How to activate the cruise sontrol on a french Voyager ?

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Eul'Fred - 30 Jun 2004 21:46 GMT

Hi,

First, excuse my poor english, I'm French.

I own a Chrysler Voyager 2,5 l CRD since april 2001. (I think this minivan
is named "Caravan" in the US)

This one does not have the cruise control factory installed, but the wirings
are present in the steering wheel and I guess the electronic devices in the
car can support this function.

I already installed the switchs on the steering weel, and everything seems
OK but the cruise control does not work. (The "cruise" indicator does not
light on under the odometer) There is probably a way to activate the cruise
control after installing the switchs, but nobody here can answer this
question at this time.

Any informations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks !

PS : I tried to mount my Steering well on another Voyager, this one has the
cruise control factory installed. Everything works. That's makes me say
there is something to do on my car to have the cruise control working.

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Hans =?ISO-8859-15?Q?M=FCcke?= - 30 Jun 2004 22:26 GMT

> Hi,
>
> First, excuse my poor english, I'm French.

Which doesn`t make You less of a human being. Besides - Your english is
excellent ... :-)

> PS : I tried to mount my Steering well on another Voyager, this one has
> the cruise control factory installed. Everything works. That's makes me
> say there is something to do on my car to have the cruise control working.

Have You asked at a Chrysler dealership if the "blackbox" on Your Voyager is
cruise control reafy? Driving a PT I know, that all kinfds of features come
down to software, blackbox and moon phases ...

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See Ya ... Hans from Germany
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Eul'Fred - 30 Jun 2004 22:37 GMT

> Have You asked at a Chrysler dealership if the "blackbox" on Your Voyager is
> cruise control reafy? Driving a PT I know, that all kinfds of features come
> down to software, blackbox and moon phases ...

I have a RV with the Chrysler dealer here next friday, but I'm afraid he
doesn't really know how to learn "cruise controlling" to the blackbox ...

:o)

His answer today was : mount the switches, press on the "on/off" switch for
more than 20 seconds with ignition on, and it will work...
As you can guess, it doesn't ...

I hope it is possible to activate this function in the car "computer" but I
would like to have some informations about it before friday ...

Thanks for your answer.

FS

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Daniel J. Stern - 30 Jun 2004 22:43 GMT

> I own a Chrysler Voyager 2,5 l CRD since april 2001. (I think this minivan
> is named "Caravan" in the US)

Votre vanette, elle est de quel annee?

> This one does not have the cruise control factory installed, but the
> wirings are present in the steering wheel and I guess the electronic
> devices in the car can support this function.

Oui, mais il y a quelques autres pieces qui doivent etre installes pour
avoir le systeme de control de croisement. Par exemple, le servo
electrique qui position le soupape d'alimentation (meme comme quand vous
appliquez votre pied au champignon) pour maintenir votre vitesse. Les
vehicules non equippees de control de croisement, pour le plupart, ne sont
pas equippees de cet servo, et parfois le filetage n'est pas completement
present dans le chambre du moteur. Les agents Chrysler peuvent vous
fournisse un jeu de pieces pour installation du control de croisement.

-Stern

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Eul'Fred - 30 Jun 2004 23:24 GMT

> Votre vanette, elle est de quel annee?

Il est de 2001. C'est le dernier modèle, diesel avec rampe commune

It was built in 2001. It is the last one, in Europe with VM Diesel engine
and Common rail.

> Oui, mais il y a quelques autres pieces qui doivent etre installes pour
> avoir le systeme de control de croisement. Par exemple, le servo
> electrique qui position le soupape d'alimentation (meme comme quand vous
> appliquez votre pied au champignon) pour maintenir votre vitesse.

Je crois que le modèle CRD n'a pas besoin de cette pièce, car les injecteurs
sont pilotés électriquement, chacun d'eux comporte une prise électrique et
il n'y a aucun câble d'accélérateur dans la voiture. La pédale
d'accélérateur actionne un potentiomètre. Toutefois, je prends note de votre
réponse.

I think the Common rail Diesel engine does not need a vacuum servo control
like the older engines because all the injectors have a electric connexion
and there is not throttle cable on this car. The throttle pedal moves a
potentiometer. But thanks for your answer, that's something in can ask for
confirmation to the Chrysler dealer here.

Merci pour votre réponse.

Thanks for your ansewer.

FS

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