No Cruise control , but LIM works fine

[nick73]

I've a 2000 plate w220 with cruise control issue. The small yellow light on the stalk is constantly lit- and using the LIM (limiter) function is fine, but when I press the stalk in to choose 'cruise' option, the light goes out, but comes on again as soon as I release it.

Any ideas? There's no malfunction coming up, and I haven't changed wheel/tyre sizes or anything

cheers

 

[Wighty]

Have you lost anything else like esp , tyre pressure monitoring ?

 

[nick73]

Have you lost anything else like esp , tyre pressure monitoring ?

No pal, everything else seems fine. The only other issue that arose , is fault P0120 'throttle position sensor/switch', which I'm going to purchase a new pedal for.

 

[Blobcat]

The Cruise / Limiter stalk button should latch when in Limit position, it sounds like the switch in the stalk isn't switching between cruise and limiter. I'd be tempted to try and spray some contact cleaning lubricant into the stalk switch as a first action and work the switch quite a few times to get it working again.

 

[nick73]

The Cruise / Limiter stalk button should latch when in Limit position, it sounds like the switch in the stalk isn't switching between cruise and limiter. I'd be tempted to try and spray some contact cleaning lubricant into the stalk switch as a first action and work the switch quite a few times to get it working again.

Cheers Blobcat, will try that

 

[alexanderfoti]

The Cruise / Limiter stalk button should latch when in Limit position, it sounds like the switch in the stalk isn't switching between cruise and limiter. I'd be tempted to try and spray some contact cleaning lubricant into the stalk switch as a first action and work the switch quite a few times to get it working again.

+1!

 

[Craiglxviii]

Cheers Blobcat, will try that

I had exactly this problem with my 2000 W215 (identical column stalk/ steering wheel to yours) and non-drying contact cleaner fixed it.

Also had the TPS issue; new pedal fixed that. NB that there are two electrical connectors, the smaller one (I think power lead) requires a treble-jointed ratclaw hand to fix on.

 

[nick73]

I had exactly this problem with my 2000 W215 (identical column stalk/ steering wheel to yours) and non-drying contact cleaner fixed it.

Also had the TPS issue; new pedal fixed that. NB that there are two electrical connectors, the smaller one (I think power lead) requires a treble-jointed ratclaw hand to fix on.

Hi Craig

Only just seen this post, sorry. Played around with stalk, switch cleaner etc...I now have cruise! Unfortunately it won't switch to LIM now though! Can live with that. New pedal fitted, no more acceleration issues.