Cruise control stopped working

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Cruise Control Fix for LED Tail Light Bulbs

I installed LED tail light bulbs awhile back, and like others here, have been living without my cruise control since. The circuit below fixes the problem using one 5-pin 12VDC relay and a resistor. (I'm not sure that the 10-Ohm resistor is needed, but I didn't want to send the cruise sensor...

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[shovel]

You can put resistors in parallel with the taillight bulbs (brake circuit not the running filament circuit) , something like 20 ohm, 10 watt (per lamp assembly not per bulb) and be aware they will get hot enough to melt plastic when you're at a stoplight with your foot on the brake. Easier and cheaper to just put incandescent bulbs back in, K.I.S.S.

 

[Daryl]

I’m adopting one of my favorites: the K.I.S.S. method then! Will stop and pick up tail light, indicator, trunk, and license plate incandescent bulbs after work today ++
Fingers crossed this solves the issue.

 

[Daryl]

What # bulb and how many of each will I need for tail light housing; trunk; indicators and license plate?

 

[Daryl]

Never mind, found a thread from 2013 on the SVT forum via Google search.

 

[Daryl]

You’re not running led tail lights are you?

Fantastic, thanks! I replaced all the LED’s out for regular OE bulbs and the cruise control is working fine again.

THANKS A TON!!! I never would have guessed LED bulbs.

 

[07GtS197]

Fantastic, thanks! I replaced all the LED’s out for regular OE bulbs and the cruise control is working fine again.

THANKS A TON!!! I never would have guessed LED bulbs.

It’s strange how it happened all of a sudden but at least you found the issue fairly easily.