Hey guys,
I have a question about cruise on out TJ Sports manual.
When you set the cruise, it surges ahead pretty violently, increasing the speed a couple of k's and when u come to a hill it does the same insted of keeping the speed you set it at.

Does anyone elses do this?


Chris

My verada does it sometimes. Could be a fault or just the design.

Haven't had that happen at all on my KH Verada.

Doesnt happen on my car, im pritty sure of that!

Hey guys,
I have a question about cruise on out TJ Sports manual.
When you set the cruise, it surges ahead pretty violently, increasing the speed a couple of k's and when u come to a hill it does the same insted of keeping the speed you set it at.

Does anyone elses do this?


Chris

Thats normal. It will increase a couple of K's and then will settle down.

i think htis is normal, because the cruise counters the removal of hte drivers foot from the pedal, its pretty common, happens in my dads landy, the lexus i drove, falcadores. you just get used to it

Shibbs

Both my TH and my TJ do this, so I'm guessing that it's a design 'feature'
Drove a couple of 380's a while ago which have the same looking cruise control, and they didn't surge at all, so looks like they have sorted that issue out

It's a bit of a pain to begin with, but you get used to it

Glen

I think it's normal, although definately more noticeable in the manual. Mine does it, so does my wife's auto.

I think it's normal, although definately more noticeable in the manual. Mine does it, so does my wife's auto.

Yep, same here.

You've all got lazy cruise control :P

Yes all Magnas up until TW have that surge when you engage cruise control.

I've found a way to counter it : When you press the cruise stalk down to set the cruise control, quickly press it down again.

Try it and see if it works -- Solved the problem in my TL.

And yes, the 380 cruise control no longer has this surge

ive been havin a play with it. I have found if you press it down, then lift your foot of the pedal straight away, there is no surge either.


Thanks for all the replies guys!!:D

I have always wondered about cruise control on a manual but that is your problem. there is no give in a manual box but the auto absorbs some of the extra grunt when the c/c decides to increase throttle opening and this softens the effect of same. Cheers

...and when u come to a hill it does the same ...
And you shouldn't be using your cruise control to go up hills. Read your Owners Manual

BTW, mine surges as well

I recently tried out the cruise control on my TE manual after i twisted my ankle and couldnt put the foot down, i found mine surges and the speed fluctuates between 5-10k diffeent to what i set it to. Overall i didnt think too much of the cruise control.

And yes, the 380 cruise control no longer has this surge

Probably because of the "fly by wire" throttle.

I have owned another "cable throttle" cruise control equipped car, and it behaved in a very similar way to the CC in my magna (eg. when first activated speed increases - then drops back to roughly the speed it was set to).

ive been havin a play with it. I have found if you press it down, then lift your foot of the pedal straight away, there is no surge either.


Thanks for all the replies guys!!:D

in my KL, i find its quite the opposite!
get up to speed i want to set it at;
turn on cruise;
activate it - but leave my foot at the same place on the accerator pedal for a second;
lift off foot - no surge

relax while the car drives itself.

my cruise doesnt fluctuate - i set it to 100, itl stay pretty much dead on 100.

i find that if i take my foot off at the same moment as activating the cruise, the car will surge / jolt.

the way i figure it, the motor that pulls on the cable is still 'taking up the slack' for a second or so which is why itl surge.

Yer drove my car (TE exec, manual) down to schoolies on the weekend :2cool: was my first drive out of town as ive only had her for a week. The cruise control was the only thing about the car i'm not really happy with!

Whenever i set cruise it would drop down about 4-5 kph below what i set it at and then surge back up to the set speed about every 3 or 4 minutes. Got used to it after a while tho and it sounds pretty common so i'm sure i can live with it!

Although im used to driving the parents BA futura which has perfect cruise control as its almost 10 years newer! lol