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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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steering wheel replacement

I'm looking on ebay to replace my stock steering wheel with a factory leather one. My wheel has the cruise in it but no audio controls. Does anybody know what years are interchangable? My expy is a 2003.

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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Don't know, but bear in mind the following:

1. You will need to remove the air bag module - always fun.

2. You will need a steering wheel puller to get it off the shaft.

3. You will need to go to a garage equipped with a motorcraft computer system in order to reset the airbag light as you will trip a code by disconnecting and reconnecting the air bag.

Good luck,

Paul
 
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 04:52 PM
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I have removed and reinstalled steeringwheel airbags on a 99 windstar and a 96 mustang as well as the passenger side air bag on my 98 Expy and never had an air bag light come on.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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If you disconnect the battery before removing the air bag (always good practice anyway), and reconnect it afterwards, you won't set any codes.
 
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Old Jun 8, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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Yeah same here. I just replaced the steering on my 1998 mustang with a leather one and I got no codes. I did pull the fuse for the airbag one time while the battery was connected and I got the code. I was able to find the fix on the web though by using a paper clip on the connector. Not sure how safe it was but it sure made the light go off.
 
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