Cruise control Nissan Xtrail

[WiltshirePete]

I have a 55 Xtrail and would like to retrofit cruise control. Nissan say that it cannot be done, despite the fact that a friend has a similar car with cruise fitted from new.

Has anyone done this, and if so what was involved?

All info gratefully received.

Pete

 

[laurieW]

Hello Pete. Yes I fitted a cruise control kit to a Discovery from scratch.Everything came as a kit. I could choose what type of control switch I wanted...I chose "the indicator stalk" type. Detailed instructions were provided. The hardest part was the crawl underneath to attach the magnetic pick-up to the prop shaft. The actual control box had a series of "dip-switches) so that you could "tune" the system as required. Actually,in my opinion, that system was better than my current standard factory-fit setup on my Discovery.I bought the kit from a company in Northamptonshire(can,t remember name),although a firm called CONRAD ANDERSON sell them.

 

[WiltshirePete]

Thanks for that - I have looked at these types of kit on the web but it is nice to know that a competent DIYer can fit them.

I was really hoping though to get a genuine Nissan one, perhaps from a breakers, as everything is ready to fit it (place on steering wheel to plug in switches etc)

Pete

 

[xtrailman]

pete

I have CC on my 2009 xtrail. To be honest i find it a waste of time, and now after continuously coming on/off due to traffic etc, i no longer even attempt to use it.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

I use my cruise control at every suitable occasion(its great the spread of opinion on these pages)

Used it today in 40mph speed limit

I have been fitting my own for 25 years to different vehicles including the X Trail until the current one came with it as standard

Conrad Anderson is the man to ask

http://www.conrad-anderson.co.uk/cruisecontrols/cruisecontrols-models.htm

 

[WiltshirePete]

Ray

Is it not useful on a long motorway trip? Recently did a lot in Germany where there was not much traffic, it would have been nice to be able to move my right leg about a bit!

Pete

 

[xtrailman]

Ray

Is it not useful on a long motorway trip? Recently did a lot in Germany where there was not much traffic, it would have been nice to be able to move my right leg about a bit!

Pete

pete

Of cause you could use it on a quite motorway, if you could find one.

My son said it was useful in the long 50mph motorway zones.

So i tried it, set it to 50mph (real speed 45mph?). In no time atall i was too close to the lorry in front, so off CC.

And that's how its been, 2 hour trip mainly A1, M1, tried setting CC to 80mph 3rd lane, cars constantly pulling out to over take overtaking lorries, so again off CC.

Same story on A56, CC set to 50mph, caught up the the convoy in front, short of constantly resetting the speed, were i live, on the roads i use, the density of traffic makes CC, uneconomical, and tiresome.

 

[xtrailman]

pete

Of cause you could use it on a quite motorway, if you could find one.

My son said it was useful in the long 50mph motorway zones.

So i tried it, set it to 50mph (real speed 45mph?). In no time atall i was too close to the lorry in front, so off CC.

And that's how its been, 2 hour trip mainly A1, M1, tried setting CC to 80mph 3rd lane, cars constantly pulling out to over take overtaking lorries, so again off CC.

Same story on A56, CC set to 50mph, caught up the the convoy in front, short of constantly resetting the speed, were i live, on the roads i use, the density of traffic makes CC, uneconomical, and tiresome.