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jdekker94

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just picked up a 2.4 exec with just 60k on the clock, however the cruise control doesn't seem to be working. the 'cruise main' light illuminates but doesn't seem to do a lot, anyone shed any light on this?
also i have some new H badges front and rear, what is the best way to go about removing them? are they stuck on or held on with pins?
cheers
 
Welcome along.

First you switch on cruise, but then press "set" when you're at desired speed. From there Inc is increase by 1mph per button press and Dec is decrease by 1mph per button press. Cancel cancels... Also, pressing brake and/or clutch will disengage cruise.
 
its a 54 plate cl9, that might be where I'm going wrong then not pressing the set button ahaha
 
Jon_G said:
How else would it know how fast to go?!?!
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I guess like me he thought you pressed the cruise button when you were at the desired speed. Because that's how it worked on the car I hired in America a few years ago. I only sussed out how to use mine after I got home and read the hand book. Easy when you know how, not so obvious when you don't.
 
Stevearcade said:
From there Inc is increase by 1mph per button press and Dec is decrease by 1mph per button press.
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Aha! Thanks for reminding me. I am a little frustrated setting an exact speed on cruise but of course this is because I think in KPH not MPH, so I am 0.6 off. I should do an off / set instead of incremental adjustment.

I use an old small form android phone as a GPS digital speedometer set to kph. Works well. There is of course that secondary small grey kph scale on the speedo, but it is way too small for me to quickly glance. We have so many different speed limits here (40,50,60,70,80,90,100 &110) and I was struggling with the conversion.
 
Jon_G said:
How else would it know how fast to go?!?!
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In other cars I've driven with cruise you just hit the cruise button when your at the speed you want, with the set button being the 'decelerate' button aswell I hadn't even noticed it
 
Isn't it a design regulation with CC that you have to be able to turn the system off?

The Gen 5 had the button on the dash. It would illuminate when active, but only the "set" button would light up the "cruise" warning above the fuel gauge.
 
jdekker94 said:
In other cars I've driven with cruise you just hit the cruise button when your at the speed you want, with the set button being the 'decelerate' button aswell I hadn't even noticed it
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Ah! I understand. Glad it was an easy 'fix'.
 
If you press the set button another light comes on and it should maintain that speed. If you press the accelerator and then let go, it will go back to and maintain the set speed. If you press the clutch or brake it will cancel the cruise control but you can Leeds the button with "res" to resume (at the speed you last set).

All that is most likely obvious to some, but for anyone like me, who hasn't owned a vehicle with cruise control before it took a while to work out.
 
The 'set' button should be a clue (and may or may not illuminate, depending on exactly when the car was built).
 
Did you get cruise working ?

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honda_saj said:
Did you get cruise working ?

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It wasn't broken, merely a misunderstanding regarding the operation...

jdekker94 said:
its a 54 plate cl9, that might be where I'm going wrong then not pressing the set button ahaha
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Oh yes it's different to Germans [emoji23] [emoji23]

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