Good morning everyone
i need some help.
i am looking for the wiring diagram for the steering wheel cruise control switches for a 2011 ranger.
Here is what i am doing.
i have a 2006 ford ranger. I want to add Tilt and Cruise control. i got ahold of a 2011 tilt wheel with the buttons etc.
As a side note finding a steering wheel, or column with tilt from a 2006 seems to be impossible. If anyone has one and wants to part with it. give me a price. lol
so, i need to do some wiring. The switches are same part numbers between 2006 and 2011. but the wiring is slightly different.
for the 2006 there are 5 wires going from the buttons through the clock spring. in the 2011 there are 6 wires going from the buttons to the clock spring.
I have the service manual wiring diagrams for the 06. i was wondering if anyone would be willing to share the diagram for the 2011 with me. i need the diagram of the sliding airbag contact and which wire goes where. In my book, the airbag sliding contact is on PG 31-4. i would assume it would be in a similar area for a 2011. If anyone would have this and would be willing to share it with me i would apricate it.

 

Here is the one I have for 2011 Ranger

EDIT also have this on for airbag in steering wheel

 

RonD
Thank you
This will help
The diagrams you provided are alot nicer than the printed service manuals i have.
i will have to re-pin the connector at the end of the steering column, but that isn't going to be an issue.
should work the exact same.
Thanks for your time.

 

So for anybody reading this,
i will keep a log of my progress on this project.
Its not that big of a project, however i hope it helps someone else.
I have found zero steering wheels with tilt and cruse for the 06 ranger. 06 seems like a bastard year for these trucks.
so far, the only thing i am not 100% sure about is the PATS working. the connectors are the same, with the same wire colors, but i am hoping the PATS receiver is the same as well.
the keys for the 11 are SA and the keys for the 06 are S.
from the clock spring to the interface of the truck, the 06 has 6 wires and the 11 has 7 wires. the extra wire in the 11 is the power for the horn.
in the 06, the power for the switches and the power for the horn was shared. however this was changed at some point. i am thinking if i tie these two together it will work.

The 11 wheel did not come with an airbag. It turns our air bags are hard to find. The air bag for the 11 is a 2 stage. the 06 is a single stage.
the 06 airbag fits into the 11 steering wheel, however at the bottom of the wheel there is some open space where, presumably the airbag will cover it. I am not going to worry about this for the time being.
the air bag connector at the interface point of the truck needs to change as well. there are 4 wires for the air bag on the 11. there are 2 wires for the 06. i think i can make it work.

i also have to swap ignition cylinders. although this is straight forward.

i will share some pictures. It may be a few weeks until i get the.
any opinions are welcome. Thanks fo reading

 

Just FYI, those wiring diagrams are FREE, well prepaid if you pay taxes, lol

You just need to stop by YOUR local library and get a Library card and set up a LOG-IN account(user name and password/PIN)
Then log-in from home and look under Auto Repair
There is a TRUCK LOAD of information, including wiring diagrams for most years and models of vehicles

Save and then print as needed

You are already paying for it, might as well use it
And there is alot of other stuff too not just vehicles, lol

 

That is fantastic information.
i do have a library card and i do frequent my local library.
i will check it out.
Thanks again.

 

Great post ! hope you get it to work, I just put a 2011 Tilt Steering Column for Automatic in my 2008 Ford Ranger 3.0. It came with the 2011 Steering Wheel that has the buttons on it, my 2008 did not. I think i will keep the 2011 steering wheel. I noticed the buttons light up when i turn on my lights..... Im wondering if i can turn these into Volume Control up or Down ? they seem to have power because they light up ? However the crusie function does not work. And i used my 2008 airbag on the 2011 wheel,

 

hi there.
Do you have wiring diagrams for the input/output of restraint control module for 2011 ford ranger. TIA

 

Electrical Diagrams — 2011 Ford Ranger 2WD L4-2.3L Service Manual | Operation CHARM

 

Brilliant! Thanks Bob 👍