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Old 06-22-2007, 01:44 AM
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K its been bugging me for a pretty fricken long time now but.. ive been trying to figure out if my cruise control works or not for over a month now and I'm at the point where idk if I'm even turning it on right so how do you turn cruise control on so i can try it and see if it works or doesn't and if it doesn't is there a easy way to fix it?
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Of course, it always helps to know what the blazes you are driving...
For my Formula, there is a stalk on the left of the steering wheel. I move a switch to "ON". When I want to enable it, I press the button on the end of the stalk. No light on my car (an oversight, IMO), but it turns on and I am cruising.
Old 06-22-2007, 05:28 AM
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Turn it on when your crusing and set it by pushing it in - FYI if you acclerate you do not have to reset your cruise. It will automatically engine brake down to your set speed. Although when you break it deletes the cruise settings so..
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And THAT'S when you slide the bar over to the right and it resumes your accelleration and brings you back to the cruise speed you set. The only way it deletes EVERYTHING is if you slide the bar all the way to OFF, over on the left.

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mm do i have to be at a certain rpm or anything cause i dont think mine is working i have a m6 98 t/a lol
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1) procced to desired speed
2)At the end of the blinker stalk there will be the cruise control on/off switch. Push the button over to the right once and this will engage cruise control.
3)While still at your desired speed, and cruise control is engaged, hit the button at the end of the stalk once and let off the gas. Your car should now be cruising at the desired speed


Cliff notes
Turn it on at end of stalk
Push button at end of stalk
Car will now be in cruise
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I think you have to be going over 35mph for the cruise to work is all. Is it factory M6? if the M6 was swapped in from an auto it mat not be wired up or at least correctly.
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its a factory m6
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Yeah, you have to be going 35+ to set cruise. If you tap the brake or push in the clutch it will disengage the cruise. I leave the selector at "on" all the time, but that is just me. Anytime you shut the car off, or move the selector to "off" it erases that stored data.

If it works sometimes and not others, you may have a loose wire in there. If it never works I think there is a microswitch on the brake pedel that may be bad.
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That is not the dumbest question ever. You have stiff competion for that. I believe "Do torques make noise?" is still the all time favorite.

Don't be afraid to ask. That's what the Newbie section is for. You won't get made fun of, more than a little, probably.
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actuall its 25mph. ive tried to set it at lower speeds but 25 is finially where it engages. plus if you put the clutch in cruise control disengages.

fccs, if you have it set, pushing it to the right makes you go faster too. its fun
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If you get it on make sure you hit your brakes to turn it off before you push your clutch in. I forgot my cruise was set one day and i went to push the clutch and the engine hit the limiter real quick and scared me to death. I thought i had been shot at...lol. I aint made that mistake sense.
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Originally Posted by Smokin00WS6

fccs, if you have it set, pushing it to the right makes you go faster too. its fun
I don't know if it's a bad habit or what, but I find myself accelerating with that switch occasionally...
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Originally Posted by myk
I don't know if it's a bad habit or what, but I find myself accelerating with that switch occasionally...
yea i used to get a kick out using that Accel, lol i wanted to see how fast it would let me accel without cutin off but never did it...

now i took it off my car, anyone care to input on this matter?
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some cars are limited to 75 miles for cruise as others for 85-90, i had my cruise set at 80 when i was LD traveling.
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set the cc to 150 hell yea but yea mines broke..wonder how I can fix this i wanna sometimes put it to the speedlimit so when a cop pulls me over like always I can say to bad I was going the speedlimit this time




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