AUDIBLE BACKGROUND TONE IN A.M.RADIO BAND

VEHICLES AFFECTED: All 1984 And Some Early 1985 Models With Radio And Electronic Cruise Control (K34)

An audible background tone usually in the area of 1000 to 1300 on the AM radio band may be noted on some cars. If the tone only occurs with the cruise slide switch in the 'on' position, the cause could be in the cruise module.

This condition may be easily diagnosed by turning the ignition to the 'on' position (car not running), move the cruise slide switch to the 'on' position and tune the radio to obtain the interference tone. Once the tone is obtained, if it can be eliminated by moving the cruise slide switch to the 'off' position, the problem is in the cruise module. Replace the cruise module with a new one with a date code later than 3/1/84. The date code can be found stamped on the label of the cruise module (See Figure 1).

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