i was considering a new head unit for the future with the blue tooth comptability but my main concern is that will the controls on the steering wheel still work??

 

I believe so, the bluetooth controls should work but the steering wheel audio controls are a different story...

 

Use of both controls should work as soon as a company releases wiring a harness for the factory controls. I put in a Pioneer Avic-D3 and as of right now I have no use of my steering wheel controls for either the audio or bluetooth. I have heard that Metra is releasing a dash kit and wiring harnesses for the 08 models sometime in December, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

Correct to a point. PAC already makes a unit that will maintain the sterring wheel controls when using a Pioneer radio.

 

True... but all of the installers I have spoken with about that PAC unit can't install it because they don't know which wires to splice it into. I have had that adaptor for a few months now but nobody can install it It's getting really annoying waiting too. I would love to figure it out for myself but I am clueless when it comes to wiring or anything electrical, so I am stuck in limbo until somebody figures it out.

 

That does suck. Metra and Scosche have it figured out but havn't released thier info yet.

 

Empire and I have been discussing this lately. I've been talking to Metra over the past couple days, and they just produced the wiring harness for the car, it's just not out of the warehouse yet. (Not even on the site yet). Metra part number is 70-7005. Talking to Tech support though, they said this will only support the standard audio, not BT, and not the steering wheel controls. Knowing this group of people though, I'm sure we can figure some way around that annoying reality.

 

So it sounds to me like they have only produced a wiring harness for an aftermarket HU right? That shouldn't have been hard for them, I bought a dash kit with that wiring harness a few months ago and installed it. I am just waiting for the steering wheel control wiring plans to get figured out.

 

Also, Metras kit has been pused back to February. Its out of R&D and now being mass produced.

 

Bluetooth works fine for me Steering controls work awesome and I love how the music stops when you have an incoming call! Especially driving the 5-speed. Bluetooth ftw!

 

blahhh some one better make a frigging wire harness lol

 

where can i gat the cable?
last msg was on 2007... do you have an update on this threat?