I have a 2017 F150 XLT Sport. It is possible to add this on mine? My screen isnt the big one in the cluster but the step down from that. I'm assuming the software is there.

 

I think you need the 502A package or higher to do this unfortunately

 

Thanks for the reply and info!

 

I may have to use the dealer ... and my fear is that they will have no idea what they are supposed to do.

 

I will have to use the dealer as well...however I am not worried about them not knowing what to do (it is written in the service manual exactly what they need to do so they will just follow that). What I'm worried about is the confusion that will develop when they wonder why it has all the parts and settings of a truck which came with adaptive cruise control, but adaptive cruise control isn't listed as an option with the VIN...

 

I have not found that to be a problem ie. when I added cellular remote start. When I added CRS though, I actually took a print out of the IDS instructions as the techs at the dealership were lost.

Regarding the Service manual, my understanding is that they are VIN specific. Does anyone know whether the ACA would be in the SM I'd buy for my truck?

 

they won't know unless they research the vin. IDS isn't going to throw up any flags as long as the hex coded vin in the C-CM matches the vin of the truck. even if it doesn't it's only going to ask if they want to update the vin, or perhaps perform a PFI. Some funky things might come up if they try to initialize the C-CM via online update, but it shouldn't even try if you have the right vin programmed into the C-CM to start with.

Where the questions may come up is why you ask for a C-CM alignment, if they even care.

 

I got my FSM from that "factory manuals" guy. It was done by vin, but mine has the service procedures for all the possible options my truck could have come with. IT even has the engine options for 3.5 NA, 5.0, 2.7 and 3.5 TT.

Where the vin comes in is on the motorcraft site where they also call up TSB's, recalls, etc and the year of your vehicle.

 

I was curious about that as well, like if you did a PMI or loaded the as-built for the ACC module, it's going to be all sorts of funky.

 

Well, you need an old module to pull the calibration data off to do a pmi. We dont have one so ids would want to connect to the server and load the files from ford. But a vin without a C-CM isnt going to have the files to download so the tech would have to search manually for a ccm .bin file and load it on to the ccm.

Even so it would still have to be hex coded to put the vin in the ccm or the truck is going to throw a calibration error code and disable the adaptive cruise.

Thats why i used forscan. Once i had the vin converted to hex, i could manually enter it, forscan would figure out the checksum and write the line. Its just easier than drilling into ids and doing it.

Some modules hold the vin, some dont. The ccm does so you need to enter the vin for your truck so it can talk to your system.

The rest is smoke, mirrors and black magic.....