Steering wheel upgrade
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w212 e350
Steering wheel upgrade
Hi guys over the festive period I purchased a mint facelift steering wheel and air bag. Unfortunately after removing the old wheel and having in my head I just had to change the chip I realised this wasn't possible as my chip is different. Will buying a new column solve the issue? My car is a 2010 and the car the steering wheel was removed from was a 2014. Thankyou for you help in this.
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Hi guys over the festive period I purchased a mint facelift steering wheel and air bag. Unfortunately after removing the old wheel and having in my head I just had to change the chip I realised this wasn't possible as my chip is different. Will buying a new column solve the issue? My car is a 2010 and the car the steering wheel was removed from was a 2014. Thankyou for you help in this.
Right know your facelift steering wheel is not fully recognized by your existing SCM...
So you're thinking: let's replace the SCM then, right?
Then I bet your facelift SCM is not going to fly with older modules... namely the facelift electric steering rack.
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Although the '12 and '13 have electric steering, Cali is correct, you must replace the SCM and reprogram the car so the SCM works with all the other modules.
