I have heard of several instances where people comment that their cruise control on BMW's does not work in temps. below 35*-40*. My take is that this IS, in fact, a safety feature that is probably also somehow connect to the chime you hear when outside temps get near the freezing point. If you hit a patch of black ice, you definitely do NOT want your cruise control engaged- BMW engineers are probably just ensuring that you cannot engage the cruise control in freezing temps, when a driver probably should be paying a little more direct attention to things like throttle and braking. |