cruise control inop
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From: New Lenox, IL
Oh, are you speaking of the brake pedal position switch? As identified in this thread (linked) in post #6? https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...ch-bypass.html
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From: Chippewa Falls, WI
You want to check the "Speed Control Deactivator Switch" that is installed on the end of the brake master cylinder under the hood on the driver side. If you disconnect the wire and the connector is wet with brake fluid, it's definitely bad. It's about 20 bucks and a simple job to replace, so I'd change it either way. I did not have to bleed the brakes after changing mine.
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From: New Lenox, IL
::sigh:: well it wasn't the speed control deactivator switch. Next best bet is the servo? ~$400 from a dealer or ~$75 from a junkyard? UGH. Welp guess cruise control isn't getting fixed. Eh guess there are worse things in life.
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I haven't run into this problem with a truck but, on my Mark VIII, if the 3rd brake light was inoperative the cruise control would not work. Only 1 bad bulb would cause this. That does not explain the horn problem though.
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Dlaude, just have them run your vin, and they should be able to tell u also if the recall was ever done on it over the ph. I found out the hard way when I needed to change mine that they are different for the different engine config. Go figure.
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Welp, all brakes lights are working properly. Guess it's time to do this to see what comes of it...
You are NOT going to start the X just turn the key to the on position, here goes,
Hold down the OFF button on the cruise control and turn the key to the ON position you will see the cruise logo appear in the bottom of the insturment display, once it goes out procced in this order within 3 seconds, next push the ON, then Resume,Coast, last Set/Accel it will at this point enter into a self test of the system including the speed servo or or the the cruise logo will flash a code by the logo blinking, count the blinks
edit: you don't have to push all the buttons within 3 seconds, just start the sequence within 3-5 seconds
Hold down the OFF button on the cruise control and turn the key to the ON position you will see the cruise logo appear in the bottom of the insturment display, once it goes out procced in this order within 3 seconds, next push the ON, then Resume,Coast, last Set/Accel it will at this point enter into a self test of the system including the speed servo or or the the cruise logo will flash a code by the logo blinking, count the blinks
edit: you don't have to push all the buttons within 3 seconds, just start the sequence within 3-5 seconds
