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Mybackyard wrote:
How/who do I contact to see if it falls under the recall and whether it was done? THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!!!

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Mybackyard wrote:
Thank you so much for the help! It is a 1997 Ford Chassis. I just learned how this works (chassis/coach years). How/who do I contact to see if it falls under the recall and whether it was done? THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!!!

Probably the easiest way would be to write down your VIN and call the nearest Ford commercial vehicle dealer and ask them to look up and see if there are any outstanding recalls. (I suspect any Ford dealer could look it up in their computer systems, most likely, but the commercial ones might have a little better idea what you're talking about.)

Alternately you might be able to look it up yourself here (using the VIN). They list a 1999 cutoff date; I can't tell if that's the cutoff for the recall date or for the vehicle/chassis model year.

I never use the cruise control on my 2011 Georgetown/ford chassis. Maybe on flat ground across west Texas, but otherwise the controller downshifts rapidly on overpasses trying to hold speed. Rolling hills give the same response. A control guy would say there is not enough reset or proportional band. Running up the rpm to 4500 to chase a 5 mph offset is not something I like. Coming down long grades does not work either. Now if we address the tow haul option, I have done comparisons with it on and off and it really makes no difference to horsepower of fuel economy. Its an interesting concept to change the shift limit values in the engine computer based on load but my foot still does a better job. Call me old school

Thank you so much for the help! It is a 1997 Ford Chassis. I just learned how this works (chassis/coach years). How/who do I contact to see if it falls under the recall and whether it was done? THANK YOU ALL AGAIN!!!

Check to see if your chassis is part of the big Ford cruise control brake switch recall. I don't know if the F53's were (the E series vans were, as were the F series trucks, so I suspect they might be), nor exactly how far back it goes.

At any rate, the recall involves a switch on or near the brake master cylinder that is actuated by hydraulic pressure when the brakes are applied and presumably cancels the cruise control. For some reason, it's hot all the time, even with the ignition off, and was inadequately fused. The switches had a tendency to corrode internally eventually and sometimes short out, causing fires. Since the switch was wired hot all the time, this could be a fire hazard with the vehicle parked.

I'm guessing that perhaps this switch, if you have one, may be bad or if the recall was done, which I think mainly involved adding a fuse inline, the added fuse for it has blown.

the 1998 unit probably was built on the old ford chassis with 16 inch tires. I ordered my 1999 as soon as the improved chassis came out.
I have seen newer model years built on old chassis but never the reverse. My bounder and my Glaval Halfback conversion van were given the new year designation.
bumpy

Ford did NOT make a 1998 F53 chassis. Your coach is either on a 97 460 chassis or a 99 V10 chassis. Big difference in trouble shooting a chassis electrical problem. One little quirk I discovered about Ford cruse control is, LED tail light bulbs will sometimes keep the cruse from working. So have a look at the bulbs. With LED tail/stop lights a small pull down resistor is some time necessary between the stop/turn wire and ground.

Richard

my 1999 winnebago chieftain would have the cruise go off, and the odometer/speedometer stop working with a CVsensor or some such went bad. some small $8 gadget that I think stuck in the transmission.
bumpy

Brake Light switch is possibility. I've had this happen on three different vehicles.

One the brake light switch vibrated out of adjustment so the brake lights were always on

On Two the brake light switch died.

Vacuum leak affects some cruise controls. Not sure about Fords.