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  • robdawg
    robdawg
    3 years ago
    Hi all, i have a problem with cruise control dropping out. 2012 road king. i have the switch on then set cruise it will  set and run no probs. hit a bump it then drops out from green back to red. set the cruise again runs ok until rough road or bump. I have cruise switch on {red light} when i hit bumps you can see it flicker. I live in central qld. hence the rough roads.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    3 years ago
    Rob I dunno if this the same problem but a bloke I know had a cvo king and his started playing up then the switch failed, his I think was a 2008 but might be worth looking there?
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting robdawg on 12 Sep 2021 02:28 AM

    Hi all, i have a problem with cruise control dropping out. 2012 road king. i have the switch on then set cruise it will  set and run no probs. hit a bump it then drops out from green back to red. set the cruise again runs ok until rough road or bump. I have cruise switch on {red light} when i hit bumps you can see it flicker. I live in central qld. hence the rough roads.

    My 2012 Street Glide has done the same from new, perhaps not as bad as yours but will do it on a decent bump. Little known fact....Hd cruise control wont engage after 100mph or 160kph on twin cams, not sure about newer bikes.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    3 years ago
    Quoting robdawg on 12 Sep 2021 02:28 AM

    Hi all, i have a problem with cruise control dropping out. 2012 road king. i have the switch on then set cruise it will  set and run no probs. hit a bump it then drops out from green back to red. set the cruise again runs ok until rough road or bump. I have cruise switch on {red light} when i hit bumps you can see it flicker. I live in central qld. hence the rough roads.

    could it be that your front brake switch is being activated by the bump movement of the front brake lever,i'm guessing the cancelling of cruise would be very sensitive to brake light circuit activation.
  • fatbat
    fatbat
    3 years ago
    Lots of bikes and cars’ cruise control modules are designed to cancel upon hitting a reasonable bump. Maybe it’s par for the course?
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting fatbat on 12 Sep 2021 06:33 AM

    Lots of bikes and cars’ cruise control modules are designed to cancel upon hitting a reasonable bump. Maybe it’s par for the course?

    Or perhaps a Hd at 100mph for lengthy periods of time may detonate....lol
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