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Michael Meyers Posted on Mar 19, 2009
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Lexus RX300 cruise control

My cruise control disengages and has to be manually reset. The cruise light on the dash will blink sometimes but never goes out. Any suggestions would be appreciated

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  • Michael Meyers Mar 19, 2009

    If I reset the cruise it will hold the speed for a while and disengage. The speed remains constant at set speed. This problem appeared shortly after I had the timing belt replaced.

  • Michael Meyers Mar 19, 2009

    Thank you

  • Marvin
    Marvin May 11, 2010

    has it done this before now? does the speed drop off allot (more than 5 MPH) just before the cruise shuts itself off?

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I would take it into the dealer and have them check it out, but it sounds like a defective cruise control transducer, that is the part that actually holds the speed.

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