NavalLacrosse Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 (edited) This will be the dumbest troubleshooting post ever, just forewarning. I like to through the term 'Love Tap' around... It's really a fix-all for all accessories affiliated with Dodge, at least for my Journey and my previous 04 Caravan. Ever since having to do this three times during august, I've not had to do it since. For what it;s worth, i'll write a post about it! : So I've had my 2011 Crew for a few months, and I notice that every so often the cruise control button wont turn on the cruise control. It's only occasionally doing it. I suspect it is loose wire, vibration, and temperature related (I like the AC vents to blow on my hands during the summer). Regardless of the cause of the problem, I was able to temporally 'fix it with a band-aid'... For people having similar issues, try the following advanced troubleshooting procedure: ---------------------------- 1) Try a swift-yet-solid right handed palm 'slap' at the 3 o'clock, from the outside of the rim towards the center while holding wheel at 3 and 9 o'clock. (Not too much force, but just enough to make the wheel go 'ka-jug'.) 2) Normally push the cruise control on-off button. If cruise does not return to full functionality, repeat the troubleshooting procedures while applying slightly more force during step 1. 3) Explain to your passenger, that you're not attempting to crash the car, and are merely preforming the FCA standard operating procedure for initializing the cruise controls. --------------------------- If it doesn't work, obviously there's something else wrong... good luck Edited October 13, 2017 by NavalLacrosse jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 could be related to the recall also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavalLacrosse Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Recall? Looks like I'll be doing an investigation om the fourm now! Thanks for the insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20journey11 Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 My 2011 crew does the same thing. Give the steering wheel a good smack and the cruise starts working again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfurth Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 I had a similar issue withy my Uconnect and EVIC buttons. It's the switch itself. Get a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGRChaplain Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Whacking the Wheel Cured mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike35z Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 2013 dodge journey cruise control switch not working for the off and on. The other 3 buttons are communicating according to my scanner. The off and on button says communication error but after the scanner scans this issue the cruise button starts working. Then after a couple days it stops. Very unusual. Going to replace the buttons to see if that corrects it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armando G Posted August 16, 2020 Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 Try just cleaning the connection before changing it out. Sometimes it's just a bad connection that is helped by a "love tap". jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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