Cruise Control

[stingyzoidberg]

Hi All,

 

Just found this forum and it looks great!

 

I did notice a few post's about fitting cruise control and thought i would post my experience (thought it would be better to start a new thread than reply to loads of different ones, hope thats ok).

Phoned Citroen Lincoln asked them if it was possible and was asked for my reg number they looked it up and quoted me £90. I was a bit shocked as my local dealer in Manchester said it would cost £1000 plus :unsure:

Decided to take the plunge and book it in at Lincoln, best decision i have ever made with my garage choice. Excellent service, good technical knowledge and best of all the bill did come in a touch over the £90 quoted.

 

Hope this helps someone.

John

 

PS my car is a C5 SX 03 2ltr HDI 110bhp

[PaulCartwright]

what did they have to do? is it just a case of fitting a aditional stalk on the steering control?

[stingyzoidberg]

They added the stalk and 1 switch for the clutch (to cut out the cruise control). They used the old steering shroud just cut the hole out, finally put the car on there computer to activate the cruise control

 

John

[Johngartyuk]

They added the stalk and 1 switch for the clutch (to cut out the cruise control). They used the old steering shroud just cut the hole out, finally put the car on there computer to activate the cruise control

 

John

 

I took my '04 C5 2.0 HDi VTR estate along to Wessex Citroen, our local main stealer (Hereford) . It was booked in for 20 mins on their diagnostics to get the car enabled for a 6-disc CD autochanger (actually I have used an Xcar Link MP3/USB box) and from reading this thread picked up a Cruise control stalk on ebay that was meant for a Berlingo, but exactly the same part, so it was arranged to enable this as well.

 

It took about 35 mins in the end, and I had to ring them up beforehand to get the keycode as I didn't have it. They managed to get both items done and charged me only £50.51 +VAT for the whole thing.

 

As a result I'm absolutely chuffed to bits, the cruise works really well, and the MP3/USB box is fantastic. Wessex Citroen impressed me with their service, so thanks for putting me onto the idea of getting cruise enabled.

[stingyzoidberg]

I took my '04 C5 2.0 HDi VTR estate along to Wessex Citroen, our local main stealer (Hereford) . It was booked in for 20 mins on their diagnostics to get the car enabled for a 6-disc CD autochanger (actually I have used an Xcar Link MP3/USB box) and from reading this thread picked up a Cruise control stalk on ebay that was meant for a Berlingo, but exactly the same part, so it was arranged to enable this as well.

 

It took about 35 mins in the end, and I had to ring them up beforehand to get the keycode as I didn't have it. They managed to get both items done and charged me only £50.51 +VAT for the whole thing.

 

As a result I'm absolutely chuffed to bits, the cruise works really well, and the MP3/USB box is fantastic. Wessex Citroen impressed me with their service, so thanks for putting me onto the idea of getting cruise enabled.

 

Glad your happy

[mlkey]

Hi All,

 

Just found this forum and it looks great!

 

I did notice a few post's about fitting cruise control and thought i would post my experience (thought it would be better to start a new thread than reply to loads of different ones, hope thats ok).

Phoned Citroen Lincoln asked them if it was possible and was asked for my reg number they looked it up and quoted me £90. I was a bit shocked as my local dealer in Manchester said it would cost £1000 plus :o

Decided to take the plunge and book it in at Lincoln, best decision i have ever made with my garage choice. Excellent service, good technical knowledge and best of all the bill did come in a touch over the £90 quoted.

 

Hope this helps someone.

John

 

PS my car is a C5 SX 03 2ltr HDI 110bhp

 

Thanks for sharing that bit of info. I will call my local dealer and see what they quote, if it is unrealistic, it will be well worth the drive to Lincoln to get it done. Did they do it while you waited, or did you have to leave the car with them all day?

 

Mike.