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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Maxima / July 2008

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95 Max. Cruise Control not working

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lock - 28 Mar 2008 17:17 GMT
I have a 1995 Maxima & the cruise control is not working, I can turn the
switch on the dash board & it lights up but when I try to set the button
on the steering wheel it wont set the speed or light up the cruise light
by the speedometer. Anyone have any ideas how to fix?
E Meyer - 28 Mar 2008 18:38 GMT
On 3/28/08 11:17 AM, in article MR8Hj.9876$Q52.6260@bignews9.bellsouth.net,

> I have a 1995 Maxima & the cruise control is not working, I can turn the
> switch on the dash board & it lights up but when I try to set the button
> on the steering wheel it wont set the speed or light up the cruise light
> by the speedometer. Anyone have any ideas how to fix?

It could be one a number of things.  The service manual is written assuming
you have a Nissan Consult system to diagnose it.  A couple of things you can
check though:

- Cut-off switch on the brake pedal could be bad or dislodged.

- do all three buttons on the steering wheel move? - it won't work of one of
them is stuck.
Chris H - 04 Apr 2008 05:36 GMT
Also could be a bad controller module ($$$$) or bad switches in the steering
wheel ($$)

Chris
90, 94 GXE 06 SE

> On 3/28/08 11:17 AM, in article
> MR8Hj.9876$Q52.6260@bignews9.bellsouth.net,
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> of
> them is stuck.
Mark Cahill - 04 Jun 2008 13:50 GMT
When I bought a 93 Maxima, it had a broken cruise control.

95 has similar wiring to the 93. I am looking at the 95 wiring diagram.

There are 2 switches operated by the brake pedal, one is a stop lamp switch,
the other is the ASCD Cancel switch.

Check the continuity across the ASCD Cancel switch terminals (the one with
these 2 colored wires: GRN/RED & GRN/BLK).

The switch is normally CLOSED (that is, when the brake pedal is NOT
depressed). When you step on the pedal the switch opens.

This switch normally passes 12V to the Cruise Cancel terminal on the ASCD
Control Module. When the brake pedal is depressed, this 12V is interrupted
and causes the Cruise to disengage (if it was engaged). If the switch is bad
(i.e. open all the time), the Cruise will never engage.

If the switch reads open, you can restore system operation by shorting out
the terminals on the connector. This basically takes the switch out of the
system. This is the problem I had and this fix works.

I believe the switch is used as a fail-safe switch. In other words, it is a
backup to the stop lamp switch. Either switch will disengage the system. But
if the stop lamp switch failed, it would not disengage the system. Thus,
they put in another switch (the ASCD cancel) which, if it failed, it fails
open, not closed, and thus disengages the system.

I think Nissan wanted to be sure that when the brake pedal is depressed, the
system would disengage because of the absence of voltage, not the presence
of voltage.

Anyway, jumpering this switch corrected my problem. I am not going to bother
to replace the switch, because there are 4 other ways to disengage the
cruise:

1) Put transmission in neutral
2) Hit cancel button (on my steering wheel)
3) Step on the brake pedal (assuming the stop lamp switch still works)
4) Turn off Cruise Control using dashboard switch

I can live without a 5th way.

Good Luck

Mark

> Also could be a bad controller module ($$$$) or bad switches in the
> steering wheel ($$)
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>> of
>> them is stuck.
Bitsbucket - 14 Jul 2008 16:01 GMT
I had to replace my gage package, the signal for the cruise is routed back
thru the gages, and I could not believe it at first, thank goodness I had an
extra gage package...if U buy a package off ebay make sure that the reason
it is not being sold is because it causes cruise problems!!

>I have a 1995 Maxima & the cruise control is not working, I can turn the
>switch on the dash board & it lights up but when I try to set the button on
>the steering wheel it wont set the speed or light up the cruise light by
>the speedometer. Anyone have any ideas how to fix?
 
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