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lost cruise control and stuck in park #983875 06/18/04 04:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX A arseum OP CEG\'er
OP arseum CEG\'er A Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX	Since my other post wasnot titled well... My car is a 1998 Merc. v6, atx 1) Cannot get out of park - had to rig the switch mechanism to stay out of the way under the shifter. 2) No cruise control (horn works, fuses are good) Can any of these be related to my third brake light not working(the other 2 brake lights still work)? Also, I have worked on the intake, but did not touch the throttle body or its connection to the cruise cable. I have searched the forums, i thought intensively, but I might have missed some info. Id greatly appreciate any help you can offer Thanks!

Re: lost cruise control and stuck in park #983876 06/18/04 07:04 PM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,459 Atoka, Oklahoma B bentleywarren_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er
bentleywarren_dup1 Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,459 Atoka, Oklahoma	The electrical switch at the brake pedal could control a lot of those functions, but I don't know why the regular brake lights would work, and the third brake light would not. Could also be a fuse problem. 95 Contour Zetec, ATX (wrecked, sitting in the barn) 95 Mystique Zetec, MTX 2000 Taurus SEL 3.0L Duratec 1994 Crown Victoria LX 4.6 V8 1993 Chevy Silverado 4.3 V6

Re: lost cruise control and stuck in park #983877 06/18/04 07:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX A arseum OP CEG\'er
OP arseum CEG\'er A Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX	I am not using my 3rd brake light, it isnt plugged in

Re: lost cruise control and stuck in park #983878 06/18/04 08:49 PM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,714 Grafton, WI H hetfield_dup1 Scourge of the Master Debaters
hetfield_dup1 Scourge of the Master Debaters H Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,714 Grafton, WI	Originally posted by arseum: Can any of these be related to my third brake light not working(the other 2 brake lights still work)? Originally posted by arseum: I am not using my 3rd brake light, it isnt plugged in That would've been quite helpful to say in your first post. You originally made it sound like you thought the first two issues were causing the brake light not to work. Not working and not using are two different things. To answer your question: no, unplugging the 3rd brake light shouldn't affect anything. Beer is my Gatorade. Hooray Beer. '98 "Sport" Pacific Green '98 E0 SVT Silver Frost Pictures

Re: lost cruise control and stuck in park #983879 06/18/04 09:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX A arseum OP CEG\'er
OP arseum CEG\'er A Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX	sorry for not being clear, and my final answer is: The third brake light is not working which is extremely likely my fault. Therefore I unplugged it. There are either 2 reasons I can think of why it is not working. I tried taking out one of the bulbs (never succeeded) and could have damaged it then. Also when I thought I was pulling the plug/harness part, i was actually pulling the entire soldered wiring from the board that holds the bulbs. I can still insert the wiring into the soldered holes in the boards, and it still stays in place.

Re: lost cruise control and stuck in park #983880 07/16/04 02:40 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX A arseum OP CEG\'er
OP arseum CEG\'er A Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 65 A&M College Station, TX	fuse 24 fixed it, thanks everyone

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