I appreciate the help. I am still waiting to hear from the regional CSM. I figure the more information I have for him or her, the better.

I hope your truck is running like a champ.

Hector

 

Picked up my truck this afternoon, so far so good, hopefully it is fixed. Here's what my receipt says.
"Faulty steering column module and poor connection pin 49. Pinpoint test found faulty steering column module and clock spring, replaced module, attempt to install datafound no communication with pcm. Contact tech hotline performed pinpoint test A found circuit VDB05 had 22k ohms of resistance. Inspected harness and circuit found damaged pin fit in connector 212, pin 49 repaired pin and retest performed PMI on module and program, road test and retest"

 

Glad to hear you got your truck back. I hope it is fixed and you have no more problems.

 

Still running strong? Apparently my truck sat at the dealers for an entire week without Ford actually communicating with dealership. I guess starting Monday I have to start being a jerk.

 

I hadn't driven the truck much until yesterday went about 80 miles yesterday with a few stops & about the same distance this morning with a few stops & so far its running flawlessly. Hopefully it will continue.

 

That is good to hear. I hope it continues to do so.

 

Finally spoke to service manager face-to-face. He took the info from your dealer and is going to dig into my truck tomorrow. Thanks for sharing your information.

Hector

 

If you have not seen the thread "PCM relay? Truck won't start", check it out. Projectnitemare thinks he has found the issue.

Bandguy

 

I have not had any more problems since the above repairs were performed, not even the irritating small ones that were happening before the " catastrophic " failure occurred.


Hopefully mine is permanently fixed but I'll keep the connector in mind if it were to happen again.

 

Just FYI, the clock spring basically connects the electrical items on and in the steering wheel to the computers / power sources that are located elsewhere in the vehicle. This would include all your steering wheel buttons for cruise control, the message center controls, volume controls, airbag, horn, and steering angle sensor (for stability control).

Basically the clock spring itself is not a spring - its a round disc about the size of a hockey pock and it has a large ribbon wire inside it, which is wound up half-way at dead center steering. That way, if you turn left, it can finish winding all the way up without stretching the wires, or completely unwind without damaging the wires if you turn right. On these Super Duty trucks, there is a SCCM - or steering column control module - which relays all the power and information back and forth.

The SCCM is programmed to a truck's VIN#. Basically, if you put in a VIN for an XL level truck, the SCCM will not look for the 5-way controls on the left side of the steering wheel used to control the fancy LCD dash message center. Instead, it will look for the simple 3-way switch for the basic message center. Since there are so many variations between trim levels and available options, the VIN tells the SCCM (and other modules) exactly which options your truck has, and to enable "those" options.

The 4.2" LCD display has been used in Ford trucks since 2011 in both the F-150 and Super Duty. I'd say overall it is very reliable. Too bad that you had issues with yours, but I suspect it will be fine now.