I've got an Octavia 1 with factory fitted cruise control (the older stalk with one button on the end rather than the newer one with the + and - double end button). Often when I slide the switch for resume or to increase speed, cruise drops out and forgets the resume speed.

I think this is probably a dodgy contact in the switch, and when I slide for resume it thinks I've slid it to completely Off, and so deliberately forgets the resume speed. Obviously I could fit a whole new stalk, but that's a lot of work (airbags, steering wheel, etc) so I'd rather clean up the contacts in the old one without removing it.

Trouble is, I can't figure out whether the stalk comes apart and I don't want to break it. Can the sliding switch be prised off without breaking it to get better access to the innards? Or can the stalk be split apart? (It looks as if it's made of more than one moulding). If so, then I was hoping to get some switch cleaner spray onto the contacts themselves...

Any advice gratefully appreciated! Thanks very much,

Alan

Just in case it helps anyone else in the future, I've had an answer to this question over on another forum:

http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=90591

only just noticed this - as you presumably discovered, it's easy to prise open the stalk and get to the contacts. Same happened to mine, dodgy contacts meant it kept dropping out randomly. Readjusted the contact springs and all was well

Edited 28 February, 201016 yr by richm