Town & Country V6-4.0L (2008)
Cruise Control Indicator Lamp: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
A cruise indicator is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. However, on vehicles not equipped with the optional speed control system, this
indicator is electronically disabled. This indicator is located within the odometer Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) unit.
The cruise indicator consists of the text CRUISE in the VFD display. The odometer VFD unit is soldered onto the instrument cluster electronic circuit
board. On Dodge vehicles, the odometer VFD is visible through a window with a smoked clear lens located on the lower edge of the right gauge dial face
of the cluster overlay. On Chrysler vehicles, the odometer VFD is visible through a window with a smoked clear lens located on the lower edge of the
tachometer dial face of the cluster overlay. The dark lens over the VFD prevents it from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated. The cruise
indicator text appears in a blue-green color and at the same lighting level as the odometer/trip odometer information when it is illuminated by the
instrument cluster electronic circuit board.
During daylight hours (exterior lamps are OFF) the odometer VFD unit is illuminated at full brightness for clear visibility. At night (exterior lamps are
ON), the VFD lighting level is adjusted with the other cluster illumination lamps using the panel lamps dimmer thumbwheel of the headlamp switch on
the instrument panel. However, a PARADE mode position of the thumbwheel allows the VFD unit to be illuminated at full brightness if the exterior
lamps are turned ON during daylight hours.
The cruise indicator is serviced as a unit with the odometer VFD unit in the instrument cluster.
