so, for the past 3 years every once in a while i get this loud clicking noise from under the hood. it might happen for a day or 2 only certain times, not all the time and maybe once or twice a year. doing it again now. never did it before at an idle so i could never get out of the car and check it out till today. turns out it's the cruis control. if i put tension on the cable the clicking changes its tone. my question is, does it sound like a bad cable or the unit it self. it stops as soon as you depress the clutch the least little bit. like the amount you need to depress it to knock it off of the cruise when driving.
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the unit and cable are one assembly as far as i know. When you purchase the cruise control motor the cable comes with it and does not appear to me separate. Its seems strange that its clicking even when its off. Sounds like its trying to pull on the throttle cable but can't get a grip. I bought a used unit from Levent at Guten. Does the cruise control work when activated?sigpic -
Cruiae works 90% ofthe time. Its def the cruise. Which cable is part of the unit? The one to the stalk or the bowden cable to the tb? Also clicke w/o engine running but key on sometimes tooLast edited by long tall eta; 04-01-2012, 01:42 PM.sigpicComment
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both the cable to the throttle and the cable to the stalk come with the control unit. Sounds like its gone haywire if its making noise while its offsigpicComment
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yea, it's crazy that the last time it happened was last may then 11 months it's ok and now it's acting up again. how tuff of a job is the swap?sigpicComment
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piece of cake, the hardest part is routing the wiring into the cab, i think it helps to unbolt the fuse box and pull it up a little. its been a while since i did it.sigpicComment
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thanks for taking the time to answer. if your ever down the wildwood way, hit me up.Originally posted by bmwstudent View PostsigpicComment
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A clicking from the cruise control unit at idle makes me think of a problem with the cruise control module. The unit should not be doing anything at idle.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
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the thing is, it will go for months with no problem. like the last time was last may. then it did it for like 3 days intermitintly and now no problem. but when it does happen it will even do it with the car off but the ignition on. depress the clutch ever so little and it stops. go under the hood and put a little tension on the cruise cable and the tone changes, even with the car of but ignition on. it is definitly coming from the modual.Originally posted by jlevie View PostsigpicComment
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no problem and will dosigpicComment
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Old thread I know, but this is the only one I found.
My cruise control box is making the same noise, I pulled fuse 6 last night to stop it but that knocks out brake lights too, and that's no good!
Since I've owned the car the cruise control cable has been just hanging and not attached to the throttle, I'm guessing for this reason, and has never made any noise until once a week ago and then last night off and on pretty often. The only way to get it to stop is to ride the brake just enough to turn on the lights, or push the cruise control stock forward, but let off either and it comes back.
While the cruise control box is making a racket it's also pulling the cable in, which would actuate the throttle and run me off a cliff. Is there some kind of feedback it's supposed to be getting from the idle switch or throttle position sensor? What else could I look in to as a problem? Some kind of TPS or EOS inside the cruise control unit? I noticed it looks sealed up pretty well and even the plug isn't removable. If I put the cable back on will it try to kill me? Any known fixes?
Thanks -kevinComment
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