1041-pin3). Maybe if you have multiple relays tap into both sides.

The other option would be adding a device to one of the networks in the truck that those request pass through and monitor for high beam request. May need to monitor 2-3 messages on the network

...or I could just be lazy and tap the relay trigger wire to the hi beam socket at the headlamp. lol

 

[ControlNode]

...or I could just be lazy and tap the relay trigger wire to the hi beam socket at the headlamp. lol

Well, tapping the wire between the BCM and the headlight connection is about the same as that. But I still highly recommend having the switched ground to relay trigger so you can still use your road legal high beams independent of the aux lights while on the highway and such
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[XLT and me]

Looks great! Would be cool if someone made something for horn/button facia trim that looked a little sportier too. A good steering wheel definitely makes driving more enjoyable and looks good while doing it.

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