# Faulty Cruise Control

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-cruise-control/34723>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, expedition\
**Created:** [August 9, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-cruise-control/34723 "2009-08-09T01:00:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tucker1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@tucker1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tucker1)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-cruise-control/34723/1 "2009-08-09T01:00:21Z")

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02 5.4L  
  
 Cruise control will not engage. Switches work light flickers when pressing accelerate.  
  
 Any idea?

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-cruise-control/34723/2 "2009-08-09T01:05:37Z")

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Check to see if your brake lights are working. On some cars, if a bulb is burned out, the cruise control won’t activate. Also, if the brake lights are stuck on, the cruise control won’t operate. I had this happen on a Ford Tempo that I owned. I was on the interstate and the cruise wouldn’t work. Motorists kept honking at me as well. A new brakelight switch cured this problem.