help: My cruise control likes to speed

snowjob · Post by **snowjob** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:30 am

Hi everyone, This group is great, I recently got a 92 legacy awd turbo for $250 from a dealer who just needed to get it off the lot, he needed the space. The car is awsome, but has one flaw. When I put on the cruise control, it increases in speed at about 5 kmph or 2.5miles an hour per kilometer traveled, before you know it, your really going fast. When I try and use the coast function, the car speeds up.
I'm not sure if this is related, but the speedo in the car also is not smooth, it jerks and when at a set position, ie. 3000rpm it bounces around. Could this be the prob??
I've replaced the switch at the steering wheel but has not helped.
Please help, I comute 1.5 hours a day, and the cruise is a nice feature to have at 5am.
Thanks in advance
Snowjob

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:39 am

I would most certainly put that speedo sender under a little scrutiny. In a car that old I'm sure it's possible that a replacement is necessary.

snowjob · Post by **snowjob** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 3:08 pm

Thanks for the reply, Can you tell me were the speedo sendor is, and how I should go about replacing it. Could the speedo (the cable that exits the transmision and goes into the back of the gauge package be responsible)
Thanks for any help

Snowjob

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:43 am

speed sensor is in the back of the combination meter.

snowjob · Post by **snowjob** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:18 am

Thanks for the reply Josh, I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what the combination meter is, the guage cluster?? I've just looked thru my Haynes manual, and to be honest i'm stumped.
Can you steer mee in the right direction

Thanks
Snowjob

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:21 am

I'll take photos. I have a spare speedometer lieing around.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sra ... 06031a.jpg

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:52 pm

where your speedo, tach, gauges are is called the combination meter.

There is also a speed sensor in the transmission, but it's used to run the AWD system.

snowjob · Post by **snowjob** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:58 am

If one was to replace the speedo, could you take the odometer out from the existing car and keep it when you put the new combinaiton meter in? IE. the current car has 140000km on the odometer, the parts car has 346000. I'd prefer to keep the 140 000, is it possib? Also what about the cable that goes from the tranny to the guage, could it cause erratic or harsh shifting??
Thanks
Snowjob

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:01 pm

I guess if the cable is not providing a smooth turning input to the speed sensor it could possible mess up shifting.....but you would probably see that on the gauge as well.

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help: My cruise control likes to speed

help: My cruise control likes to speed