Cruise control stalk

[AJB]

I've got an Octavia 1 with factory fitted cruise control (the older stalk with one button on the end rather than the newer one with the + and - double end button). Often when I slide the switch for resume or to increase speed, cruise drops out and forgets the resume speed.

I think this is probably a dodgy contact in the switch, and when I slide for resume it thinks I've slid it to completely Off, and so deliberately forgets the resume speed. Obviously I could fit a whole new stalk, but that's a lot of work (airbags, steering wheel, etc) so I'd rather clean up the contacts in the old one without removing it.

Trouble is, I can't figure out whether the stalk comes apart and I don't want to break it. Can the sliding switch be prised off without breaking it to get better access to the innards? Or can the stalk be split apart? (It looks as if it's made of more than one moulding). If so, then I was hoping to get some switch cleaner spray onto the contacts themselves...

Any advice gratefully appreciated! Thanks very much,

Alan

[Plantman2000]

I know this is mark II but might help ya....

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvwfanatic.dk%2FTips%2FGol f5GRA.html&sl=da&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[AJB]

I know this is mark II but might help ya....

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvwfanatic.dk%2FTips%2FGol f5GRA.html&sl=da&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Thank you - that's just what I needed! Took it apart yesterday, cleaned and gently bent the contacts, and all seems good since!

In case it helps anyone else, on the mark I's stalk you have to prise the sliding switch off first - it just pulls off. The stalk then comes apart in just the same way as in Plantman's link. The actual switch module doesn't unplug or come out though - it all stays attached to the back part of the stalk. You can prise the sliding part of the switch off it though, which lets you get at 6 sprung copper contacts which slide along tracks on a flexible ribbon type thing. On mine, I gently cleaned the sprung contacts, and then bent them a tiny bit to make them press slightly harder. So far, that seems to have done the trick & it all seems to be working reliably!

Thanks again,

Alan