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My comment is in reference to the trailer connector in the bed not the adaptive steering system. Sorry for the confusion.

Correct, the dealer told me that they have been informed it would not get built. Seemed a little weird to me, but I work for a heavy truck dealer and many things have changed in the last couple of years. I should also comment that I know the GM of the dealer I'm working with and I hope they wouldn't do me wrong. It shows retail on my paperwork, but if it wasn't submitted as a retail order they would be asking me to remove adaptive steering and the spray-in bedliner too. As far as installing the option after the fact they are going to research a part number and price to get back to me. Working at a dealer myself looking this up usually requires finding a VIN that had the option from the factory to locate part numbers. I really wanted it from the factory but am fully capable of doing it myself as I have a hoist and all the necessary tools. The downside will be having to cut the bedliner around the bed mounting bolts to remove it. Just want to make sure that the kit they look up is complete. It needs to include hardware/brackets, factory harness, and bed sidewall passthrough/plugin. In the build data selection, it references 12/7 pin ports. I believe the 12 includes the trailer tire pressure monitor wiring which I plan to utilize. Really hope this doesn't turn into a mess...

Hi everyone! Wondering if anybody can shed some light on the situation I recently encountered. Ordered a Super Duty in October and had all the constraint items on it so I wasn't worried about waiting. Have buyers order with confirmed ford order specs/pricing along with deposit and copy of DL for submission to ford as a retail order. The dealer reached out to me last Friday and stated that they received notice from Ford that their retail orders with 5th wheel gooseneck prep (53W) would need to have that option removed if the customer wanted it built. Based on the email it referenced constraints at the mod center not so much material shortages. It affected 10 or so of their orders and they stated that Ford would not build the trucks if the option was not removed. In fear of having to reorder a 23my with higher pricing and longer waits, I agreed to remove the option. They offered to install it at the dealer or obtain the parts for me and I can install myself since I was a technician for years. Has anyone else heard of dealers receiving correspondence from Ford recently about this issue? Thanks for your help!