Hi,

I have a 2003 Odyssey and a few weeks ago the cruise control stopped
working.  We were driving along and all of the sudden it dropped out of
cruise (flat highway, no braking).  Since then it has degraded further
to the point where now it will occasionally come on for a few seconds.

Some things I've noticed:
- after it shuts off, I've never been able to get it to come back on
(even for a few seconds) until I turn cruise control completely off on
the dash, then back on.  After that, I can sometimes get it to come on.
- The dashboard light is on when it works, and turns off when it
dis-engages (so at least that part is working :) ).
- as I said, the most it now comes on for is a few seconds
- Honda was stumped and wanted to replace some $300 cable as a try (I
have 80,000 Km on it, so it is off warranty). If that didn't work they
wanted to replace the computer.
- As an inexpensive guess, my local mechanic tried replacing the $40
dash switch - no luck.
- The next time it is in, they plan to play with a brake switch - they
may even try to by-pass it at as test, before ordering the switch.

Has anyone else seen this?  Any experienced ideas on what the mechanic
can look for?

Thanks.