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Old 11-07-2001, 10:54 AM
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Question cruise control and drivers side tail light

What is the relationship between the cruise control and the tail light?
I have a left tail light out and the cruise control activates but continually surges.
Thanks for any help.
kevin

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Old 11-07-2001, 12:49 PM
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I didn't see what your model was--most likely, the surging and the cutting out is a bad CC amp in your case.

To answer your question, the CC amp receives a ground through the brake lights. Bad bulbs, or in the case of my 190E, a loose screw on the tail-light ground wiring can mess things up.

In the case of my SEC, a bad CC amp was causing the surging. Some have said lubricating the throttle linkage was sufficient to eliminate their surging. Hope that helps . . . Cheers, Andrew Seidel.

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Cruise- Should I replace the bulbs even if they are working?
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Old 11-07-2001, 02:12 PM
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You need to ensure that all your turn signal and brake lamps are metal base lamps, using the brass based American style bulbs will cause problems like this.

Good luck,

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