Retrofitting Cruise Control to my MK7 Ford Fiesta 1.0L EcoBoost | *HOW TO*

In this video I’m retrofitting cruise control to my MK7 Fiesta in preparation for a big road trip. I’ve read a few posts online about the process and what is required to be able to retrofit this factory option so I would give it a go and show you guys how to do it.
If you’re looking to do this for yourself then I hope you find this video useful - if you did, please give the video a like 👍🏻 and consider subscribing.
To program the cruise control once fitted I used FORScan - here is the link to the FORScan website where you can download the software for yourself: forscan.org/ho...
You’ll also need a USB to OBD2 adaptor - this is the one I purchased: Vgate vLinker FS OBD2 USB Adapter for FOR-Scan HS/MS-CAN Auto Switch amzn.eu/d/81yktVb
The cruise control buttons and loom I bought secondhand from eBay.
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[@mathewnewton3499]

Another great video! Regarding the 9 vs 7 wires on the clockspring connector, the 'missing' two wires are used/required to connect through to a resistor ladder in the cruise control switch which allows the state of all five buttons to be determined (each button introduces a different value resistance into the circuit thus changing the voltage drop across the wires). These two wires are the black and green/brown wires in positions 9 and 8 respectively (far left as seen in your video at 3m14s). Incidentally, note that the cruise control switch has another pair of wires to it but they are just for illumination and they piggyback on the same illumination supply that is present for the audio control switch.

[@MendItModIt]

My man 🤜🏻🤛🏻 thank you very much!

[@abdulupadhay6506]

What year fiesta can cruise control be retrofitted too? Would it work for all MK7 from 2008-2017?

[@konstantinoskaparelis6701]

Hello @mathewnewton3499, Do you know if you can still retro fit cruise control, if wires in positions 9 and 8 are missing? I assume that some wires/components need to be added/replaced. Do you know which are those components?

[@bartsmith7428]

Thanks for that very detailed explanation. I hope my ST has the wires at the ready.

[@szilardsomodi6614]

Thank you a lot! I folowed the steps as you described and it works! Really apreciate it! Top man

[@davidson46100]

I was able to add cruise control to a 1999 Ford Escort. I was able swap out the steering wheel. The wiring harness and mounting points for all of the components were there. It was plug and play fortunately.

[@davecooper7048]

Great video. Used this after fitting steering wheel with cruise control to my c max. Had to do a couple of extra steps in Forscan though. As well as enabling cruise control I had to go into Engineering 1 mode and select Adjustable speed limiter then change it from without ASL to with ASL. Write this change the same as you did for cruise control. Then most importantly you need to go into DTC on Forscan and clear errors. (I had B112B steering wheel module error). After that cruise control worked fine.

[@MendItModIt]

Not sure if mine will do the ASL but good shout on the codes. I have noticed sometimes it doesn’t seem to want to enable cruise 🤔 thanks man, I’ll look into it 🙏🏻

[@trinity5638]

Thank you so much for this amazing video!! Thanks to you I managed to fit a new stearing wheel along with cruise control! Worked amazingly 🎉🎉

[@georgetav77]

good vid, just fitted aliexpress buttons, loom and shroud to my 2011 1.6 and it worked a charm. Thanks for the help, trying to get the airbag to unhook was the most stressful part.

[@MendItModIt]

Seen someone post about them… had my doubts they’d work. What colour LEDs do they come with in the buttons?

[@georgetav77]

@@MendItModIt I got red to suit my dash and instruments but blue seems more common, they also sell the loom, buttons and shroud separately or in a kit.

[@MendItModIt]

@@georgetav77 oh really? I will check that out bud cause mine came with red bulbs but my clocks are blue and trying to mate the LEDs is a nightmare! Thanks for in info dude 👍🏻

[@TerribleFire]

Ok so i watched this video and then attempted to retro fit my 2009 fiesta which only had 7 wires with CC. I wired up pins 27 & 28 from the Instrument control panel to the two missing pins on the clockspring connector. Did everything shown in this video. For a while i couldnt get it to work and then I went for a run on the motorway and found i had to be over 60KPH for the CC to engage. I'd been testing at 25mph. If this is something people want i could do a video of this on my channel.

[@harvey1459]

Is it 27 to 7 and 28 to 8?

[@ferleyreyes27]

@@harvey1459 es el 27 al 8 y el 28 al 9

[@kc3dprints]

If you could do a vid that would be great mines got 7. If not its all good. Got access to all the wiring diagrams

[@kamkata098]

Video on how to wire these would be appreciated !

[@mallik2424]

Can you please add the video with 7 wires?

[@NebbByBen]

Hello, very nice video ! Thank you ! I have also an MK7 Fiesta and I wonder if somebody has already try to fit an automatic AC system instead of the manual AC system ?

[@MrChazasaurus88]

Awesome, just the video I needed to see. I'm wonderin' where'd ya get the new steering wheel cover with the extra set of buttons though?

[@MendItModIt]

Just off eBay mate 👍🏻

[@talos86]

Its a nice work, but why didnt you got a steel frame, since you car have ST-Line elements(mine have it from factory). Piano lacquer black is the worst thing, what can happen to a car. My lil bro have a mk8 with all over piano lacquer black. It even scratches from just touching it.

[@mateuszmatusiak9834]

I just fitted to fiesta new 9” 256 GB radio and reverse camera 😅 works astonishingly perfect so far 🙌 I am looking for inspirations 🫡

[@JudeBickertonAgriculture]

Brilliant video, very well explained. I’ve just bought the new trim with the buttons and the wiring loom. Mine has come with just one spade connector, will it still work or do i need to buy a new loom?

[@MendItModIt]

Thank you my friend 🙏🏻 Message me on instagram and show me what you’ve got, I’ll do my best to help 👍🏻

[@JudeBickertonAgriculture]

@@MendItModIt cheers, i’ve dropped you a message 👍🏻

[@Adam-bw4lw]

Im guesing the ones without the hands free options dont have those 2 can wires on the steering colum

[@FinRob]

does this work on a 2019 mk8 fiesta?

[@paulsandy3346]

Nice one, do you know if the heated steering could be switched on assuming Ford made all the steering wheels the same ??

[@MendItModIt]

I’m not sure mate but normally the parts will be different. I didn’t see a plug that looked like it would be heated wheel related so it might be a different steering wheel loom as well. The pins may well be there on the car loom side of that white connector but I couldn’t say, sorry 😢

[@Nyle95]

Got the airbag off, put it all back together. Horn isn't working... absolute nightmare. Double checked the fuse which is fine so I don't know if something isn't connected correctly or something has got damaged in the process. Need to look online to see if I can find which wires are for the horn then probably have to take it all back off again.

[@Nyle95]

Took it apart again, disconnected cables and reconnected, didn't fix it. Took it all apart again and refitted the original trim to see if there was an issue with that and it still doesn't work. Not sure where to go from here really.

[@MendItModIt]

@@Nyle95 there’s a metal ring that runs around the back of the air bag and one of the spade terminals connects to that, it’s the ground for the horn. That ring makes contact with the three little metal pads on the steering wheel when you press the horn. Check all those pads are clean and the airbag is seated correctly, mine wasn’t the first time I refitted it and when I reconnected the battery my horn kept going off my itself

[@Nyle95]

@@MendItModIt Thanks mate, will check all that again. If its not that I think the clock spring might have become damaged. I want to test the horn itself before I order anything though.

[@Nyle95]

@@MendItModIt Gave all the connections, metal ring and metal pads a good clean and refitted and still nothing. Thinking it could be the clock spring.

[@aled702]

Any suggestions?? My horn is now, flat out. Only way to get it off is to disconnect all cables🤣

[@MendItModIt]

Airbag isn’t aligned/seated properly, happened to me as well although mine was prone to just randomly going off in the middle of the night for a couple days and then we I drove the car it went off every time I turned left 😂😂 until I figured out it wasn’t seated right anyway 😂

[@aled702]

@@MendItModIt figured it out in the end, another issue though, got the same adapter you had for Forscan but it’s not recognising. Any suggestions? Hasn’t been an easy install for me i’ll tell you that🤣

[@shax232]

Do you know if you can retro fit power folding mirrors in a fiesta?

[@MendItModIt]

Pretty sure you can yeah. You can on the MK6

[@ALP9798]

I've just followed this video this morning and fitted cruise control to a 2014 Fiesta 1.0 Zetec (9 wires) and it works perfectly. As mentioned in some other comments, the most difficult part was getting the airbag out, but after that it was fairly easy. Thank you so much!

[@Sb31359]

I did this on fiesta mk7 edge 2010 activated it and nothing happened button wise even tho cc icon is now activated on my dash which makes me think it should have worked maybe faulty buttons ?

[@jellebuelens1611]

I know my fiesta is compatible with cruise control but does it have an extra wire hiding behind the airbag or where do you plug in the extra wire for cruise control?

[@RosskoPeeko]

Another great video. Enjoying this series. Cruise control is the best thing ever. I have the adaptive cruise on my mk8 and I will never buy another car without it.

[@23664gray]

Thanks for this video, mine worked perfect thanks to your help.

[@jonny_s14]

Any idea if this works on a 1.25 zetec ? It has electric throttle body so it should be possible?

[@omarqahtan4947]

I HAVE A QUESTION, GUYS, DID ANY OF YOU INSTALL CRUISE CONTROL ON FORD FIGO 2019 OR FORD ASPIRE 2019, SO HELP ME GUYS, WILL IT WORK OR Not؟؟

[@mallik2424]

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[@krishanpatel41]

Hello mate! Thank you so much for the fantastic, clear instructional video! It gave me the motivation to get mine retrofitted and glad to say it all worked! I’ve been a big fan of your videos since you began your channel and having both the same Models of Fiesta as yourself, it’s been an absolute pleasure watching you put your brilliant skills at use! It’s wonderful to also see how many people (including myself) you have helped, inspired, educated along the way! As a professional photographer myself, I must also compliment the footage you’re now getting thanks to your recent camera upgrade! Keep up the amazing work and wishing you all the best in your future! Kind Regards, Krish

[@MendItModIt]

Thank you for your comment mate, that’s great to hear, I’m glad you can see the quality of the content I’m producing improving so I really appreciate that, cheers 🙏🏻

[@_LuisS]

I love retrofits.. I done the same retrofit on my Mrs golf a while back..

[@MendItModIt]

Luckily they made this one nice and easy 😂

[@stuartholmes9296]

Next job for the Wife's red edition already retrofitted reverse camera onto cars display. Also trying to find info for autolights and wipers but not found anyone thats done it yet. Great video and very informative.

[@MendItModIt]

I was wondering about changing to the full display, not sure if they’re an easy swap but I’ll looking into it + the camera 👀

[@AntonHorn]

For the lights & wipers you'll need the sensors under the windshield behind the mirror, & the respective wiring

[@Nyle95]

​@@MendItModItI've had a look about the upgrade to the Sync3 display, it seems like it's very hard to do and expensive as you'd want the US spec Sync3. Is this what you're talking about or something else?

[@Nyle95]

How did you retrofit the reverse camera please and what Sync version was this with?

[@griffinvideoprods]

Did you end up writing it to the IPC as well which is the backup module for the Central Configuration in case it needs it??

[@MendItModIt]

Oh no I didn’t, I didn’t know I might need to do that 😬

[@griffinvideoprods]

@@MendItModIt this is how we need to do it on a Focus which is pretty much the same. Any updates to the Central Configuration or BCM need to be repeated on the IPC. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpSniH58m9ieh9Usi=FBnxoO3hiiLeg7J4

[@mvwxiv]

Have you retrofitted the LED DRL to standard headlight models before?

[@MendItModIt]

I haven’t mate sorry 😢

[@mvwxiv]

@@MendItModIt that’s ok, no bother. I’m struggling to get into “engineering mode” on FORscan; apparently I need to be in that to change the “headlight type” in central configuration. Great video btw, I’m wrestling with myself of doing this mod myself, love cruise control!

[@highflyingfalcon1380]

Thank you! It work great. Very helpful video! God bless you!

[@ashleymelia598]

Wow I never thought you could do that or I would of done it on mine. I had the same as you and I loved it so much it had everything looked good grate on fule £20 road tax and that 140 bhp can shift. I spent almost £1000 on security and the scumbags stole it and wrote it off in 8 mins of even having it was so gutted

[@AB-wq2vy]

Thanks for this informative video! I managed to fit my mk7.5 new steeringwheel with cruise control and programmed it using forscan. I had an issue with my usb ELM 327 with ms/hs switch. It couldn't connect to my car at all. I bought the obdlink EX from amazon which worked without any issues with the fiesta. Just FYI for anyone who is planning this retrofit, don't buy the ELM 327. Its junk compared to obdlink EX.

[@leoalmeida7l]

Os dois fios que faltam são ativação e retorno do cruise control. Mas mesmo inserindo eles no IPC ainda não obtive sucesso na ativação do piloto automático

[@Simon-fr4ts]

Wow thats amazing that you have done this. I have recently aquired an old 2011 1.6 TDCi Titanium (77k miles) which has cruise control as standard. I was really surprised that it had this. The car is like a well looked after 2 year car inside and out condition wise and smells like a new car too. I got lucky. It also has the power folding mirrors.

[@thomerl72]

Thanks for this instruction. Did it with my German Ford Fiesta 1.25 84HP MK7.5 and it worked. I started with the programming before (when i made my test period on ForScan), because i didn't know when i get a fitting steering wheel cover - and there was an error, because the wire from the connector to the switch is missing ;-) - just for info. I read that the 7.5 all have the wires.

[@chunfeiwong3512]

Hi, can we use this forscan to fix the code P062F:46-48 inner control module EEPROM error?

[@josecarlosturizocera2751]

Hola ! Sabes cómo puedo activar la función de volumen en los mandos del volante para un Ford 2011 ?

[@thomash1]

Awesome, I reckon I'll try this myself! Many thanks and great video!

[@heisenberg6231]

After ı saw your video I add my car cruise control and ıt works thanks a lot.

[@younesbelacel8567]

I went ahead and did this today, it genuinely is easier than it seems and anyone can do it. My advice for the hardest part (taking out the air bag) is use a small flat head screwdriver to get the best access, also lie the other way round on the seat and look from underneath the wheel lol. I was at it for a good hour until i tried to brute force it, turns out it needs a fair bit of force don't be scared to break anything.

[@monojrai5128]

Mate Love your content videos keep it up, Do you reckon curse control will fit on my car too. It’s Fiesta mk7 1.6 tdci zetec diesel preface.

[@Gerald1985]

is it the same in ecosport thanks

[@MendItModIt]

I’m not sure sorry I’ve not owned an ecosport

[@EthanMoon-r5w]

Hello, great video! I’ve just done everything as you did, and even though the cruise control green light now comes on the dash, nothing happens when the I press the buttons. Lights on the controls are working so I’m assuming that the controls should be working. I followed everything in ForScan but is there anything else I need to do. Any help would be great.

[@ferleyreyes27]

amigo pudiste solucionar? tengo el mismo problema

[@arunsatheesh3887]

How can I add cruise control in ford fiesta zetec 2014??? Thanks in advance

[@MendItModIt]

As I’ve shown in the video mate, as long as you have all of the wires in that plug it should work 👍🏻

[@adrianioan1002]

omg I'm saving up to do the same thing to my ecobeast too, thanks for the video!

[@acidicbricks6966]

Do I have to cancel the subscription or free tryle

[@mattgill9329]

cracking video mate very helpful, going to give this a try soon myself.

[@Arthur-sh7bc]

Hey, great video, I just installed mine today. Coding worked, buttons lights works. Everything seemed working at first, but the cruise control buttons were not working and it messed up my volume controls too... Weird thing is that, now the volume controls, activate cruise control , but the other controls (for the cc) does not activate anything. Any ideas on the issue ? (the part i bought is from the exact same car and should match perfectly).

[@MendItModIt]

It sounds like you’ve got the audio buttons and CC buttons plugged in the wrong way round 🤔

[@Arthur-sh7bc]

Thanks for your quick reply. You are right, i inverted the plugs (cc controls and volume control), and now it work perfectly fine! Idk why, it was originaly plugged the wrong way... Thanks again for your guide it was the most complete one. @@MendItModIt

[@MendItModIt]

@@Arthur-sh7bc no worries, glad it’s all sorted 👌🏻

[@dylandeklerk9755]

Really good video I'd be interested to see if there's a way to retrofit cruise control into the ST150 as well🤔

[@bjornej1]

st150 is a racing car not a cruiseship :)

[@aeobs]

Hey man, Very good video. Did you use the sound controls button from your old car and just connected it to the new wiring loom that you got? Becase I see the donor one is with the "M" button for the audio controls, which means it came from a car without voice connectivity etc and I saw here and there in different places and videos people saying that if you have a car with no voice connectivity you have to get a donor cruise control from a non voice connectivity car and respectively if you want to install cc on one with voice connectivity you have to get a cruise control from from a car with voice connectivity. Because the loom for the two buttons in either case is one piece, but now I see that you can just plug the different button. I'm guessing your voice control functions work as well as your cc now? Thanks!

[@MendItModIt]

Yeah I swapped them over from the original. But neither of the sound controls worked at first, I had to enable those with forscan too. Again their are different options depending on which set of audio controls you have but I assume it depends what version of the audio system you have as to which buttons you can install for audio

[@aeobs]

@@MendItModIt That is very useful to know. My car is with the "M" button that comes with the most basic audio system, without bluetooth etc. My donor cc is combined with the "voice button". So if I just swap the buttons, my voice controls probably wont work. In the best case you just have to get the corresponding cc combination, but what you said about reprogramming the aduio control button as well as the cc one is very helpful. Kudos that you mentiond the 9 vs 7 wires thing as well, that will save a lot of time and effort for a lot of people.

[@matrixmiles]

did the lim speed work when you did this or is that something else that needs setting up

[@MendItModIt]

It doesn’t have that function sadly 😢

[@fatyoshi5346]

“Ride wizzards vind deze video leuk”

[@magnus88se]

Fantastic video and tutorial. Thanks :)

[@tamargraham9484]

Perfect video mate going to order the trim and loom now 💪🏼

[@siyasangayenzela7396]

A very detailed and simple video to follow. Great content.

[@yourimeeuwisse711]

Those 2 wires are most Likely CAN bus wires, you definitly dont want to be adding those if you dont know what your doing

[@MendItModIt]

I did think they were probably CAN wires, there doesn’t seem to be many wires in the loom for the steering wheel controls. Could peel the loom wrap back and see if they are twisted. I think most of the higher trim models likely come with them already but can’t be sure

[@yourimeeuwisse711]

@@MendItModIt yeah, propably. But in my opinion, if your car cant accept cruise control from factory you propably shouldnt install it. Ive been a mechanic for long enough that ive seen a good few of those aftermarket kits fail.

[@MendItModIt]

@@yourimeeuwisse711 that’s not what I did though dude, the wires in my car were there, in most cases they mean the car can accept cruise control 👍🏻 even so I’m plenty comfortable with CAN bus systems should the need ever arise 😁

[@yourimeeuwisse711]

@@MendItModIt no no no i know. Your car is fine😅 as you said your car does have the factory wires and modules so yours will work fine. English is my 2nd language so maybe my point came across a bit wierd😅

[@connorcoulthard8819]

Is there some way to fit cruise control on the mk6

[@MendItModIt]

The simple answer, is no 😂

[@Nyle95]

I've had the steering wheel controls ready to retrofit to my ST-180 for months but not got round the fitting it yet. Hopefully this video spurs me on.

[@MendItModIt]

So for it mate 💪🏼

[@Nyle95]

​@@MendItModItAttempted today, wasn't successful. Absolute nightmare trying to unclip the airbag on the ST as you don't have the little slots either side, you have to try and unclip it through the holes on the back of the steering wheel, was trying for ages before I called it a day.

[@MendItModIt]

@@Nyle95 bro does it had little lines/marks where those slots should be? You have to pierce the holes yourself but the marks should be there

[@Nyle95]

@@MendItModIt It does but I've watched videos telling you to not pierce them... I've ordered a cheap set of pick tools as I read someone got it released a lot quicker using them instead of a screwdriver. Will try that next time and if not I'll consider piercing the holes.

[@Nyle95]

@@MendItModIt So I removed the airbag, cleaned the metal ring and metal pads on the steering wheel and refitted, this hasn't fixed it. I then removed the horn itself from the car and tested it on the 12v battery using 2 leads as per the 2 videos below (2 different methods) and the horn didn't sound. Do you think this confirms that the horn itself is at fault? While the horn was off I cleaned all the connections to it etc. If so this does seem odd as it was working prior to this job. However when I tested across both pins in the horn I was getting about 0.4 Ohms, so there is continuity... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hISrlYevgJ50fc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmqbYaaahpabiNE

[@arthurbailey3796]

Promo*SM 🤣

[@martynroberts780]

Great video quality!

[@Nellodean]

Great content again MIMI 🎉

[@MendItModIt]

Thank you sir 🙏🏻

[@pichupop-rx9bm]

Great video man 👍

[@MendItModIt]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@ashleyadams611]

7k Mike! 🎉

[@MendItModIt]

Madness 🤯🤩

[@acidicbricks6966]

Does it also work as a speed limit

[@MendItModIt]

It doesn’t unfortunately no 👎🏻

[@hollyhendrix8128]

This video saved me!! Thank you so much from Kentucky 🫶🏼

[@stephenk0nig252]

Great video. Thanks very much.

[@MendItModIt]

Cheers mate 👍🏻