# 2011 Dodge Journey - Cruise control issue

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dodge\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035 "2020-07-09T15:31:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ArdathEngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@ArdathEngel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ArdathEngel)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035/1 "2020-07-09T15:31:04Z")

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Cruise control not working

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035/2 "2020-07-09T15:37:29Z")

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Unfortunately, things do break in cars that are 9 years old

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035/3 "2020-07-09T16:17:25Z")

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And… you have two obvious options.

1. Repair
2. Do not repair

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035/4 "2020-07-10T22:20:08Z")

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And check your brake lights, especially the middle/third one. On 2 of my GM cars, a burned out third brake light disabled the cruise.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-dodge-journey-cruise-control-issue/167035/5 "2020-07-10T22:21:35Z")

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Any burned out brake light disables the cruise.

Tester