Cruise control retrofit

[RyanH]

Hi just a quick one where do I have to look to see if I have the wiring in plaice to add cruise control to my car it's 2004 cdti connie

[Rick-sta]

Have a look behind the switch panel on the centre consol (under the heater controls where the heated seats switches usually are) for a small black plug which is for the cruise control master switch. If you have this plug you have the wiring in place for cc. You may need to remove the ac controls for better access

[freck]

Originally Posted by RyanH

Hi just a quick one where do I have to look to see if I have the wiring in plaice to add cruise control to my car it's 2004 cdti connie

Have a look behind your switch panel in the centre console above the cup holder.
Mine had plugs for the cruise master switch and traction control switch wrapped in foam in the central slot. The blue one is TC and a black one for cruise.
The control unit wiring is behind the glovebox against the bulkhead.

[marinabrian]

Remember if retrofitting cruise control to a diesel, it will not work correctly unless the ZCS coding is altered to suit

Big Russ can sort this out for your, and give your car a healthcheck while he's on

Brian

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by RyanH

Hi just a quick one where do I have to look to see if I have the wiring in plaice to add cruise control to my car it's 2004 cdti connie

Does your car have electric seats? if so it will most likely have the wiring for cruise control......

In the main if a car left the factory with electric seats, it will have the wiring for cruise too

As pointed out before, the master switch wiring will be wrapped in dark grey foam behind the switch panel above the centre console cup holder, and the cruise ECU wiring will be above the passenger compartment fusebox

Brian

[Duotone]

This is what you are looking for..



Dave T

[RyanH]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Does your car have electric seats? if so it will most likely have the wiring for cruise control......

In the main if a car left the factory with electric seats, it will have the wiring for cruise too

As pointed out before, the master switch wiring will be wrapped in dark grey foam behind the switch panel above the centre console cup holder, and the cruise ECU wiring will be above the passenger compartment fusebox

Brian

Yes i have the electric heated memory seats. Is there a trick to getting said panel out or just brute force to dark now as i just got home from work but will have a look tommorow as i do alot of motorway driving and CC is a must for me.
Thanks to everyone thats posted

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by RyanH

Yes i have the electric heated memory seats. Is there a trick to getting said panel out or just brute force to dark now as i just got home from work but will have a look tommorow as i do alot of motorway driving and CC is a must for me.
Thanks to everyone thats posted

open the cigar lighter hatch and you will be able to get your finger behind and unclip the switch fascia panel.

I'm fairly certain if you have heated seats, you will have the wiring in place

In Dave's picture in the post above, the plug for the cruise master switch is second from left

Russ isn't that far away from you, and I'm sure would be delighted to assist you in your retrofit

Brian

[Abbadon]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

open the cigar lighter hatch and you will be able to get your finger behind and unclip the switch fascia panel.

I'm fairly certain if you have heated seats, you will have the wiring in place

In Dave's picture in the post above, the plug for the cruise master switch is second from left

Russ isn't that far away from you, and I'm sure would be delighted to assist you in your retrofit

Brian

If you had a car like my first, with no extra buttons in that panel, all my loom was tucked well away behind the air con controls, right at back, couldn't see or get to them until i had all the climate control and ashtray assembly out....

[freck]

Originally Posted by Abbadon

If you had a car like my first, with no extra buttons in that panel, all my loom was tucked well away behind the air con controls, right at back, couldn't see or get to them until i had all the climate control and ashtray assembly out....

OP has already said he has heated seats and is a Connie, so will most likely have the looms required as mine did (mine's a 2003)
It's a nice simple retrofit, I did mine in about 3 hours including fitting switches to the steering wheel, even with a broken left hand!
Give BigRuss a PM too Ryan, as Brian said he'll be able to get the cruise fully functional with T4. Get him to do you a remap too, it's well worth it.