but the cruise control light on the display does not go on unless i keep pressing the cruise control engage button couple of times or even hold it down !!!

can anyone help me with this problem

thanks

 

are you sure your not pressing the brake?

 

My car has this same problem, I've never really been worried enough about it to look into fixing it though.

 

foot was of the pedal

 

Sometimes an ASCD won't engage or spontaneously disengages because it mistakenly thinks it has been told to disengage. These are the disengage signals:

- Dashboard switch is in the off position.
- Driver steps on the brake pedal.
- Driver steps on the clutch pedal (5-speed).
- Driver presses ASCD cancel switch.
- Vehicle Speed Sensor indicates speed outside ASCD operating range.

Check each of these items. The location of most of these components is shown in the Chilton repair manual on page 6-11.

The brake pedal switch is probably the most heavily used component in the ASCD system. That's because it is operated every time the driver steps on the brakes, regardless of whether the Cruise is engaged. The part that works hardest is likely to be the part that fails first.

Check fuse #12 (7.5 amps) in the passenger compartment fuse block. This is the lowest fuse in the middle column of fuses.

Check the ASCD relay in the engine compartment. (ASCD = Automatic Speed Control Device.) Relay box #1 is on the passenger's side of the engine compartment. Use a flat-blade screwdriver to release the latches and lift the relay box cover up and away. The legend on the relay box cover identifies the position of the ASCD relay. It is blue (5-speed) or brown (automatic transmission). All relays of like color are interchangeable. Exchange the ASCD relay with any other of the same color.

Verify that the wires and vacuum hoses which attach to the ASCD actuator are intact and connected.

There could be other faults (bad ASCD actuator, bad ASCD control unit) but these are less probable.