I'm almost wondering if you have to use a wrench to pull it out, and had to pull hard... that maybe you don't need to replace it anyways... When mine went out, the cruise control wouldn't engage like you were saying... and then later I found out that my brake lights weren't working... but I had the cruise control issue first for a little while and while trouble shooting it I found out that the brake lights stopped working towards the end... and that is when I figured out that it had to be the switch.. it is like 19.95 or something if I remember correctly... and there are a bunch of little copper or brass tabs inside that are contacts for different functions that the brake switch does... and they tend to brake over time and jamb up stuff... which is what it almost sounds like could be going on with yours...