Posted by IHC Red on February 09, 2014 at 16:05:49 from (208.107.114.160):
I had a little excitement this weekend... usually I don't drive this car in the winter and it has 102k mostly highway miles. I recently had a remote starter installed. I also had an oil leak on the back side of the block repaired (which required much of the intake to be removed. I don't think I used the cruise since either of these things were done.
On Friday I started my trip to see my dad who isn't doing too well and recently had a small stroke. (He'll be 98 in April.) I engaged the cruise and all seemed to be normal for about 10-15 miles. Then someone pulled in front of me and I touched the brake to disengage the cruise and it wouldn't kick out. I move the switch to off and the light on the dash went out but the cruise stayed on. (At this point it's getting a little exciting.) So I stand on the brake and it slows me down, but it still won't kick out. I take the nearest off ramp and I'm literally standing on the brake to get it to stop. After coming to almost a dead stop (the engine is now racing at 2200 rpm) after a few seconds, I slowly see the rpms drop. After that it the car was as it should be with the cruise off.
My first thought was to blame the remote starters, so I call the installers and the tech comes to the phone and says he's installed them for 20 yrs and he's never had this happen. He says they'll charge me to look at it.
So then I call the guys that fixed the leak and he says to bring it in. He takes if for a drive but I suspect he didn't drive it long enough or fast enough to have it "freeze up" or whatever is going on. He checked for vacuum leaks, etc. and says he can't see anything obvious. This is my first time with this mechanic, but is highly recommended.
I don't have a spare vehicle at the moment so I proceed on my trip. While I'm in the middle of no where with no cars around I tried it again. It worked fine for about 10-15 miles... speed up with resume, slow down with set, etc. worked fine... then it "freezed" up again. This time I pressed on the brake hard and down shift as I slow down some. It kicked off somewhere between 10-20 mph. I didn't use it again.
What's wrong here ? Is it the combo switch on the turn signal ? Computer/ecm issues ? Did one of the shops screw up something ? Cold weather/frost ? Other thoughts !?!
Thanks in advance.
This post was edited by IHC Red at 16:15:53 02/09/14.
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