Part of my cruise control seems to be on the blink.

It will take a setting by pressing in the end button and hold speed. However whilst the accelerate feature that activates by pressing and holding the Resume button, will cause the car to correctly accelerate, sometimes the car holds the new higher speed and other times it doesn't.

Also if, having set a speed, I thern brake say and the CC is thereby knocked out, if I press and release the resume button, sometimes the car will accelerate back up to the previously stored speed and other ttimes it won't but simply takes the current speed as a new CC speed setting and holds that instead.

This feels like a defective/dry contact or intermittent cable connection on the resume button circuit. Has anyone else had this develop and if so managed to fix it?

I had this, initially giving the slider a good waggle solved it but eventually it just stopped working and I just bought a new stalk set. They're pretty cheap considering what they do.

Edited 8 July, 201015 yr by wja96

I had this, initially giving the slider a good waggle solved it but eventually it just stoippede working and I just bought a new stalk set. They're pretty cheap considering what they do.

Thanks, I was thinking this might be the only long term solution.

How easy was it to fit? Is it a DIY job?

Did you need to take the steering wheel off to fit the new stalk?

http://www.fabia-vrs.com/technical-info/cruise-control-retrofit/

Shows how it's done.

http://www.fabia-vrs.com/technical-info/cruise-control-retrofit/

Shows how it's done.

Thanks again, I was hoping a strategic spray of electro-cleaner might do the trick. Changing the stalk looks a bit involved!

Thanks again, I was hoping a strategic spray of electro-cleaner might do the trick.

It can't hurt trying the spray.

Is it possible to take the cruise stalk apart in situ and see if it there is any fix/cleaning of contacts that might work?

I see that it is a multi part plastic item and might come apart perhaps. Has anyone tried?

After all mobile phones do so why not a stalk?

Edited 18 July, 201015 yr by GREZA

My cruise exhibits similar symptoms. "Usually" it's great but sometimes it seems to forget its setting. "Resume" just causes me to slow down. I'm waiting to see if the situation develops.

Have read previously that the switches can get gunked up/corroded and electrical contact cleaner can sometimes help.

Re: taking the switch apart, good luck. I always break modern stuff the first time I try to dismantle it. :S

Re: taking the switch apart, good luck. I always break modern stuff the first time I try to dismantle it. :S

Yes my concern too, usually these parts are made to go together just the once. I was hoping someone clever might know of a fix or the right way to take the stalk apart.

I put a little squirt of silicone spray just under the

slider with a tiny tubular nozzle thing (like on WD40) and that seems to have helped a bit with mine. :yes:

Edited 19 July, 201015 yr by grr666

I put a little squirt of silicone spray just under the

slider with a tiny tubular nozzle thing (like on WD40) and that seems to have helped a bit with mine. :yes:

thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a go