Does anyone else remember very early on in the Build and Price that the Trailer Camera and TPMS was an available option? I understood it to now be available for 2021 on the F150 instead of the just the SuperDuty. It's no longer there. Hoping this may have just moved to a retail only option.

This is the item I'm talking about.
https://accessories.ford.com/kit-tpms-sensor-12813.html

 

It's not in the Build & Price, but is in the F-150 Order Guide under Dealer Installed Options.

 

Joe, it has been removed as a dealer installed option for now. I ordered on 12/17/20 with that option and Ford cancelled my order about a month later, stating the order had to be resubmitted as that option was not yet ready for 2021 F150's. All of this relayed by the dealer, of course. He had six orders like mine he had to resubmit.

Jack

 

For some reason it was pushed to Job #2, which starts around summer timeish. I don't get it, Super Duties have had the option for years. Would have thought Ford would have just used same parts. The original price was $725, with my X-Plan price of $666. Now non X-Plan price is like $960! Super Duty price is $725. Guess "F-150" automatically means higher price.

If any Ford parts people on here know if the Super Duty one would work that would be very helpful. I just cannot see Ford having two totally different parts for this. I've seen the Super Duty one.

 

Shelby do you know how connectivity is done on the Super duty version? How is the camera video relayed to the special bed connector cable? Cable all the way? There has to be receiver the TPMS data is sent to from the tires, so I’m wondering if that same receiver also picks up the camera video feed rather than via a cable run.

I ordered this system for my 150 and the order was cancelled as a result. I’m now planning on a TST TPMS system with 6 sensors, small color display and intermediate repeater for only $430. I think there are some advantages to this over the temp & pressure data being buried behind the display until something alarms.

Jack

 

So just one idea as to why it may be higher, is that the F150 has the sync4 and higher resolution *screen* so it may make sense that the camera has been upgraded to scale to that higher resolution. If the camera is the same as the current superduty ones then that is definitely a ripoff. If I am right in my theory, then when superduty upgrades the sync screen size/resolution they will take in the higher bandwidth of the higher resolution camera. Even though the connector is the same.

 

Does this mean not every 2021F 150 will be able to work with this option?

 

What many of us on the gen14 forum have found is that only 2 wires (pins 4 and 5) are physically populated to the connector on our trucks. And that our yaw sensors only have those 2 wires in the cable. The full 12 pins are not used, and I suspect the older superduty ones may have populated pins 2-3 and pins 8-10. If you look, the wires are violet-brown, and white-blue.

My theory is that much like our yaw sensor, the TPMS is a wireless module inside the black box, and only needs power+ground (pins 4-5). The camera likely is still a shielded cable to the back of the trailer, and then wireless to the cab from the black box that plugs into the 12-pin connector.

That could explain also why it is a different part number and/or pricier. I have not seen anyone with a superduty share the back of their connector, or how many wires are populated in the TPMS/camera cable.

 

Quick follow-up FYI to my Feb post (above): Ordered, programmed and installed a TST TPMS system on our trailer (plus spare tires for trailer and TV) last month. Impressed with the build quality and especially appreciate it being wireless. Can be programmed to support multiple trailers so long as you have a sensor for each wheel. Dash & windshield mounts included, along with anti-theft nuts for each tire stem. Color display is small enough to not encroach on the driver's view and a charge lasts many hours. I haven't found a display 'sun shield' necessary in sunny Arizona. TST's principal customer is the commercial trucking industry. https://tsttruck.com I found a good price at TechnoRV - https://www.technorv.com

Jack