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F20 Odd coding cruise control retrofit problem

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#1 · (Edited)
My f20 125i came without cruise control, just LIM. I fitted the switches for cruise and proceeded to code the car as per the guides online. I added option 544 to the FA and coded the entire car.
It did all the usual noises and alerts on the dash. No errors while coding though.
With no other coding I expected cruise to work but the switches do nothing on the cruise side of the wheel.
If you keep following the guide to enable LIM and cruise and code the changes, the steering wheel controls only work for LIM in exactly the same way the LIM used to work with the middle button and the paddle up / down. The other cruise buttons to nothing.
I have tried removing from FA and coding again etc. No luck. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!
 
#2 ·
Do you have ISTA? Check for fault codes but i suspect the same for you as for another car i was working on. Missing LIN wiring on junction box. But in ISTA you can see live data from the buttons, if they work when being pressed etc.
 
#5 ·
Im working on getting ISTA+ working but Im struggling at the moment.
Could you please elaborate a bit, if you can remember, where and what you altered with the wiring.
Any pictures of what you managed to do?
Its nice to know that its possible to get it working, where did you figure out what to change to get it going?
 
#6 · (Edited)
I've retrofitted my F20 Lci, 2015, 116D, with cruise control steering wheel, and the seller "helped" me with the codding, but i think something's not right. The cruise control buttons on the left side do not work, only the SET, and when i press the SET the car seems to brake hard and i'm unable to accelerate for a little while, only if i press hard on the acceleration.The other buttons on the right the/re working fine.
Any help much appreciated! Thank You
 
#9 ·
I'm late to the party.. But that sounds like the "Set" button is acting as "LIM", so it limits your speed unless you give it full right pedal. So bottom switch activates CC, Toggle-wheel sets speed, "RES" restores speed if you've applied the brakes and "SET" overrides CC and applies Limit Speed. Does that sound right?

UPDATE... Actually it sounds like the coding hasn't worked at all... If only "SET" works, but operates as LIM and no other CC controls work, then the coding hasn't been applied. That's literally what would happen after changing the MFSW switch module alone without coding. I can help if you're confident on Esys?