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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:01 AM
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Exclamation 3rd gen. 1996-2002 4RUNNER Owners Poll: Does your cruise control work???

Mine is a little moody and works when it feels like it. The light turns on but it won't set. (I have tryed disconnecting my battery)

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Year - 1996
Model - Limited 4wd
Cruise Control Use - Limited, 2x/month
Miles - 230k

THANKS!
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:08 AM
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no issues, cruise control works great

Year - 2000
Model - SR5 4x4, Auto, 3.4L
Cruise Control Use -10x per month
Miles - 120K Miles

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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:09 AM
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sorry about the double post

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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:10 AM
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1997 Sr5
CC - weekly use - works fine
200+k
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:14 AM
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You do have some miles on your truck and it is 13 years old so some parts are ecpected to have some issues and a common one with CC is the vacuum hoses connected to the control box sometimes get brittle and split which can cause on and off issues so check all your lines to the CC box.

'99 SR5
CC is used at least once a week
148k

No problems.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by X-AWDriver
You do have some miles on your truck and it is 13 years old so some parts are ecpected to have some issues and a common one with CC is the vacuum hoses connected to the control box sometimes get brittle and split which can cause on and off issues so check all your lines to the CC box.

'99 SR5
CC is used at least once a week
148k

No problems.
Thanks... wheres the cc box?
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:29 AM
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On my old 97 Limited 4Runner, the cruise had a problem when changing gears. Going up a hill would cause a downshift from 4th to 3rd. Then when the hill was over it would just stay in 3rd gear. It wouldn't shift back to 4th gear until I hit the cancel button.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:34 AM
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98 runner 170xxx manual.. works like a champ, and did on my old motor with 240xxx
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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257k cruise works good...
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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Year - 1999
Model - Limited 4wd
Cruise Control Use - Limited, 2x/year
Miles - 207k
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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No issues
Year - 2001
Model - Sr5 4wd
Cruise Control Use - Limited, 2x/month
Miles - 82k
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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173k works just fine
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:36 AM
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99 SR5, 150k miles. always use cruise control on the freeway, at least trying to.
it only works when it wants to, totally crap shoot. I'd say 50% of the time.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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Year - 1996
Model - Limited 4wd
Cruise Control Use - Limited, 2x/month
Miles - 230k, 72K on replacement engine

Cruise works great but the only thing I don't care for is sometimes when it down shifts for hills or has to speed up it doesn't ease off the gas when it reaches the set speed. It acts like it just completely stops using the gas pedal and you feel pulled forward until it shifts into 4th and starts cruising again. It doesn't do this all of the time though but I'd say 90%.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by terminator
Year - 1996
Model - Limited 4wd
Cruise Control Use - Limited, 2x/month
Miles - 230k, 72K on replacement engine

Cruise works great but the only thing I don't care for is sometimes when it down shifts for hills or has to speed up it doesn't ease off the gas when it reaches the set speed. It acts like it just completely stops using the gas pedal and you feel pulled forward until it shifts into 4th and starts cruising again. It doesn't do this all of the time though but I'd say 90%.
thx for the reply.. where'd you get your engine? how much $?
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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No issues
Year - 2001
Model - Sr5 4wd
Cruise Control Use - Limited, 2x/month
Miles - 92k
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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I didn't do the swap, I had an engine exchange place do everything. The engine came from LKQ with at the time documented 61K. I had a lot of extra stuff done while it was out to help bullet proof it IE: timing belt, water pump, flywheel (original was cracked) hoses, belts PS pump and other stuff I can't remember but I ended putting @ $3500 in it or so. I only paid $500 for it bone stock so it was well worth it to me. I have a thread on it in the 3rd Gen pictures titled something like 96 T4 Beginning of a build where you can see pretty much all that's been done so far.

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thx for the reply.. where'd you get your engine? how much $?
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:49 AM
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02 sport, 181K, used almost daily. no issues ever.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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Works like new (knock on wood)
2002
SR5 4WD
CC use: 10+/month
102K miles
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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Computer lag = double post. Sorry!
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