You also have to have the Ford VCM/VCM2 and IDS programming software to access the ABD in you car.Īs an example a member wanted to consider adding a heated steering wheel to his 2013 Taurus. I have spent many hours examining as built data and figured some things out. You can download your vehicle ABD from this link that way you can see what I am talking about. Depending on what the exact module is, it can tell the car what options to enable, how to perform, etc.ĪBD data is in the form of bits and checksums basically. The modules are programmed with what is known as As Built Data or ABD for short. Ford vehicles have many electronic modules within the vehicle that all communicate with each other. I am going to try to give a little explanation of as built data. If the change or add on has anything to do electronically with the vehicle it probably will involve as built data changes. Seems people like the idea of changing or adding options to their vehicles.
