BAC Forum
General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Dennis Campbell on July 01, 2022, 06:02:02 PM
-
Hi All,
Here's an issue I've been working on for a while. Perhaps someone has encountered this before.
Cruise control is intermittent at best. During the road trip this winter, I replaced several of the associated breakers in the electrical bay and thought I had it fixed, and indeed it worked for many hundreds of miles but then quit again. I just changed out the breakers again and still not working, so maybe the breakers were not the (only) issue.
Also, there were other problems, apparently on the same circuit. When I was able to get the cruise to work, and while I was driving down the road and something in the circuit would fail, I was unable to shut it off either by the button on the smart wheel, nor by pressing the brake pedal (Which provided for a very interesting experience!). Additionally, while in the failed state, the windshield wipers would not turn on, but the windshield washer button would cycle properly.
I wonder if the problem might be in the smart wheel control box in the elec. bay, or maybe in the harness in the column.
Anyone experience something similar?
Thanks,
Dennis
-
Sounds like the clockspring in the smartwheel needs replacement.
Steve
-
Dennis,
I agree with Steve. Replace the clockspring under the steering wheel. It is the device that transfers the request from the VIP steering wheel buttons to the electronic control box. Fred
-
Thank you Fred and Bill....that makes sense. I will travel down that road!
Dennis
-
Keeping in mind that many coaches are set up so that activating the Jake (exhaust) brake cuts off the cruise control, and newer owners think the cruise is faulty; I’ve seen numerous threads here where symptoms like yours are due to problems with the SmartWheel clockspring. That pushes me to back Steve’s and Fred’s diagnosis of your issue.
Joel
-
We had the same intermittency on ours about 4yrs ago. Replaced the Smart wheel control pad on the wheel. Been working fine since.