Speed Control Cable problems of the 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager

The vehicle speed control stuck at 45 mph on September 2, 2005. The consumer was able to get the vehicle to stop by turning the key off. The consumer unhooked the cruise control cable, and he has not had any more problems since this. When the mechanic looked at the vehicle he found that one of the cable strands broke. The consumer is currently waiting for the replacement part.

The cruise-control caused the vehicle to accelerate well past the set speed and could usually only be reset by shutting off the engine. The service dept. (mckinney Dodge, easley s. C. ) believes the cause to be bent accelerator and speed control cables. If so, the design must be defective as the only work ever done near this area of the engine compartment was replacement of the battery several months ago. Whether the cables were bent during the battery replacement, during manufacture, or somewhere in between, the tight radius of these cables without any protection would seem to be a major design flaw. With the accelerator stuck, stopping the vehicle is difficult (particularly trying to keep the brakes from fading out) and ultimately requires the engine to be shut off.