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Aug 9, 2023 | 12:37 PM

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WXboy

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What is this?

I found this module plugged into the back of my OBD port on the truck I just bought yesterday. What is this thing?

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Aug 9, 2023 | 12:39 PM

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JoeUser

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Looks like a dealership tech forgot their data link module after working on your truck, mebbe?

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Aug 9, 2023 | 01:13 PM

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Has a Ford part number on it, google it.
I would but can't read it clearly.

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Aug 9, 2023 | 01:24 PM

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Ford Module - Smart Data Link

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Aug 9, 2023 | 01:39 PM

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Ah ok. Crap...I was hoping it was a remote start module.

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Aug 9, 2023 | 01:54 PM

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Ah ok. Crap...I was hoping it was a remote start module.

I think most of those are on the left side of the dash. AT least all mine have been. You got a tech module.

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Aug 9, 2023 | 02:41 PM

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Has a Ford part number on it, google it.
I would but can't read it clearly.

I've been told that these numbers on the part itself are generally engineering numbers. Closely resembling a part number but not an actual part number. Supposedly the 4th digit will be Y or Z on part numbers.

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Aug 9, 2023 | 02:48 PM

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It is used to communicate with the can-bus via the ODBII port. The tech just forgot to remove it after doing diagnostics.

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Aug 9, 2023 | 05:14 PM

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That is NOT a dealer tool, it’s the gateway module for the truck that allows the 5-6 CAN bus networks talk to each other and the obd2 tool to talk to the 5-6 networks using only 2 wires. It’s the equivalent to a router that you use in your home network.

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Aug 9, 2023 | 07:03 PM

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That is NOT a dealer tool, it’s the gateway module for the truck that allows the 5-6 CAN bus networks talk to each other and the obd2 tool to talk to the 5-6 networks using only 2 wires. It’s the equivalent to a router that you use in your home network.

I concur, I looked under my dash when I got home and sure enough it has one too, its just happens to be very well secured to the dash. Question is, do all trucks from XL need one, or just higher trim trucks? Maybe that is why the OP's was loose.

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Aug 10, 2023 | 06:53 AM

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Has a Ford part number on it, google it.
I would but can't read it clearly.

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Aug 10, 2023 | 07:14 AM

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I concur, I looked under my dash when I got home and sure enough it has one too, its just happens to be very well secured to the dash. Question is, do all trucks from XL need one, or just higher trim trucks? Maybe that is why the OP's was loose.

All trim level trucks had it 2017 and up and 2015 up in the f150s

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Aug 10, 2023 | 07:56 AM

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Yeah, but can it do the can can?

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Aug 10, 2023 | 10:24 PM

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Pretty sure that module is the gateway.

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