Cruise Control Problems of Nissan Xterra

Vehicle stalls at 100mph also abs light keeps coming on and off randomly brakes aren't bad but it's like they're going out. The brake pedal wobbles when stopping hard or on wet roads also when acceleratating and driving the rpm gauge will jimp up for a second and make the engine sound louder while it does it and also steering wheel feels loose somewhat when driving on rough roads and bumps cruise control lights up but doesn't work happens every day.

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While traveling on a freeway, disengaged speed control using brake, but did not originally turn it off to be able to maneuver better in traffic near a city. Vehicle originally slowed down, but after releasing brake in 3 seconds, car sped up on its own with an acceleration profile greater than the one when you are setting the speed. Tried several times to get it to quit with this behavior and finally hit the cancel and off button on the steering wheel. All cruise control lights on the dash were off and no check engine warnings were on. This did not help the situation. When brake was on, vehicle quit acceleration, so with brake on, pulled on to shoulder and placed vehicle in park and immediately shut the engine off with key in full off position. Waited 20 seconds and restarted car and made way back to freeway. Did not use speed control anymore for the remainder of the trip. At the time the odometer was showing about 19150 actual miles. Made appt with Nissan dealer and took it in. On way to dealer, I pushed accelerator half-way to the floor to speed up quickly and the accelerator slammed its way to the floor. I applied brake and vehicle quit accelerating. I did not quit braking until vehicle was below 40. Vehicle did not accelerate again wildly the rest of the 30 mile trip to the dealer and I did not push the peddle very hard the rest of the way. Keep in mind the cruise control switches were not pushed at all during this incident and none of the cruise control lights were lit on the dash; the check engine light was not on either. The dealer was not able to find anything wrong with the vehicle and said they should replace the cruise control switch assembly on the dash. I personally consider this a very dangerous failure mode.

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I was traveling on I-76 in colorado and using my cruise control. I had noticed one time on the highway that when I put on the brake the cruise control did not disengage until multiple attempts. I was about to exit the highway at julesburg colorado heading west, disengaged the cruise control by stepping on the brake and when I got on the exit ramp it re-engaged. I put in the clutch, stepped on the brake with no response. The exit ramp is short and a single lane. At the bottom of the ramp was a semi-truck and I had to steer the car into the area next to the ramp and I hit a culvert and the car flipped three times. My daughter and I were taken to the hospital and released that evening. I reported this to Nissan, they inspected the car at the junk yard and said nothing was wrong. I never believed that nothing was wrong but now believe it was an electronic failure. I have pictures of the car from the accident. The car was a total loss.

Cruise control: when actuating the accelerate button the vehicle surges excessively as if one was pushing the gas pedal all the way to the floor causing a very dangerous situation. This is a consistant problem that appears to have no resolution with the deler or manufacturer.

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Cruise control erratic behavior, stalling, excessive fuel consumption under staggered amounts, sluggishness.

When driving at highway speeds of 80 mph and faster vehicle rapidly decelerated and launched forward. Dealership serviced the vehicle several times before identifying the problem as cruise control . In the meantime the problem progressed and almost caused an accident. This failure could have resulted in loss of control.

While accelerating on to the freeway, my vehicle began to climb in speed. I thought I had accidently hit the "cruise" button so, I cancelled the cruise control. That did not work and the car began to gain more speed despite my attempts to brake. I also placed my foot behind the foot pedal; nothing would slow the car down. I finally stopped the vehicle by pressing on the brakes which, were to the floor. I will never get in this vehicle again, either as a driver or a passenger.

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When cruise control is on, it kicks out and the dashboard cruise light flashes rapidly, consumer is then unable to reestablish cruise control when this occurs the light continues to flash until the cruise control is deactivated using the rocker switch, when the panel is malfunctioning, the cruise control rocker can be turned on, but cruise control will not engage from the steering control.

Poor driveablity problem and erratic ideling. Please provide further detail.