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Rough idle, cruise control also stopped working

Tb was running great ,up until a recent fill up at gas station......mile after fill up engine started running rough....slow acceleration.....check engine light comes on and also noticed cruise control no longer works...thought it was just some bad fuel.... 2 tanks later runs a little better once it gets warm .....must add tb had just been in body shop for some rear end repairs

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Sounds like you could have gotten some water in your fuel tank from that fill up. Go to a autoparts store and get a product to put in the tank that takes care of water in fuel. Use it when you fill the tank up a few times after and hopefully it goes away. Whenever you can't sustain power in the engine or it runs rough then your cruise control will constantly be shut off because the engine doesn't have the power to keep the speed up and should go away once your engine is running clean again.

Good Luck

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