ygofast
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '99 XLT, 212K miles
1999 Explorer, 4.0L, RWD, 212K miles:
Our cruise control switches broke apart, so we decided to replace them. NOTE that they were working OK, just the plastic covers (what you press on) totally disintegrated.
In trying to remove the old wires from the old switches, one wire broke. So we had to go ahead and replace the whole wiring harness as well as the switches. This entailed pulling the steering wheel, etc. To run the wires around the wheel, we had to remove and replace the two "horn contacts" (left and right, big screws holding them down, don't know what they are really called).
We believe that we put everything back together just the way it was. HOWEVER . . . we obviously didn't.
My husband decided to test things out before putting the air bag/horn back on. When he turns the car on, the "Speed Cont" light just flashes. Doesn't change if we press the ON button for the cruise control. The cruise control does not work. If you press the OFF button, the horn honks. When my husband pressed the left horn switch, the horn honked and it blew the fuse for the instrument lights (after dark, the headlights were on).
Now we're home and he decided to put the air bag back on to see if that would stop the problems -- maybe some sort of sensor?? However, when he does that, as soon as he connects the battery back up, the horn honks. Actually, it honks repeatedly.
Any ideas of what we might have done wrong?? Or is a repair shop really our only bet at this point??
Those two "horn contacts" -- is there a right and left to them? Anything else that we could have put together backwards?
Our shop manual is of absolutely no help on any of this, has no photos that would help.
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!
Our cruise control switches broke apart, so we decided to replace them. NOTE that they were working OK, just the plastic covers (what you press on) totally disintegrated.
In trying to remove the old wires from the old switches, one wire broke. So we had to go ahead and replace the whole wiring harness as well as the switches. This entailed pulling the steering wheel, etc. To run the wires around the wheel, we had to remove and replace the two "horn contacts" (left and right, big screws holding them down, don't know what they are really called).
We believe that we put everything back together just the way it was. HOWEVER . . . we obviously didn't.
My husband decided to test things out before putting the air bag/horn back on. When he turns the car on, the "Speed Cont" light just flashes. Doesn't change if we press the ON button for the cruise control. The cruise control does not work. If you press the OFF button, the horn honks. When my husband pressed the left horn switch, the horn honked and it blew the fuse for the instrument lights (after dark, the headlights were on).
Now we're home and he decided to put the air bag back on to see if that would stop the problems -- maybe some sort of sensor?? However, when he does that, as soon as he connects the battery back up, the horn honks. Actually, it honks repeatedly.
Any ideas of what we might have done wrong?? Or is a repair shop really our only bet at this point??
Those two "horn contacts" -- is there a right and left to them? Anything else that we could have put together backwards?
Our shop manual is of absolutely no help on any of this, has no photos that would help.
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!