bought a cruise control stalk for the c5 what next?

[boristhespie]

Okay bought a cruise control stalk off of ebay. Said it was for C5 Mk 1, part no. 96 417 964 80.

Just arrived and with label saying c5 2.2 hdi. Mines is a 110bhp 2 ltr Hdi. Looks the same part.

Question 1: will this be ok with my car?

I take it I cut hole in wheel surround and slot it in?

Question 2: How and Where do I check I have the switches needed?

Question 3: what do they look like?

Question 4: then I program it via Lexia?

[wheeler]

Question 1: will this be ok with my car?
All the mk1 CC stalks are the same

I take it I cut hole in wheel surround and slot it in?
Yes there is a 'weak' point in the surround where you cut it, I would advise not cutting it straight away though till you have it all tested & working.

Question 2: How and Where do I check I have the switches needed?
Behind the passenger's glovebox attatched to the brake linkage (the bit that moves when you press the brakes).

Question 3: what do they look like?
A little plunger switch, you will either have one with 4 wires or one with 2 wires. if you have the 4 wire one you don't need to do anything else, if you have the 2 wire one you will also find an 2 pin red connector not plugged into anything, this is where the cruise brake switch goes.

Question 4: then I program it via Lexia?
Yes, in the injection programming menu set RVV to present.

[boristhespie]

Fantastic help. Thank you. Could have cruise control. Is the plastic surround easy to move to fit in? Technique?

[boristhespie]

Ok took out glove box. Hate taking car apart. Feel I am not up to it. Darn hidden screw underneath had me for a while. Then the light connector. Anyway left it all out until I asked you guys. From this piccie do I have the switches? I only see one plunger type. Is that the right bit I am looking at. Do i have the requisite switches? I assume 4 wires means yes and its just a case of pluggin in stalk and lexia it?

[oneday]

should have just lowered the carpet below the glovebox if you have a 4 wire switch you should be ready to go once you have switched on rvv in injection menu

[boristhespie]

I pulled down carpet but never saw switch. I may have seen wires but to tell you the troof, I really don't have a Scoobies what I am doing most of the time.

Do i plug stalk in first and then program or program then plug in? I assumed it was the former.

[oneday]

plug stalk in then switch on the rvv in injection

[boristhespie]

Of course I put the glove box back in only to realise the light aint working. Cant recall it working before but I thought I could just pull lense out and replace bulb. But seems you have to take out whole thing. Plus I had a hard time with the connector. Hope I didn t pull it out and knacker it.

[boristhespie]

Out of curiosity. The cruise control has a switch on the brake. What happens when you press on the accellerator? Does it kick out of cruise control?

[RichardW]

No, it just accelerates, then when you lift off it just drifts back down to the regulated speed.

[Mandrake]

Sigh. I really must put in the effort to fix the cruise control on my V6, I've never owned a car with cruise control before, this one has it but it has never worked! I kind of like the idea, especially on an automatic...