Cruise Control

Same thing happened to me it was the switch. had a broken wire somewhere in the steering column. not a cheap fix but easy.

I take it you had someone repair the problem??? How Much??

How easy?? Thanks Doug

Did it myself, I bought a new control unplugged the old one plugged in the new one and tried it problem solved, then when I removed the old lever from the steering coloumn it broke the wiper control switch that was about $100 and the new control was About $50 I think and then the tools to pull the steering wheel off and put it all back together a few cuss words and Routed the new wire outside of the steering column to saving time and finished no problems since.

Maybe I am stupid??? You first plugged in the new control??I take it you mean the control on the firewall,since you can not unplug the switch on the steering column for the cruise???

If it were the control box,why did you remove the old lever?? Maybe I am missing something

Thanks again for the help..

Doug

My 97' Gmc Sierra did something similar...in the "steering column wire harness connector" it appeared that one of my wires had toasted and took two others with it, I can't remember what the burnt wire was (this was a while back) but it wasn't the cruise control...but it took one of my cruise control wires with it on the meltdown. I did my best to do a shadetree fix (soldering iron and all). I know I fixed the original problem but it added malfunctions to my cruise control...such as...I could set the cruise speed, but if I tapped the brakes to shut it off, the tab/lever on my blinker arm used to put my truck back to the set speed would have no affect. Fast forward to now...my airbag light is always on and my cruise control is toast. I do not look forward to pulling my steering wheel and doing the repair again...it wasn't all that easy of a repair job (in my opinion), and I'm pretty good at electrical.

My truck is an 89 could be a little different. The wires that go through the steering column plug into another set of wires at the bottom of the steering column I unplugged the old ones plugged in the new ones and tried it out before I did anything else, whenit worked my cruise control lever is the same lever that runs the wipers and signal lights so I unplugged it from the steering column and plugged the new one in.

Wires don't "toast" for no reason. When wires burn like that, it is usually because the power became shorted to ground. The burst of amperage caused the meltdown. You have an electrical problem, and if not troubleshot and found correctly, you may find yourself traveling down the road with a lap full of fire, or a face full of airbag.

Thanks Jeff I will give it a try since I can try it first.

How much were the wires???Is it a whole Harness for the horn, directionals,high Beams and wipers?? Or can you buy just the Cruise Control wires??? Thanks Again

Doug