Cruise Control

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Accessories/Cruise Control:

I had problems with the cruise control on our '96 wagon initially. It would turn itself on and off at random. Actually, you can replace the word "random" with the phrase "at the worst possible moment". The dealer was able to improve the situation quite a bit, but it never really went away completely.

Symptoms:

After driving on the highway for a while with the cruise turned to "On", but not activated, when I let off the accelerator, the truck would maintain whatever speed I was going, sometimes a bit less. The cruise had activated itself on it's own. Using the brake turned the cruise off again and things worked normally for a while.
With the cruise on and active on the interstate (which is the only place I use cruise anyway), the cruise would suddenly turn itself off. Usually right after I passed someone and had JUST merged back in front of him...sigh.

When AMG heard I had a problem (they read it on the HML), they called and told me about a new cruise/turn signal control arm that had less sensitive switches. I took it to the shop, they put one on (free), problem went away. I assume that bumps in the road would cause the switches to make and/or break contact momentarily.

Kevin

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