Cruise Control

[varsur]

Hi Everyone,

One thing I noticed with my Diesel Tig is that when I enable cruise control and the car comes to down hill the speed is not maintained and it goes over the speed. Has anyone else noticed this.

Thanks.

[TigWhite]

Varsur, We have had our Tig for just over a month and I have noticed the same thing. Have not consulted dealer yet.

[Arctra]

Yeah, mine's the same. The Cruise control basically seems to control the accelerator on, so on a downhill where the engines compression braking isn't sufficient to retard the vehicle, it will go over the speed set. Was the same in my Petrol Bora to be honest.

[DieselTig]

Varsur, We have had our Tig for just over a month and I have noticed the same thing. Have not consulted dealer yet.

I believe this is normal for all cruise control systems. I think there is an "adaptive" one in the other models of VW.

[Maverick]

That's normal operation for most cars with cruise control. Drop back a gear or two. "Problem" solved. You could also RTFM as this is covered in there under "cruise control"

[Arctra]

I believe this is normal for all cruise control systems. I think there is an "adaptive" one in the other models of VW.

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) that is available on the Passat and new Toureg won't solve this problem either. The ACC has a radar behind the badge on the grill that detects if you are within a set distance (or number of seconds) of an object in front of you (presumably another vehicle) and adjusts the speed of the cruise control to maintain that distance.

[clip]

Mine is very precise and holds it extremely well, as good or better than anything I've ever had and holds the the speed up hill and down. Only thing I noticed is it accelerates a little when first setting the speed, then settles to where I set it. All other vehicles I've had do the reverse - the car slows a tad and then speeds up to the set limit.

[Sanman]

Its easy to set the Cruise, but it takes quite some getting used to to find and flip that little switch sideways to turn it off.
You can tell by its "poor orphan cousin" location that cruise is pretty much an afterthought for the German market.

[Umai Naa!!]

The VW system is one of the better ones out there.

You could do worse, ie automatic current model Suzuki Swift.

[Sharkie]

Cruise control buttons .... ??? they work just fine setting the APR maps thankyou ....

Seriously though, I've always found the cruise control on a VW to be quite good, better than that of a Toyota for instance. If you want adaptive cruise with slow down etc funcions, spend $50K more and buy a BMW, M-Benz or Audi.

Again it comes down to ... "you get what you pay for"