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- '02 Protege5
So after taking my new (used) protege from 82 to 84 thousand miles and fixing all the major issues with it (alternator, battery, tires, pads and rotors, etc.) the small issues that I originally didn't care about have started to bug me and are itching to get fixed.
First, the cruise control has never worked. When I press the main button, I hear a relay click somewhere by the glovebox, but no light comes on in the dash and obviously the druise does not proceed to be controlled. I checked what I thought were all the relevant fuses, found no issues, and am now at a dead end. Any ideas? What fixes have people found for this issue?
Another "issue" is more of a feature I wish the car had - modern cars will lock the doors when shifted out of park, and unlock the doors when shifted into park. Now this literally does not matter at all since there's a button for this right on the door, but I always found this less convenient than the system in modern cars. Has anybody wired up the switches (or added switches) into the automatic shift lever mechanism to lock and unlock the doors? Survey on if anybody thinks this is a dumb or cool project?
And lastly, now that I think about it, the switch to switch from reciruculating to fresh air mode has stopped switching - it's stuck on fresh air mode. This is also basically not an issue since I never use recirculation, but I hate having broken things, so I guess I'll just ask if anybody has come across this problem before and what they've done to fix it.
First, the cruise control has never worked. When I press the main button, I hear a relay click somewhere by the glovebox, but no light comes on in the dash and obviously the druise does not proceed to be controlled. I checked what I thought were all the relevant fuses, found no issues, and am now at a dead end. Any ideas? What fixes have people found for this issue?
Another "issue" is more of a feature I wish the car had - modern cars will lock the doors when shifted out of park, and unlock the doors when shifted into park. Now this literally does not matter at all since there's a button for this right on the door, but I always found this less convenient than the system in modern cars. Has anybody wired up the switches (or added switches) into the automatic shift lever mechanism to lock and unlock the doors? Survey on if anybody thinks this is a dumb or cool project?
And lastly, now that I think about it, the switch to switch from reciruculating to fresh air mode has stopped switching - it's stuck on fresh air mode. This is also basically not an issue since I never use recirculation, but I hate having broken things, so I guess I'll just ask if anybody has come across this problem before and what they've done to fix it.