Steering Wheel for 2010-2014 Ford Mustang, Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel D-Shaped Flat-Bottom, Leather Grip with Non-Slip Texture & Precise Stitching, Accessories Replacement for Mustang, Black

The S197 Mustang carries its driver's airbag inside the steering wheel hub, with the clock spring sitting immediately behind. Fitting a replacement rim means dealing with both of those first. Before anything else, read what this supplier has and has not told us about the wheel, because that is what decides it.

Airbag work comes first

Your car's airbag module has to be lifted off the old rim and refitted to the new one. Doing that safely means following the vehicle maker's own restraint-system routine to the letter: kill the battery, then wait out the discharge period that routine specifies before unplugging or unbolting a single thing. A live module handled carelessly can fire without warning, with serious consequences for whoever is in front of it. Just as important, the clock spring stays exactly where it is once the rim comes away and the plug is out. Turn it and it will be phased wrong when everything goes back together.

The switches the supplier never mentions

Material, profile and grip finish are all covered in the supplier's copy. Absent from it altogether: any word on whether your original airbag module bolts to this rim, any mention of mounting points for cruise switches, any reference to audio or telephone buttons, nothing at all on a heated element, and no detail on how the horn circuit connects. We claim none of those, since none of them appear. That absence outranks everything else on this page. A rim your airbag cannot bolt to simply cannot be used, and one with no home for your existing buttons costs you functions the car has today.

Shape, rim and finish

Carbon fibre under a leather cover, textured against slipping, stitched, and black throughout: that is the supplier's account of how it is built. The flat-bottomed D profile is what people are actually buying, and in daily use it buys a little more space above your knees climbing in or out. No weight figure appears anywhere, so the reference to being light cannot be checked, and we rest no handling claim on it. Fitting tools come in the box.

What it fits

• Listed vehicle: the 2010-2014 Ford Mustang, precisely as published. Nothing else appears on the supplier's list and this page covers nothing else.
• An aftermarket accessory. Not a factory item, and with no involvement or endorsement from the vehicle maker.
• Whether your original airbag module mounts to it: the supplier does not say. Settle that before you order.
• Mounting points for cruise, audio or telephone buttons: no information given.
• Heated rim, paddle shifters and horn connection: no information given.

Key features

• Flat-bottomed D profile: extra room above the knees climbing in or out.
• Carbon fibre rim: the construction the supplier describes.
• Textured leather cover: said to stay grippy with damp hands.
• Black stitched finish: one version only, with no alternatives listed.
• Cut for the 2010-2014 Mustang: no other application appears anywhere.
• Tools in the box: the fitting hardware comes with it.

Specifications

• Listed vehicle: Ford Mustang, 2010 to 2014
• Rim construction: carbon fibre, as described by the supplier
• Grip surface: stitched leather with a non-slip texture
• Rim profile: D shape with a flat bottom
• Finish colour: black
• Included: a set of installation tools
• Diameter, rim thickness and weight: none published
• Provision for airbag, cruise, audio, heating or paddles: unstated
• Centre nut torque value: not given anywhere in the listing
• Standard, approval or test named: none

Before a spanner touches the centre nut

• Leave this to someone qualified. Restraint and steering parts are safety-critical, and a wheel swap is no place to learn.
• Follow the maker's disarming routine: battery off, then the stated waiting period observed in full before the module is unplugged or lifted away.
• Hold a removed module with its cover pointed away from your body, place it face upwards on the bench, and stack nothing on top.
• Once the rim is off and the plug is out, the clock spring stays put. Straighten the road wheels beforehand and keep it centred throughout.
• The retaining nut goes back to the figure in the car's own service data. No value appears on this listing, so that data is your only reference.
• After reassembly, check that the airbag warning lamp extinguishes and remains off before the car is driven. A lamp still lit means the system has not armed itself.
• Verify the horn, the indicator self-cancel and every control that worked beforehand still does.
• Compliance and roadworthy status remain the owner's responsibility. Nothing on this page asserts that this rim is approved or permitted for road use.

Cannot get a straight answer on the airbag question for your car? Then leave it alone. Contact us and we will chase the supplier for you.