I was out shopping today and for my return home, I started the car normally using reverse to back out of a parking spot and forward to leave the parking lot and enter traffic. I immediately noticed an unusual drag when not pressing the accelerator. But there were no alarm-lights lit - - nothing to indicate anything was wrong. I entered the freeway, turned on "cruise" and when I was at the desired speed I pressed "Hold" and found it would not hold speed. "Cruise" was showing on the dash panel, but it just wasn't working, and again the deceleration when not giving it gas was greater than normal. I had to stop at a store on my way home, and when I came out and restarted the car, it was back to normal. There was no excessive drag when not feeding gas and cruise worked just fine. I guess I was lucky the casualty state it wound up in was a benign one.
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13 years ago