I don't use cruise much because I take a different car on road trips. When I recently did try it, the cruise control light comes on, but when I try to set speed it doesn't take and the cruise control light blinks. The car has about 40K miles on it, no accidents.
I guess what I want to know is what might cause that? I don't want to go in to the dealer and get scammed for a few hundred bucks repair if they just re-seat a plug or something. Any advice anyone?
--Lynn
The blinking cruise control light means that the CC computer has detected a problem. If the light is still blinking when you take it to the dealer, they can scan the computer memory for a fault code. Cruise control problems are not very common on Toyotas so unfortunately, there is no obvious place to look.
That much I can vouch for....the CC light on the instrument panel of my 2003 Avalon goes on when I activate the CC, and Does Not blink. And I'll agree with Ray that Toyotas seem to have very few problems with their electronics. It was explained to me once that Toyota stays with pretty much the same electronic set up year after year when they find something that works well and is trouble free. The Germans, on the other hand, seem to want everything that is NEW and THE LATEST thing....and they wind up putting a lot of unproven electrical crapola in their vehicles to their sorrow.
Yes, that's how it worked until it quit working. Thanks to both of your for your replies.
--Lynn
You're welcome! Please share what you or your repair facility finds.
OK, I will promise to do that. I'm a bit of a procrastinator and I am a little under the weather right now, so it won't be immediately. But in the near future...
--Lynn
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