Cruise control disengaging by itself...100 TD

manual or auto

Factory Auto 5sp

Would be my first choice of culprit too. It will be hard to fault-find because you cannot replicate the issue when at a standstill. I suggest you check (ie. unplug and spray with contact cleaner) every connector on the brake light circuits. Check the earths too, they are probably local to the globes.

Mike Harding

You could be on the money here...I recently pulled my trailer connections apart because they were playing up...maybe I didn't put them back together properly..cheers

Sorry, its not a Prodigy, but a Voyager. Post 53373 talks about it a fair bit and there is a known fix.
Barry

I do have a trailer brake controller....how did you dignose this to be the issue...and how did you fix it?

Cheers

The fault I've described only applies to the Tekonsha Voyager. The post I mentioned above (53373) describes the fix as being either a warranty replacement unit or a diode fitted somewhere.
I noticed that there was an audible click at the same time the cruise got knocked out. The click came from the brake controller and is the same click that you hear when you move the manual slider control. Also, once or twice I noticed the brake lights on when no-one was in the car! I have not fixed mine - just live with it. However, when not towing, I disconnect the controller at the harness connector.
Barry

Hi Willie..

No, my issue is different. It happens at cruising speed on straight and level roads....that's the weird bit!

cheers

Willie, have the same sort of symptom. Do you keep your cruise control on much of the time? I was when travelling back a few months back but was finding our fuel consumption was quite a bit higher than a guy who wasn't using his cc. The cc seems to make it surge very hard at times. Love to soften the loud pedal on cc.

Morning John ,

Just turned on the puter to check what transpired in the US overnight .

Regarding cruise control :
If it is flat country , and there is no wind , I put straight onto cruise control . For me it takes the stress out of driving . Then I start listening to podcasts or an audio book .

I reckon you would get better fuel economy without cc on , because you would (if being frugal ) not try to maintain your speed up inclines etc.

Willie.

Mike, shuffling funds here to generate another. I don't think things are rational in the US. They are leaderless in the sense of the word and waiting for the election to see if they can take a clean break.

I think I use cc as much as anything to rest my legs with my feet under the pedals. if I didn't do that, the go pedal would be lower I reckon. LOL Imagine the fuel economy then ;-))

Alastair

No issues with my ABS light that I have noticed...

I know what you mean about the CC being harsh. Very disappointing in some respects these TD's and great in others.

I put a Dtronic in mine and it helps the issue noticeably... but still not brilliant.

Got a few dents in the panel work a few day back...and was thinking about suspension upgrades before that and other stuff...makes me wonder whether to go over to a D4D Prado auto???

But that's just more $$$$