weber magic 74 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 Hi all, I have bought myself a 2003 520i sport touring after bing out of an E39 for a long time I have been looking around for a manual sport spec 520 touring for a while so when this came up I had to have it. It needs completely going through as I intend to keep this car long term but one of my immediate disappoints is that the cruise control does not work. The car has the late style multi function steering wheel with the cruise control buttons but on trying the cruise control it did not illuminate in the Low OBC cluster nor did it appear to function. I ran the chassis number through the decoder and there is no mention of cruise control. How can I check for sure if this car has cruise control or not? Any advice greatly appreciated, thank in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qasim 61 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 Did you press the on/off button and then the + to set the speed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weber magic 74 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 Yes, hit the on/off button and got nothing. On all the other E39's I've owned you get the yellow cruise symbol come up in the dash to say it on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray112 276 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, weber magic said: Yes, hit the on/off button and got nothing. On all the other E39's I've owned you get the yellow cruise symbol come up in the dash to say it on. It's actually green symbol, but yes, if cruise control is turned in, there's should be green symbol on low cluster as well. I would start with fault scan, I have heard that faulty MAF sensor can make cruise control inoperative. 1 d_a_n1979 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_a_n1979 2,902 Report post Posted December 8, 2020 Try a battery reset (undo battery and leave disconnected for 30mins) and see if that resets the systems etc Other than that, as Ray said, get the codes read (INPA etc) and see what pops up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Spooner 95 Report post Posted December 9, 2020 It's definitely a sport and not a run out ES that someone has fitted a multifunction steering wheel to? Actually, were the ES's available as a touring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weber magic 74 Report post Posted December 9, 2020 I would say so. Says sport on the log book and has all the sport spec, bumpers, seats, headliner etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clavurion 746 Report post Posted December 9, 2020 Check if MFL is mentioned on vehicle specs. Cruise control is not mentioned separately on spec sheet. S249 Multifunction for steering wheel 1 d_a_n1979 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weber magic 74 Report post Posted December 10, 2020 Yes the spec sheet does mention MFL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
