MrFigs
Junior Member
Truck 2012 Ram 5.7 Laramie - Canadian Truck
So for a while my cruise would work, but would drop out. It seemed to be tied to steering, as in make a left turn or right turn it would turn cruise off. Couldn't turn cruise on again until I turned the key off then on. It got progressively worse. I have a blue driver obdII scanner it gave me a code about the cruise buttons, can't remember exactly what it was over a year ago. So, I replaced the steering wheel right switches. No change.
Time goes on, it'***** and miss, some times it works fine, more so it works til I turn the wheel, or so I thought. Gets worse over time, 2 weeks ago I replaced the whole clock spring assembly. the Steering angle sensor, the clock spring etc. Initially cruise seemed to work.. then it stopped working. Twice it worked after leaving the battery disconnected for some time. Then it started failing again.
I did some more looking around online a bunch of people report the brake switch sensor being the issue. Ok cool Swapped that today. Brake lights turn off faster, ok cool...
'cept now the cruise doesn't turn on at all, and the air bag light is on. Literally only thing that changed was I swapped the brake switch.
Currently 4 codes.
B0020 - Left Side Airbag Deployment Control Circuit Open
P0579 - Speed control Switch 1 Performance
P0581 - Cruise Control Multi-Function Input "A" Circuit High
P0591 - Speed Control Switch 2 performance
The last 3 I've been getting for a while
I thought it was steering related until I swapped the clock spring, but then I noticed sometimes sitting in a parking lot start the truck, turn on cruise control sometimes turning the wheel a little without touching anything turns it off and sometimes hitting the brake it does.
If i put the old brake switch in cruise at least turns on, but so far it hasn't with the new brake switch.
Not sure if related, but additional info. Back in Dec I had the TIPM fuel pump relay issue so I bypassed it, then in march my TIPM pretty much completely failed, I ordered a reman from MAK and paid the extra to program it to my VIN. The same day i swapped the clock spring I also replaced the 4x4 shift motor(off and on I've been getting the transfer case position sensor error), the next day the starter died. I've been having off and on issues where tip start doesn't work right sometimes it cranks, sometimes not. There's a relay or something under the dash that clicks but I can't tie it to a start or no start, but it always starts with remote start.
Thoughts? Thank you for reading my novel. I am toying the with the idea of AlfaODB with a MX+ to see if something just needs re calibrated
Ps. beating the bleep out of the steering wheel or flicking hte buttons never did anything
So for a while my cruise would work, but would drop out. It seemed to be tied to steering, as in make a left turn or right turn it would turn cruise off. Couldn't turn cruise on again until I turned the key off then on. It got progressively worse. I have a blue driver obdII scanner it gave me a code about the cruise buttons, can't remember exactly what it was over a year ago. So, I replaced the steering wheel right switches. No change.
Time goes on, it'***** and miss, some times it works fine, more so it works til I turn the wheel, or so I thought. Gets worse over time, 2 weeks ago I replaced the whole clock spring assembly. the Steering angle sensor, the clock spring etc. Initially cruise seemed to work.. then it stopped working. Twice it worked after leaving the battery disconnected for some time. Then it started failing again.
I did some more looking around online a bunch of people report the brake switch sensor being the issue. Ok cool Swapped that today. Brake lights turn off faster, ok cool...
'cept now the cruise doesn't turn on at all, and the air bag light is on. Literally only thing that changed was I swapped the brake switch.
Currently 4 codes.
B0020 - Left Side Airbag Deployment Control Circuit Open
P0579 - Speed control Switch 1 Performance
P0581 - Cruise Control Multi-Function Input "A" Circuit High
P0591 - Speed Control Switch 2 performance
The last 3 I've been getting for a while
I thought it was steering related until I swapped the clock spring, but then I noticed sometimes sitting in a parking lot start the truck, turn on cruise control sometimes turning the wheel a little without touching anything turns it off and sometimes hitting the brake it does.
If i put the old brake switch in cruise at least turns on, but so far it hasn't with the new brake switch.
Not sure if related, but additional info. Back in Dec I had the TIPM fuel pump relay issue so I bypassed it, then in march my TIPM pretty much completely failed, I ordered a reman from MAK and paid the extra to program it to my VIN. The same day i swapped the clock spring I also replaced the 4x4 shift motor(off and on I've been getting the transfer case position sensor error), the next day the starter died. I've been having off and on issues where tip start doesn't work right sometimes it cranks, sometimes not. There's a relay or something under the dash that clicks but I can't tie it to a start or no start, but it always starts with remote start.
Thoughts? Thank you for reading my novel. I am toying the with the idea of AlfaODB with a MX+ to see if something just needs re calibrated
Ps. beating the bleep out of the steering wheel or flicking hte buttons never did anything
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