Tow package

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Jan 15 2024 New 2024 Bronco (Non-Raptor) - Trailor Tow Package Only Available As Dealer Installed Option

2024 Bronco (non-Raptor) vehicles will not come from the factory with a pre-installed trailer tow package that includes a 2 in. (50.8 mm) trailer hitch, a 4+7 pin electrical connector and supporting software updates. The trailer tow package for the 2024 Bronco (non-Raptor) will only be available as a Ford Accessory Dealer Installed Option (DIO) (service part number VP2DZ-15A416-B). When ordered, the DIO trailer tow package will ship to the dealership that will receive the vehicle so that installation can occur prior to customer delivery. Labor is included with the cost of the Ford Accessory DIO trailer tow package and must not be charged to Ford through warranty.

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It popped up in broadcast messages yesterday.

 

[da_jokker]

Wow....so glad I held until my guns and stuck with the tow package...of course I got mine at the end of 2022 where the only thing I didn't get was the temps in the dials.

Now I couldn't even order the Bronco with the same options...can the world's supply chain still be this messed up?

 

[HolidayDog]

My dealer quoted me $1400 to install the hitch and wiring for parts/labor.

He said it was more because it wasn’t ordered as DIO.

 

[MNBigfoot]

Flip will this be more of a pre-wired plug and play where the wires are run up front for the dealership just has to plug a harness in the rear? Or will the dealer be disassembling trim panels themselves to route the wiring from the rear all the way to the front? You link doesn't work for us mere mortals.

 

[Fizzwoman71]

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Jan 15 2024 New 2024 Bronco (Non-Raptor) - Trailor Tow Package Only Available As Dealer Installed Option

2024 Bronco (non-Raptor) vehicles will not come from the factory with a pre-installed trailer tow package that includes a 2 in. (50.8 mm) trailer hitch, a 4+7 pin electrical connector and supporting software updates. The trailer tow package for the 2024 Bronco (non-Raptor) will only be available as a Ford Accessory Dealer Installed Option (DIO) (service part number VP2DZ-15A416-B). When ordered, the DIO trailer tow package will ship to the dealership that will receive the vehicle so that installation can occur prior to customer delivery. Labor is included with the cost of the Ford Accessory DIO trailer tow package and must not be charged to Ford through warranty.

Thank you for the info.

 

[RagnarKon]

Flip will this be more of a pre-wired plug and play where the wires are run up front for the dealership just has to plug a harness in the rear? Or will the dealer be disassembling trim panels themselves to route the wiring from the rear all the way to the front? You link doesn't work for us mere mortals.

I haven't seen the "official" install instructions for 2024. BUT I was at the dealer to look at a 2024 Big Bend, and the service tech at my dealer told me the trim panels themselves had to be torn out. Specifically the rear driver side trim panel in the cargo area. But it sounds like the wiring harness was already there, so compared to previous model years that require you cutting into and adding pins to existing wiring harnesses, it's not too bad.

Edit: This was on a 2-Door, but I imagine 4-door is very similar. I know in previous model years the tow module was located in the same spot and I don't see why Ford would have moved them.

 

[RoverDude]

I haven't seen the "official" install instructions for 2024. BUT I was at the dealer to look at a 2024 Big Bend, and the service tech at my dealer told me the trim panels themselves had to be torn out. Specifically the rear driver side trim panel in the cargo area. But it sounds like the wiring harness was already there, so compared to previous model years that require you cutting into and adding pins to existing wiring harnesses, it's not too bad.

Edit: This was on a 2-Door, but I imagine 4-door is very similar. I know in previous model years the tow module was located in the same spot and I don't see why Ford would have moved them.

Isn't part number quoted VP2DZ-15A416-B, the lumen 4/ 7 pin kit?
Ie, you still have to run the wires up to the connectors in the drivers wheel well.

Which never made sense to me, because the tow module (in rear cargo panel) creates most of those wires that go to back to the hitch.

A lot of extra wire going back and forth in my opinion.

 

[Knives2.0]

I'm not sure if it was after the initial delivery of vehicles but I had a day 1 reservation, recieved mine in Dec of 2021, and the tow package was already on it from the factory, was never charged by the dealer for installing.

 

[Ducati1098]

Isn't part number quoted VP2DZ-15A416-B, the lumen 4/ 7 pin kit?

No. That’s VP2DZ-15A416-A, not -B

 

[RagnarKon]

Isn't part number quoted VP2DZ-15A416-B, the lumen 4/ 7 pin kit?
Ie, you still have to run the wires up to the connectors in the drivers wheel well.

Which never made sense to me, because the tow module (in rear cargo panel) creates most of those wires that go to back to the hitch.

A lot of extra wire going back and forth in my opinion.

VP2DZ-15A416-A is the lumen 4/7-pin kit that's used to retrofit 2021-2023 model year Broncos.

This DIO part is VP2DZ-15A416-B.

 

[RagnarKon]

I swear this guy just follows me around and reads my mind.

 

[Ducati1098]

I swear this guy just follows me around and reads my mind.

I promise I don’t try and do it, but it is hilarious how it keeps happening lol

 

[RagnarKon]

I promise I don’t try and do it, but it is hilarious how it keeps happening lol

By all means, keep doing it. You do this whole auto technician stuff for a living.

I'm just a washed-up parts counter employee-turned-keyboard warrior who stayed out of the automotive industry because I hung around too many old grumpy techs that told me to stay away. Someone has to call out the parts counter guy when he is wrong.

 

[Ducati1098]

By all means, keep doing it. You do this whole auto technician stuff for a living.

I'm just a washed-up parts counter employee-turned-keyboard warrior who stayed out of the automotive industry because I hung around too many old grumpy techs that told me to stay away. Someone has to call out the parts counter guy when he is wrong.

Well I certainly wouldn’t say “washed-up”. Your information and knowledge is always on point here, and much better than most parts guys I’ve ever worked with.

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