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Originally Posted by WaltPA
Add to that, my pet peeve, in that even the '07 models come with old. obsolete, '05 Map CD's. 
Ford could say "boy are we sorry", and offer us an upgrade for free, but I doubt it (has anyone even officially written to Ford to complain?).
Anyway, I did some checking on the possibility of doing this ourselves. The connectors on the back of the non-Hybrid versions of the DVD Nav system being used on the '08, is completely different than the one used on the '05-'07 models. Actually, the '05-'07 use the wiring standard from Ford's European cars.
So, IMHO, it is likely that the '08 Hybrid version is also very different from the '05-
07 Hybrid version. However, that doesn't preclude someone from coming up with an adapter harness if all the signals are there, but just in different connectors. |
Just as a warning so no one spends alot of money trying this before looking into it completely. The hybrid displays are probably based on a communication protocol and messages being passed. So its not JUST a matter of matching up the correct wires. There aren't any guarantees that the '08 control module under the hood won't have some extra or differen't messages that they pass and it might screw up or lock up the hybrid displays.
Sorry I do sensors and embedded systems for a living so these kind of things occur to me.
I'd love for it to work as much as the next guy but don't want anyone dropping $2000 on a doorstop either.
Besides what would be the plan for making the bezels match up. The new dashboard makes it look like that system would look very out of place in our machines if it would even fit.