Since I have a LED 3rd brake light, it stops my cruise control from working. If I put a resistor on the LED, will my cruise control work again? (yes I tried searching)

 

are you sure its from the brake light?? that sounds so wierd

 

unhook ur battery for ten minutes then try it

my cruise didnt work then i did that and now it does

 

wait... your brake light... is affecting your cruise control????? impossible!

this has to be a joke

 

how does an LED third brake light effect your cruise control???

 

hey its whitess, whts up homie, CC08s gone crazy!

 

It's obviously not the brake light, nor would a resistor make a difference. Did you make any other changes?

 

i was under the impression that the cruise gets cut off by the brake switch by the pedal

 

mine got messed up cuz when i first started driving ..and i was in town i would have my foot rest on the clutch by just tapping it...and it messed the cruise up

 

yea man im having the same problem, i jsut bought new tires, and now its making the car misfire

 

Actually damn you're right... what if it's the cumulative current being drawn by the brake lights that triggers it? Then replacing with LED's could certainly screw it up.. but that would mean everyone that has switched their tails or CHMSL would have the same problem. Is this the case?

 

There's a topic on here some where I read a long time ago saying that putting a led 3rd break light in stops the CC from working. Don't bash me..... It's what YOU people said.


FINALLY I found it. Here, RIGHT HERE:

Dash indicators reporting burnt out bulbs
LED bulbs may cause some newer vehicles to indicate a bulb is burnt out (because of their low power consumption). Some cars indicate this by increasing the flash rate of the turn signals, some turn on a bad bulb indicator. The only fix for this is to install Load Resistors across the bulbs that are being indicated as bad. Some vehicles will also disable the cruise control system if a brake light bulb is being indicated as bad, the installation of Load Resistors will also solve this problem.


Soooo I guess I pretty much answered my own question then. Hmm bet you guys are feeling salty now. PWNT!!!!!!!!!!!

 

^^^Well done!!!

 

...what cc08 strikes back...

 

ive had the led light for over a year, zero problems.... im pretty sure its something else

 

thats for turn signals there buddy. the 3rd brake light shouldnt care what load if any it has.... think GM would start disabling your cruise just bc ur 3rd brake burnt out? sounds a bit fishy if you ask me. (especially since i have the led 3rd brake light... no issues)

 

Some vehicles will also disable the cruise control system if a brake light bulb is being indicated as bad, the installation of Load Resistors will also solve this problem.

You can't miss that.... started happening right after i put in the 3rd brake light sooo...

 

^good find.

 

hahaha owned by cco8 lol

 

you shouldn't be resting your foot on the clutch, doesn't matter how light it is.

 

so switch it back to stock and see if it fixes the problem


ugh that font is so obnoxious

 

when i first learning to drive i was doing that...i dont anymore

 

PWNT? Are you ******* serious? You act like a 12 year old girl every time you either figure something out on your own or attempt to prove somebody wrong. Grow the **** up.

Everyone makes mistakes... learn from them and move on.

 

OR get a load resistor like it says.

 

well yeah...that too but IMO its easier to switch back to stock which takes all of what 2 min to see if the LED is actually causing the problem instead of making a post on here...waiting for answers...going to the store...finding the right size load resistor and splicing it into the wiring which is prob gonna take a lot longer.

problem solving>you