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Anonymous Posted on Mar 10, 2012

How to fix cruise control

Cruise control worked fine. I stopped anf fueled up. when i got back on the hwy., the cruise control wouldnt work

  • Anonymous Mar 10, 2012

    nothing more to add. cruise control just wont work and it's not the fuse

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Cruise controls can cease to engage if the clutch or brake light cruise switch are out of adjustment. If this happens, try placing you foot under the clutch pedal (if equipped) and lift up on it (toward you) and hold it while engaging the cruise. If it now works, it will likely cut out when you remove your foot from under the pedal. Check the brake pedal in an identical fashion. Adjusting the switch at the pedals can often solve he problem. Some vehicles (Honda, Acura, Ford, to name a few) have a plastic insert that mounts in the pedal arm which presses against the switch. These can become brittle and fracture into pieces. My Acura has little pieces of blue plastic on the floorboard around the brake pedal one afternoon and I noticed the cruise didn't work. It was the pieces of the insert that had come to pieces preventing the cruise from coming on. I replaced the insert and no more problem with the cruise.

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If the cruise control just stopped working,you may want to check the harness,the brakelight switch,(if the brake light is on while your driving the cruise will no engage).The cruise control module,the cruise control controls switches itself,The cruise control module has to see a speed of more than 25 MPH in order to work.

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    Thomas Biewald Mar 26, 2014

    If you regularly use the tilt wheel (up and down) when you get in or out, over time thecruise control wire can catch a piece in the steeing column and eventually get unplugged from the wiring harness (as well as the high beam switch wire).

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