Hi, I have a '92 SE Maxima with one problem: When I try to use the Cruise mode, I turn on it by pressing the button on the dash, but when I press the Set/Coast button the Cruise light on the dash (left side of the motor temp) starts to blink and not latches the speed, I have to turn off the entire Cruise (by pressing the Cruise Control switch) to turn off the blinking light. Any idea?? Thanks

 

Okay, according to the Chiltons manual, either the steering wheel switch or control unit is faulty.
However, before you replace those components, when you're out driving, turn on the cruise control main switch & then press the set/coast button. When the cruise lamp starts blinking, depress the brake pedal and if it continues to blink, adjust the cancel switch on the brake pedal.

 

if you're a 5-speed, check the brake and clutch buttons that cancel the cruise control. If (when the clutch pedal is not depressed) the pedal is not pushing the button in fully, then that's probably the problem. Adjust it so the pedal pushes it in fully when it isn't depressed. Mine did the same thing and that was the problem.
Hope that wasn't too confusing.

 

Mine did that in my GXE, but I always assumed that was becuase the tranny was sliiping and throwing codes.

 

Check craig's site and try the always ready cruise how to, to check and see if the Set/Coast button will work. if it works then, that means the button on your dash is faulty.

http://www.geocities.com/craigbrace/

 

Thanks for the help, I'll check the brake pedal (the switch over it) to make sure it is working. I'll tell you when it's done.

 

Ya know... I had that EXACT problem a while back (and again, more recently). I tested the switch at the brake - and even replaced it as a precautionary measure - and it was fine.

What my issue turned out to be was a little control module under the the hood. Here's what it looks like:


(pic borrowed from 89maxSE)

Swapped it out with a junkyard piece, and cruise ran like a top for a looong while - until recently. I think that module went belly-up again, so I'm in the process of swapping it out again.

 

I did the same thing as Nupe. Well, my brother did maybe three months before I bought the car from him. The funny thing is, my brother never disconnected the battery. The cruise never worked for him. When I got the car, I worked on the stereo and disconnected the battery and the cruise worked fine.