[Danburns91]

Hi guys,

I'm curious about how your cruise control works, reason being is I'm on my 3rd 320d ED now and this is the only one where the set button is useless.

On my other cars i'd press the cruise control button, toggle the orange light around the speedo and then press set for it to go green and active, however, on my most recent car the moment i toggle it automatically goes green. Have i missed something?

Thans in advance

[teaston]

Newer cars have the LIM button instead of the Set button, doesn't yours?

[ukbeemerboy]

Earlier 320d cars didn't have the LIM button. Not sure if they added it at LCI.

[Danburns91]

Just to clarify fellas, my car still has the set button, but it appears to be useless. As the moment I toggle the speed the light goes green and the cruise control becomes active

[NISFAN]

Yes, and if you are cruising along and want your current speed 'set' you just activate cruise function and press set. Done.
Just because you can do something another way doesn't mean it has no function.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Danburns91

Just to clarify fellas, my car still has the set button, but it appears to be useless. As the moment I toggle the speed the light goes green and the cruise control becomes active

That is how both my F30's have worked!

[ukbeemerboy]

Originally Posted by Danburns91

Just to clarify fellas, my car still has the set button, but it appears to be useless. As the moment I toggle the speed the light goes green and the cruise control becomes active

Procedure should be when driving along, cruise at 70 mph, turn cruise on then press set at desired speed. The toggle switch can be used for the same thing but can also be used to adjust set speed up or down.

[Danburns91]

Originally Posted by NISFAN

Yes, and if you are cruising along and want your current speed 'set' you just activate cruise function and press set. Done.
Just because you can do something another way doesn't mean it has no function.

It is useless though, the moment I press the cruise control button, and even slightly press the toggle, it becomes active. Thus making the set button useless. It would make sense if the cruise control didn't become active upon toggle and then use the set button to make it become active

[ronime]

Originally Posted by Danburns91

Just to clarify fellas, my car still has the set button, but it appears to be useless. As the moment I toggle the speed the light goes green and the cruise control becomes active

Why set the speed if you don't want it to be active?

If It allowed me to set the speed to 30mph and then activate it whilst the car was doing 70mph+ the car would apply the brakes very hard to hit the desired speed. That's dangerous IMHO.

[NISFAN]

Originally Posted by Danburns91

It is useless though, the moment I press the cruise control button, and even slightly press the toggle, it becomes active. Thus making the set button useless. It would make sense if the cruise control didn't become active upon toggle and then use the set button to make it become active

I'm not with you, useless means it has no use or function. That is clearly wrong, as the set button will 'set' the CC to your current speed when pressed.
The history of CC has always worked on this principle......long before toggle buttons or stalks added more functionality to the system. There has always been a universally adopted set button.
Yes you can now do it another way, but perhaps BMW don't want to not piss off non BMW drivers by giving them reason to say the CC has no set button.....who knows?!?!? Same argument could be said for why the ZF8 has the function to move the gear-lever to the left and then allows manual changes by pushing forward and back on the gear lever, when you have paddles on the steering that have the same function. Probably again because that's how it always used to work.

[Danburns91]

Originally Posted by NISFAN

I'm not with you, useless means it has no use or function. That is clearly wrong, as the set button will 'set' the CC to your current speed when pressed.
The history of CC has always worked on this principle......long before toggle buttons or stalks added more functionality to the system. There has always been a universally adopted set button.
Yes you can now do it another way, but perhaps BMW don't want to not piss off non BMW drivers by giving them reason to say the CC has no set button.....who knows?!?!? Same argument could be said for why the ZF8 has the function to move the gear-lever to the left and then allows manual changes by pushing forward and back on the gear lever, when you have paddles on the steering that have the same function. Probably again because that's how it always used to work.

It's hard to explain without showing you really. I'll try however ha.

Drive at 70mph - press CC button (green CC icon displays and orange dot around speedo) - touch the toggle on the steering wheel - dot around the speedo becomes green and CC activates. (No need to press set)

Previous f30 320d's I've had have worked like this:

Drive at 70mph - press CC button (green icon displays and orange dot around speedo) - touch the toggle - orange dot moves around the speedo to desired speed - press set - CC activates at speed selected.


I could do with making a video really.