Cruise Control Issue
New to the site. I have a 01 Grand Cherokee Limited with the 4.7. My problem is after I drive awhile with the cruise on (the cruise works fine), when I cancel the cruise and driving slow in town the engine runs rough. The idle goes from 600 to 500 or less and feels like its going to die. It does this for a little while, then it clears up and runs fine. I tried driving the same distance on the highway not using the cruise and did not have the problem. Any suggestions?
Old fart with a wrench
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From: Manlius, east of Syracuse, NY
Year: 2000 XJ Sport & WJ Laredo
Model: Grand Cherokee (WJ)
Engine: 4.0L
Try looking for a vacuum leak in the cruise system. Sounds like the vacuum resivoir has to be charged again before it runs smooth.
Old fart with a wrench
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 14,398
Likes: 740
From: Manlius, east of Syracuse, NY
Year: 2000 XJ Sport & WJ Laredo
Model: Grand Cherokee (WJ)
Engine: 4.0L
I believe the vacuum resevoir is underneath the battery tray. Don't quote me on that. Be careful removing the tray because there is a battery temp sensor under the battery. It tells the PCM how to control the charging rate.
Last edited by dave1123; Dec 23, 2012 at 06:30 PM.
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Year: 2004
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.7L V8
Welcome to CF. Not sure that's your issue, but here's some diagrams of the WJ vacuum reservoir.
I'd check for any stored trouble codes. You can do this yourself, this tells how, and see the list of codes here. >http://www.wjjeeps.com/faultcodes.htm#ERASE


I'd check for any stored trouble codes. You can do this yourself, this tells how, and see the list of codes here. >http://www.wjjeeps.com/faultcodes.htm#ERASE


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