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156 cruise control

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#1 ·
Seen a lot of posts on this, but none that answer my question. My 02 156 don't have the facility to add the control stalk, anyone know if all the wiring can be fitted, if I get it from a donor car, as I have the chance to get the cruise control kit.

Cheers
 
#2 ·
To install cruise you need a CF3 engine which are drive by wire. All previous engines had a throttle cable. I believe they were introduced in the 156 with the interior facelift but I'm not sure (may have been around before). If you have the interior facelift then you should find the white connector under the steering wheel. If you don't have an interior facelift but are certain you have a CF3 engine you MAY be able to install the wiring, but I've never heard of it being done.
 
#3 ·
To install cruise you need a CF3 engine which are drive by wire. All previous engines had a throttle cable. I believe they were introduced in the 156 with the interior facelift but I'm not sure (may have been around before).
The interior facelift came in 2002
CF3 engines came in Sept 2000
The V6 & Selespeed were always fly-by-wire.

To retro-fit cruise-control you need an interior facelift car.
 
#5 ·
dunno if i'm singing from the same page here...
so are you saying that the face lift 156 (2005) have all the connection in place and all you need to do is install the stock...
:confused:
 
#13 ·
I know this is an old thread, but I never knew that the 156 had cruise control at all. I thought that being an Italian car it was purely a driving machine... :lol:

Anyways I came to know about it just recently when I purchased a brochure of the 2002 model (my car) from ebay.
My car was considered a full option here and doesn't have the cruise control stalk. So does that mean that my car doesn't have all the connections to install the stalk???? Or does it have, I just didn't know about it. :confused:
 
#14 ·
What you do is remove the lower coweling from around the steering wheel (I think three screws) and check for an unused white connector - you should also have a light symbol which looks like a speedo between the speedo and rev counter.

If you have all these then it is a simple job to retro-fit - there is a long thread on the forum which contains all the fitting details and the part numbers you need (they are reasonably cheap from a dealer (for once).
 
#18 ·
If you search for the fitting cruise control thread you will find everything you need to know, including photos IIRC.
 
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