gen3 outback cruise control

Post by **Alex** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:37 am

hey guys,

first and only issue with the new outback.

my gen3 liberty has exactly the same setup so i assume itd work the same way.

on the outback i press the button on the right of the steering wheel, it lights up, i try and engage cruise control and it does nothing, then after about 10seconds the light turns off on the button and wont let me turn it back on until i turn the car off and on again.

what the hell is the problem? ive had a very quick skim over the cable and all seems normal to where it attaches to the throttle body. Fuse it okay too.

any ideas?

alex

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:26 pm

Yep.. your problem is you brought a Gen3 and not a Gen2 Outback with Twin Turbo !!

But I have seen this before and it was a wheel sensor issue. When I get home, we'll chuck the car on the scanner and watch what all the sensors are doing. Unless you need it sorted asap.. cause you're too lazy to use your foot

:p:p

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:03 pm

Maybe do an ECU reset for fun in the mean time.

Post by **Alex** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:30 am

cheers guys, yes Paul i am mega lazy and i use cruise control proabably at least once each time when im driving.

Just doing a longish trip to margret river in the car next week, and i cbf holding the accelerator down for that long haha.

Andrew, i'll probably be chucking a new battery in it tomorrow so the inevitibale ecu reset will probably occur then

alex

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:13 pm

Alex wrote:Just doing a longish trip to margret river in the car next week, and i cbf holding the accelerator down for that long haha.

Want some cheese with your whine? I drove across oz and back without cruise! Harden up!!! At least you know you can sort it later and it's not a permanent problem

Oh, and your sig should say "wanky wagon Gen 3". Just a though...

Cheers

Bennie

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:39 pm

Reset on the ECU will clear any codes in memory but if the fault is still there (for instance fault wheel sensor) then the moment you drive the car, it will reappear. So try it out and see how it goes.

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:33 am

cool, i didnt get around to it. Got too drunk on saturday and spent the rest of sunday looking for answers as to why i drank so much punch....

alex

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:45 am

Alex wrote: Just doing a longish trip to margret river in the car next week, and i cbf holding the accelerator down for that long haha.

alex

Is that anywhere near Margaret River? which is now around 2 hours from Perth which is about my daily travelling time to and from school

LAZY very LAZY Alex

TOONGA

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:20 am

TOONGA wrote:Is that anywhere near Margaret River? which is now around 2 hours from Perth which is about my daily travelling time to and from school

LAZY very LAZY Alex

TOONGA

SORRY TOONGA

geeeeeeeeeez

i know its a much closer drive now. (i worked on the design of the kwinana fwy extension btw)

i want cruise control! I use it when im just driving around town HEAPS!

might have a look tonight.

alex

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:27 am

Alex wrote:SORRY TOONGA

geeeeeeeeeez

i know its a much closer drive now. (i worked on the design of the kwinana fwy extension btw)
alex

Actually Alex I would keep my mouth shut about that, as before The Kwinana carpark gets to Thomas road it is a shift fight (take the "f" away in shift) Unless you just worked on the Forrest HWY bit.

a long drive is Perth to Ceduna in 10 hours

(don't ask)

TOONGA

TOONGA

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:47 am

TOONGA wrote:Actually Alex I would keep my mouth shut about that, as before The Kwinana carpark gets to Thomas road it is a shift fight (take the "f" away in shift) Unless you just worked on the Forrest HWY bit.

a long drive is Perth to Ceduna in 10 hours (don't ask)

TOONGA

TOONGA

yes im talking the Forrest hwy bit. Kwinana fwy runs up to Pinjarra Road where it changes to the Forrest Hwy.

This was when i was working in the bridges department of my work. Did the majority of the bridges and culverts over the new part. So if they fail DONT blame me :P

alex

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:18 pm

We blame you for everything Alex

You probably even spiked the punch too

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:19 pm

spiked it yes

with lots of vodka

alex