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(Message started by: allenjames on Oct 27^th, 2005, 3:30pm)

Title: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by allenjames on Oct 27^th, 2005, 3:30pm

Picked up the new car today, only problem I found is the cruise control isnt working. 95 2.0 Ultima.

The system switches on , light on dash comes on, but the speed wont set.

The handbook mentions a green relay in the glovebox.

I have a yellow relay, but no green one.

Any ideas ?

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by mr._floppy on Oct 27^th, 2005, 3:48pm

Have a gander in the engine bay, to the left of the radiators, covered by a plastic rain deflector, should be the CC motor. Check that the cable from it is attached to the throttle quadrant. It's impossible to see whether the CC system or the electric motor is working while the car is static, so it's a relay, fuse , switch and motor elimination game.
Good Luck.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by allenjames on Oct 27^th, 2005, 5:36pm

The cable was disconnected from the throttle quad.

After reconnecting, and a short drive, it didnt seem to work.

The cable has a little slack , is this right ?

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by bazza1962 on Oct 27^th, 2005, 7:12pm

also check brake lights are not stuck on,happenned on my BMW and cruise would not work.Had to get button behind brake pedal replaced.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by Geoff_W on Oct 29^th, 2005, 12:25pm

In my case the cable was a bit slack and tended to pop off the quadrant end from time to time. New cable sorted that, clip at quadrant wears.

However it sounds like you still may need to check relay and fuse.

NOTE FOR Eric_R : This may end up as an addition for the Faults page.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by allenjames on Oct 29^th, 2005, 3:43pm

New cable ordered. It kept popping off as you described.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by Simmo on Oct 29^th, 2005, 8:51pm

In the meantime you can solve that with a small cable tie fixed round the plastic connector at the throttle end.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by allenjames on Oct 29^th, 2005, 9:07pm

I did think of a temporary fix, but the clip looks like it needs to swivel, so I left it disconnected in case it jams in operation.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by Simmo on Oct 30^th, 2005, 6:55am

All you need to do is fix the cable tie so that it stops the plastic clip from 'jumping' of the peg. Mines been running like that for ages.

Title: Re: Cruise Control Not Working.
Post by Geoff_W on Nov 2^nd, 2005, 12:23am

Simmo,

You have clearly got a better eye for cable ties than me.

Andrew (scorpio_man) and I think Martin Rowe and myself fought that fight in my engine bay at Harewood

Net result.....

Cable ties 4 ;D Scorpio Owners nil >:( :'(. So I bit the new cable bullet no problems ever since. I guess another option would be to solder a piece of wire around the joint, that might be a fix.