Was playing around with the cruise control on my drive this morning, and then suddenly it decided that it doesn't want to work any more.
Any ideas. I see in a previous thread that there might be a switch to turn it on/off but aside from the switch on the cruise control stalk I can't see one.
Is there a fuse to check and if so where?
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Re: Cruise control
Don't think there will be a specific fuse as it doesn't have an actuator or anthing - you're just telling the engine ecu to work differently.....
Your car will have two switches on the brake pedal - worth checking them both. Manuals have a switch on the clucth pedal - maybe yours has to be in 'D' or something....
A few of us get occasional glitches where it won't work, but is OK on the next journey - I suspect it's dodgy comms with the COMM2000.
Your car will have two switches on the brake pedal - worth checking them both. Manuals have a switch on the clucth pedal - maybe yours has to be in 'D' or something....
A few of us get occasional glitches where it won't work, but is OK on the next journey - I suspect it's dodgy comms with the COMM2000.
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Re: Cruise control
Thanks. Is the cruise control part of the COM2000 unit or separate? I see COM units on Ebay and some have the stereo stalk and some don't, but none have the cruise control ?
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Re: Cruise control
They all have the socket for the stick in them, just some don't use it.
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Re: Cruise control
i have the issue with the crusie control it works on alternating journeys i have a new com2000 in the car and its the same as before generally acting the lig, i contacted peugeot who said that you need to get the car plugged into their peugeot planet machine at £75 a pop just to read codes they ended 'we hope to see you some time in the future', so i replied 'i really hope not to see you any time in the future with prices like those'
having said all that i wouldnt mind getting to the end of this problem so if you solve your issue let me know how.
having said all that i wouldnt mind getting to the end of this problem so if you solve your issue let me know how.
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Re: Cruise control
Well, I bought meself a PP2000 - the mere threat of diagnosis has prevented mine from playing up for nearly a year now. 
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
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Re: Cruise control
how much are they, do they work with mac, and what could it tell me if i did get the codes would i really be able to determine the precise part to look at, anyone in NI with one?
Re: Cruise control
Funny that you mention that the problem can be intermittent.
Strangely, when I came to drive home tonight, all was well and worked all the way on my 85 mile trip.
I think I might have upset it slightly by fiddling around with it too much - it's quite a novelty for me. In fact the whole car is a bit of a novelty. I traded in a K reg 1.6 diesel passat to get this and it had no toys. Wind up windows were the height of the excitement.
I find it quite amusing that the cruise control decides to take the last memorised speed (usually 70-80mph), as quickly as possible. As it's an auto and I can press the button at 25mph, it usually makes the auto box down to 3rd until 60mph or so. Unnecessary, but amusing.
Strangely, when I came to drive home tonight, all was well and worked all the way on my 85 mile trip.
I think I might have upset it slightly by fiddling around with it too much - it's quite a novelty for me. In fact the whole car is a bit of a novelty. I traded in a K reg 1.6 diesel passat to get this and it had no toys. Wind up windows were the height of the excitement.
I find it quite amusing that the cruise control decides to take the last memorised speed (usually 70-80mph), as quickly as possible. As it's an auto and I can press the button at 25mph, it usually makes the auto box down to 3rd until 60mph or so. Unnecessary, but amusing.
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Re: Cruise control
nice, auto and cruise in a car like that you really just have to hold it between the hedges, with manual your constantly having to pick the gear which i suppose is good but sometimes i just wouldnt mind an auto
Re: Cruise control
On axle stands? It shouldn't engage below about 30mph...Jimblob wrote:Was playing around with the cruise control on my drive this morning,
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Re: Cruise control
No - I meant using it above 25mph and pressing the buttons etc.
Think it's alright now anyway.
Think it's alright now anyway.
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Re: Cruise control
I guess that was drive as in journey, not drive as in the bit in front of my house where I park me motor (unless it's over a mile long because you're The Duke of Gooseberry 
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Re: Cruise control
Yep that's when I'll know I've made it - when I can test my 406's cruise control on my private crunchy drive!
Mind you the 406 will probably be a rusty relic in the history books by then...
Mind you the 406 will probably be a rusty relic in the history books by then...
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Re: Cruise control
First thing to try when it happens again is to wedge your foot under the clutch pedal and pull it upwards. If that doesn't fix it, try again with the brake pedal... Usually on drive-by-wire cars (ie. not the vacuum-operated cruise control on the ES9J4 V6) the problem will be caused by one of the switches on the pedals and in intermittent cases this is the easiest way to see which one it is
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Re: Cruise control
i did the yanking the pedal up, and i tested the clutch switch on the multimeter it was ok, but the brake pedal seems inaccessable how do i get at the switch for it, and is the lights switch seperate because the brakelights work fine, and i dont believe my car is drive by wire because there is a cable coming into the engine (im not much of a mechanic so forgive the terms here) it sits on a rocker and when it pulls this the engine revs more, and if i push the thing it pulls i can rev the car while not in it.