Well, the Balt has an appointment with the Tech. I drove it to work last night instead of my Blazer. On the way into work the cruise control worked fine. This morning on the way home not at all. I hit the engage button and the DIC would flash "Cruise Engaged" for like a split second then disappear and it would not engage. Don't know what's up with it. Everything else is working fine though... any idea's that could save me a trip to the dealer?

 

mine did that once.

i unhooked the battery for like, 20 minutes, and it never acted up again.

 

I have the same problem, i'm taking mine to the dealer along with more issues...

 

Thats easy enough to try, thanks for the idea. I'll mess with it tomorrow and see what happens, for now its bedtime!

 

Try putting your foot behind the brake pedal and pulling up. sometimes the weight of the pedal pushes down enough to trigger the switch that would shut off the C.C

This is what happend to mine.

 

i had same problem with my ss/sc, took it to dealer, they fixed it with no cost. warranty.

 

Its a code that gets thrown by the clutch switch if you don't get off of the clutch all the way. Unplugging the battery will work or if you have a code scanner you can use that to clear the code.

 

I had the same problem once. Took it in to the dealer and it turned out that I needed a new switch so they fixed it under warrenty.

 

Evidently it is a common problem and there is a alert to the dealers on it.

 

Awesome guys, unhooking the battery worked like a charm. As always I appreciate it. One more quick question, my Ingall's is making like a squeaking noise when I hit the gas, when its cold outside (below 40) it doesn't stop until it warms up outside. Any quick fixes for this?

 

ha, mine just started doing this today! guess i'll have to unhook the battery as well. it's cool though, i got some other things to do with her anyhow. btw, anyone know off hand know what the bulb type is for the reverse lights?

 

Same here, clutch switch

 

cruise control will not work if there are any pcm codes stored, if you unplug it maybe it will delete a code (if there)

 

disconnecting the battery cable worked for me.

 

my balt has had the same problem more than once. I don't care how much you push on the clutch by now gm should have an updated reprogram or something to take care of the problem. Mine keeps setting now that ohio has been getting snow and clutch operation is needed a little more.

 

my balt does it to i just pull up a little on the clutch pedal, with my foot and it works, my acura integra does it to, lol

 

happens pretty often to cobalts... happened several times in my 06 2.4... but my SS/SC hasn't had the problem.

dealership time...

 

i don't think i've ever used my cruise control in the 2.0. couldn't even tell you if it works or not.

 

they had to order a switch for mine as well...

 

mine is being pretty silly as well, i think i'm gonna take a dealership trip and be like "fix it bitches"

 

Tom, really?
Mine quit first time, they replace the clutch switch. Course it failed again. I disconnected the batt, and it went away. (I doubt the clutch switch was ever the problem)
Now it's back. 3rd time. Or is it the 4th time?
I shouldn't have to own a new car that I have to disconnect the batt every time the cruise control dies.
Back to the dealer....then they can also fix the drivers door that won't latch and the busted shift knob......
Gads.

Ron

 

a couple months ago i had my cruise take a dive on me. when i scanned it i had a vss high signal code and IP buss comunication code (vss code likley caused by the other). took it to gm, they found nothing wrong and cleared it, never had the issue again.

 

if u hold cruise on for like 30 secs or so,it will kinda reset itself and will work..i had this problem while driving and did that and fixed it

 

mine fixed itself (somehow) while waiting for the dealer to get the part in...

 

are you sure its the ignalls? i have been having some squeaking rattling for a long time and its the exhaust. i discovered yesterday that where the downpipe connects to the manifold there is some flex piece. if you grab the exhaust you can move it back and forth (front to back) a good 6" or so creating some irritating noises.
hopefully it is just the ignalls and you can tighten the nuts, i had one come loose or just give it a shot of lube.

on this cruise control issue, my button on the left side is very rattly. if you push it in, the light comes on. but if you push the set button nothing happens. when it first started acting up it would flash engaged but not any more. i also notice if i bump the steering wheel the button rattles around in there. i ordered a new button/switch. there seems to be a lot of "little" things quirky with this car...