When one or both fail the test when you turn the ignition on, it posts a message saying service the air bag system. I have not had an accident, but cannot use this option on the vehicle, I can only ride my breaks down slopes to slow the vehicle down. About a week later, as I'm heading home all of the sudden my abs, brake, and traction control lights all illuminated. My tow haul mode will not stay engaged, cruise control will not stay engaged, and most of the time my truck won't even start when trying to use the remote start, instead lights just flash as I'm holding down the start button on the key fob. Posted on Jul 19, 2008 cruise control module has failed.
Saved me lots of money not bringing to dealer. Cause: This condition may be caused by not enough pressure being applied to the stop lamp switch to keep the brake lights on. You need to change one control ring yellow in colour inside the steering. Step 4 — Check the operation of the vehicle speed sensor This sensor reads the magnetic field interrupted by the spinning output shaft. The failure mileage was 52,000.
I have already had this truck in to the dealer once to fix this, and they refused to run the recall because my truck was not in the recall group. Thanks justin Have any tail or brake lights out? You will have to remove some dashboard trim pieces to reach the switch and its connectors. The contact stated that while the cruise control was set to 75 mph, the vehicle independently decelerated to 25 mph. Have not been to this site in a while but came here and found a lot of folks have this problem. Does anyone have any idea on what would cause the cruise control not to work sometimes. It has happened to us going up hills and around hilly curves.
The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer and was informed that there was no failure with the vehicle speed control. Bought it and replaced it myself and that fixed it. The dealer advised that the contact has possibly engaged the cruise control haphazardly, causing the failure. The failure was experienced numerous times. There is no engine breaking at all. When in cruise control sometimes the vehicle accelerates on its own and the rpms shoot up. This happens at low speeds when turning or backing, both forward and reverse motions.
You have to open the steering n there is one yellow ring inside the steering box. Is it mounted on the turn signal stalk? Find out why it's not blowing. In addition, the contact stated that reduced engine power was displayed across the message board. They should be able to fix this serious safety problem. Front passenger door lock mechanism had to be replaced. The truck feels really sluggish almost like there's no power, it seems like it hunts for the right gears while driving.
They put dye in oil to verify leak then replaced the oil pan gaskets. Do you guys remember when it was just a single pin open circuit button with a body ground and 1 wire? A Chevrolet Silverado that has cruise control problems might be having a problem with the part of the engine that controls speed and fuel intake. To perform a software update, you will need to take your truck to a dealer or independent shop with a compatible scan tool. The last incident was on April 8th while pulling a trailer with the tow haul mode engaged. As I read through the 14515 recall, I feel my truck is affected by it because, while driving the truck my speedometer jumps all around and is not stable. Step 5 — Update the computer module software On November 13, 2009, a technical service bulletin number 09-08-68-001 was issued that requested a software calibration. Dec 201029032 km Dealer found oil pan gasket leaking when in for a routine oil change.
The manufacturer was notified of the failure. A diagram of the stoplamp switch. The vehicle was not repaired. I bought a new brake light switch and found out that there are two separate inputs and outputs on the switch - one for the lights and one going to the computer. This causes a very unsafe condition when driving when the cruise control is engaged. This does seem to happen more when I have driven the vehicle for at least one hour. If our prices don't convince you, we also want to make sure that you can hear from car part experts, so we have reviews you can browse through on our sites to get you peace of mind.
It was recovered the next day and held 4 days before I got postcard in mail to come pick it up. I did not drive my truck Sunday or Monday, but when I left to take it to the shop Tuesday morning, the speedometer was working fine. The problem with my truck is the brake lights come on when I hit the brakes but then go off and won't come back on until I either push the brakes down harder, or release the brakes and press them again. Tried to drive but experienced bucking and drastic power loss. In warmer weather, the blend door gets stuck in the heat mode and I cannot use the air conditioning, plus the cabin gets hotter than Hades.
Nothing is worse than turning the air on in your Chevy Silverado and nothing happens. I have been having an intermittent problem with it. The contact depressed the brake pedal but it failed to stop the vehicle. Take your foot off the accelerator to set the speed. Other times, it will down shift to increase rpms, but then soon shift gears into a higher gear then shift back into a low gear and repeat this until I let off the pedal. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 6,000.