cruise not working :o

[HOLEIN1]

i took the golf for the first lon distance spin yesterday since ive had it, and was disappointed to find that the cruise control was not working

ive cheked the two fuses which control it and there fine, so im stumped on what it would be

any sugestions anyone?

[Jmac]

Yes mate try this, drive along and keep your foot on the acc and with your left foot press the brake and it should cut the fuel off to the engine. If this doesnt happen then your Brake pedal switch is faulty. Very common fault this.
This switches off your cruise and if it is faulty the cruise will stay off.
Good luck mate

[HOLEIN1]

Yes mate try this, drive along and keep your foot on the acc and with your left foot press the brake and it should cut the fuel off to the engine. If this doesnt happen then your Brake pedal switch is faulty. Very common fault this.
This switches off your cruise and if it is faulty the cruise will stay off.
Good luck mate

when i press the brake pedal what should i look for? as in what is suposed to happen?

when the cruise is on, theres no light on or anything...

[gpk_gti]

same prob as me,,,, its your blinker stalk!!! you will find in time the blinker starts going haywire!!!


check here.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=10849

[arlen]

Yeah I have same problem with my MK4 GTI, sometimes it seems to not want to work, other times its fine. However I also have problem where if I have it engaged and I go over bumpy road it dis-engages :-s

[99gti]

I thought mine wasn't working the first time I tried to use it but I son discovered I wasnt pushing the switch long enough. Were you holding it out for a good 3 seconds?

[HOLEIN1]

I thought mine wasn't working the first time I tried to use it but I son discovered I wasnt pushing the switch long enough. Were you holding it out for a good 3 seconds?

yher kept it down for a while and no go...

anything else other than the indicator stalk? dont want to go to the trouble and expense of buying one and it turns out to be something else...

[HOLEIN1]

just went for a strap and tried the brake thingy suggested and held down the set button for a good 5-10 secs and still nothing

either something wrong with the connections or the stalk

[99gti]

The 99 models never had a light that came on for the cruise to begin with. I think it's there but was never programed into the ECU.

I'm not to sure what you should be looking for with pressing the break. I know it disengages the cruise but not sure how to test the switch like was mentioned earlier,

[qsilverza]

Check your clutch pedal switch. It is the type that you can pull out to reset. Mine wouldnt come on because it was set incorrectly.

[HOLEIN1]

Check your clutch pedal switch. It is the type that you can pull out to reset. Mine wouldnt come on because it was set incorrectly.

is this something that can be done easily at home?

[Jmac]

Switch test is easy might not have explained it prpoerly. This switch has a number of functions. 1 to put light on when braking,2 switch off the cruise and 3 shut the fuel off when braking.
Now to test the function without VAGCOM you drive along and keep your foot on the throttle and brake at the same time and you should fell the engine die a bit, thats the fuel being cut off. If this doesnt happen then that circuit of the switch is faulty and that circuit also controls the off for the cruise.
Like someone else mentioned the switch can be measured via value blocks but they are not done in binary for the pedal switch. Binary is for long coding and you vehicle has short coding but dont worry about that jargon mate simple test.
Cheers (my money is on the brake pedal switch,although the stalk switch has a little fine printed circiut that does break. Fit pedal switch- cheap option 1st)

[gpk_gti]

and if your not dbw jimmymac?