Posted: Feb 19 2011 at 4:34pm | IP Logged

I've had my '03 Frontier for 2.5 years. Since day 1, I've complained about the cruise control. The dealer looked at it 2-3 times and told me there was nothing wrong with it. They said it is a common complaint and I've lived with it ever since.

Here's what it does. It performs almost adequately at speeds of 60-ish and below. Anything above that, I feel a slight surging feeling as it attempts to maintain speed. It will eventually lose enough speed that it will kick down a gear but it doesn't ever gain speed. It just holds the gear and won't ever upshift. At this point, I cancel it and take over. It annoys the crap out of me and I refuse to think that nothing can be done. Does anyone else have this problem? If so, is there a fix?

Posted: Mar 21 2011 at 6:37pm | IP Logged

I don't see a vacuum hose going to the actuator. The only thing connected to it is a plug from the loom and the cable that goes to the throttle assembly.

I hate to be a parts changer but I'd almost be willing to buy an actuator and slap it on. It doesn't look complicated. However, before I do, is there any way that there could be some kind of electrical interference or feedback that is messing with the signal coming from the controller?

Posted: Mar 22 2011 at 8:44pm | IP Logged

Well, it looks like it's all pretty much one in the same. Again, I don't see any slack and it looks like it is as it was from the factory. There's only a couple inches of actual cable exposed. Can I email you a couple pictues to illustrate?

lakespeedy at yahoo

Posted: Mar 27 2011 at 5:29pm | IP Logged

Their is no cable slack. The only play is from stop to stop when the pulley rotates. Here's a picture. I would have done this sooner but I'm used to forums that won't let you upload photos, only link to them.