Cruise Sticks
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Cruise Sticks
I own a 2003 F-250, five days after driving it off the lot, I was driving down the freeway and tried to exit, but my cruise would not kick off. I pulled over, and tried everything to get it off, I pushed the off button, tapped the brakes, but nothing worked. I even tried to turn the vehicle off. But when I turned it back on the RPMs rose to a steady 4-5. I turned it off again and the same thing. I road the brakes all the way to the dealer, but before I finally was able to get someone to come and look at it, the problem was gone. The dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. They replaced the servo and said all was good. Three times later back at the Dealer, the problem is still not fixed, and they say there is nothing they can do until they duplicate the problem. I live in a winter climate and before something serious happens I would like to get this problem solved. Does anyone else have this problem, or any advice?
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Was this a brand new truck when you purchased it? Since you noted they replaced the servo I am assuming it is not a diesel, since the diesel does not use a servo. The deactivation system is redundant, meaning the brake pressure deactivation switch AND the brake lamp switch would both have to malfunction at the same time to prevent deactivation. This would be highly unlikely. So this should narrow it down to a throttle cable issue or a short circuit. Since servo has already been replaced, I would start by inspecting the brake pressure deactivation switch to see if it is full of brake fluid. This should have already been done by the dealer but you never know what kind of rookie may be doing the work. If he missed a leaking pressure deactivation switch and brake fluid contamination in the servo this could cause odd anomylies. Other than that I would look into shorted cruise switches, binding cable or clock spring.
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