With the cruise control in the off position, the cruise control engaged and went to full throttle. When the clutch pedal was depressed the cruise control dis-engaged. This happened five times, the cruise control unit has since been disabled.
1997 Saturn SL: adaptive cruise control problems
5 of the 226 complaints about the 1997 Saturn SL describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
Faulty cruise control module caused the cruise control to re-engage after the cruise control switch was moved to the off position. Nlm
Consumer was traveling about 55mph on highway and had cruise control on, cruise control wouldn't let up. She turned cruise control off, and she applied brakes. It took ten minutes to stop.
For approx. 7 month period, cruise control erratic. When on highway, with cruise power on, and press set speed, car rapidly accelerates to approx. 72+ MPH and cruise would disengage spontaneously. After each incident like this, cruise would not function at all until car is turned off and on again. Typical behavior: get on highway, get to 60 - 65 MPH, turn cruise control power on, press to set speed, and car accelerates rapidly. All this behavior stopped spontaneously in december, and now cruise functions normally. I am worried that behavior, which lasted 7 months, will re-occur in the future.
Brakes,master cylinder; driving approximately 73mph with cruise control set, car crossed interstate going slowely, tapped brakes and nothing happened. The cruise control did not disengage, pumped brakes several times and nothing happened. By this time vehicle was going in and out of traffic because c ouldn't get vehicle to stop. Trying to gear car down to reduce the speed, got over on right hand shoulder of road and brakes caught.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 Saturn SL adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 1997 Saturn SL?
5 of 226 owner complaints about the 1997 Saturn SL (2%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 1994.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Saturn SL?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1997 Saturn SL
Seat belt 18Oil consumption 7Tire blowout 7Fuel pump 6Stalling 6Brake failure 5Harsh shifting 5Won't start 5
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