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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / February 2006

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Cruise Control Problem

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cover - 01 Feb 2006 06:33 GMT
Back in November, I turned on my windshield wipers one morning, they
didn't come on and I assumed I had something going on with the switch.
Never went any further with that line of thinking because the next
time I used the vehicle, the wipers worked fine and have ever since.  

On my last trip on the freeway however, for whatever reason I could
not get my cruise control to work (though everything else is working
fine).  Guess I have to think that perhaps something is going on in
that turn signal switch/harness since that's my wiper control, turn
signal switch, cruise control stuff and so on...

So... Does this sound familiar to anyone?  I haven't looked for a
blown fuse or anything yet - thought I'd post here for any ideas since
the problem seems a bit weird (either the switch or a fuse ???)   TIA
for any help or advice...

Chris
cover - 01 Feb 2006 06:35 GMT
Oh yez... The vehicle in question is a 1997 GMC Suburban

>Back in November, I turned on my windshield wipers one morning, they
>didn't come on and I assumed I had something going on with the switch.
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>Chris
xblazinlv - 01 Feb 2006 06:54 GMT
Probably best to post this in the tech group, you'll get more help in
there

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Lawrence Glickman - 01 Feb 2006 07:00 GMT
>Oh yez... The vehicle in question is a 1997 GMC Suburban
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>>Chris

I am faced with a similar problem, but in my case, it seems to be an
intermittent alternator output.  Maybe you can trace your wiring with
a voltmeter.  Me, I'm at my wit's end, because my circuit diagrams in
my *books* do not match the circuits in my vehicle!  Not for
troubleshooting beyond the *replace this fuse* level.

This may not be an option for you, but I just dug out my Amprobe Pasar
Current Tracer, and will detach my car battery, subtituting a 9 volt
pocket battery for the transmitter power source.  The transmitter
(fox) puts a pulsed RF signal on the line/wire of interest, and you
trace it with the hound ( receiver ).

This way, instead of going through 1100 wires in 20 different
harnesses, I can follow the RF signal to where it -stops- or becomes
markedly attenuated, and focus my attentions there, working =back=
from the alternator to the ignition switch, through wherever the RF
signal takes me.

I *think* there is an inexpensive version of this device at sears.
Inexpensive as in less than the sales tax I paid for this monster.
Although, over the years I've certainly recovered my cost for the
*thing.*

Get a fox and hound circuit tracer at Sears.  My Amprobe kit cost IIRC
near $600 at a specialty house.  You can do it for maybe...$50 ?????

Lg
cselby@mts.net - 01 Feb 2006 15:25 GMT
>Oh yez... The vehicle in question is a 1997 GMC Suburban

GM cruise breaks wires (4 wires) at the area where they exit the stalk
and begin the routing inside the steering column.  This is a common
problem.  It also means removing the wheel to replace (most times but
not always) and to reroute to replacement stalk/wiring.

Pete
 
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