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2008 Silverado Cruise Control - 4/22/2008 12:55:11 PM

Swampy

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The dealer tells me there is no add-on cruise control available. The throttle system is a drive by wire and I can't believe there are no add-on units. It would seem that a simple controller and switch could be interfaced with the pedal to servo wiring.

I have thought about buying a universal cruise control and mounting the servo to the pedal, but I hate cluttering up the passenger compartment.

Has anyone out there found a kit or solution to this problem? I'm open for suggestions.

Thanks ........... Swampy

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RE: 2008 Silverado Cruise Control - 4/22/2008 1:01:01 PM

northey87

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Welcome to the forum!!! Someone here should be able to help, just hang in there.

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RE: 2008 Silverado Cruise Control - 4/22/2008 1:13:06 PM

shawnvw

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You have 2 options. Both aftermarket. One is a drive by wire, where the aftermarket cruise fools the computer into thinking the pedal is being pushed down, its a bit of a pain to install, but have proved to be unreliable. The 2nd option, and is currently the method I am using, is to do a pedal pull. buy the aftermarket kit as if you have a throttle cable, but instead of hooking it up tot he throttle, you hook it up to the pedal. An even bigger pain in the ass, but reliable. Mount the bottle under the hood and drill a hole in the firewall to get the cable inside

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RE: 2008 Silverado Cruise Control - 4/23/2008 11:47:29 AM

rruelas

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I believe that it may be as simple as adding a silverado steering wheel with the cruise control buttons then getting the feature reprogrammed in the trucks computer. I was looking into this my self if i ran across a new body style truck without cruise control. When I did a search on it, it looks like a guy with a colbalt had a base model without cruise and thats all he did to install it. They use the same LAN data systems as the new trucks. I believe if you get one that has the radio controls too, they will work as well. maybe someone on here can verify. Hope this helps.

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RE: 2008 Silverado Cruise Control - 4/23/2008 1:40:38 PM

bad2006z71

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you would think with the modern computer technology that vehicles have, that they would be able to add just about anything to your truck that you want as long as you have the cash flow to pay

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