# Loose Cruise Control Buttons

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, repair, ford\
**Created:** [August 7, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135 "2010-08-07T18:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ellenpaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@ellenpaz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellenpaz)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135/1 "2010-08-07T18:45:22Z")

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The cruise control buttons on the right side of the steering wheel on my '97 Ford Explorer Sport are loose. I have to hold them from underneath in order to use them. Can I use some type of glue or epoxy to secure them to the steering wheel?  
  
 I asked a Ford dealer in Mexico to fix it, but I don’t think they did anything.

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**Author:** ![kizwiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@kizwiki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kizwiki)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135/2 "2010-08-08T02:09:26Z")

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I don’t want you to use glue of any kind to solve this problem. You should drive as if this car never had cruise control. You cannot fix this problem.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135/3 "2010-08-08T02:48:26Z")

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Check the back of the steering wheel, right behind the cruise control unit, for the heads of screws. The may have come loose.

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**Author:** ![ellenpaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@ellenpaz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellenpaz)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135/4 "2010-08-11T23:20:19Z")

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Thanks. I’ll take a look. I don’t feel anything though when I feel under there.

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**Author:** ![ellenpaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@ellenpaz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellenpaz)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loose-cruise-control-buttons/53135/5 "2010-08-11T23:22:16Z")

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OK…I won’t use glue. I do a lot of highway driving, so I need the cruise control. It was recalled last fall and the recall problem fixed. I just hold the unit in my hand when I push on the buttons, and it works fine.