Cruise control issues - 2000 Ranger Trailhead

[SteveK]

Hello all -

I recently acquired a very nice 2000 Ranger Trail Head.

Going into the purchase, I knew the cruise control did not work, and had not worked for a long time. The seller purchased it with the cruise not working, so, they could not provide any insight.

I have reasonable mechanical and electrical skills being an engineer by profession, but I wanted to reach out for advice.

I do not have a factory shop manual yet, and the Haynes manual is "weak at best" for detailed electrical trouble shooting.

I have checked the obvious - rear brake lights, brake light switch, redundant switch at master cylinder, fuses, etc. I also removed the horn bad / air bag to take a look at the switches - nothing obviously wrong.

All seem to be ok.

Two questions:

1) I can not find my OBD2 code reader. (I believe this is a OBD2 vehicle.) If I purchased a new one, would I be able to read trouble codes as a result of the cruise system malfunction?
2) any advice on "next steps" trouble shooting?

Thanks!!

 

[Dirtman]

Yes its obd2 but most of your basic obd2 code readers can't read codes related to things like cruise control. The codes are often vehicle/manafacturer specific that need higher end scanners or special software like forscan.