Ford Ranger Cruise Control Components

Cruise control is a fairly simple system that includes a servomechanism, some switches, relays, wires, and that’s pretty much it. Nonetheless, it’s a fairly indispensable convenience feature on long trips. By handing over throttle control to the machine, you make yourself a favor. It not only reduces fatigue and thus lets you travel further and safer, but also saves from subconscious speed limit violations preventing some awkward conversations with the police. If you want to rely on your cruise control system, make sure you keep your Ford Ranger in tip-top condition. And not only because cruise control is useful but also because malfunctions of this system are dangerous.

Cruise control has direct access to the throttle, i.e., can change the vehicle’s speed. You don’t want to observe throttle living its own life accelerating or decelerating your car sporadically. And you surely don’t want the failed cut-off switch, whose function is to switch off the system as the brakes are applied. With that, the scenario with you desperately pushing the brakes and at the same time, your truck adding fuel to maintain the set speed is not far from plausible. To prevent this from happening, inspect your cruise control regularly, and if needed, use only high-quality replacement parts which you can find in our online catalog of Ford Ranger cruise control components.