Cruise control
 

I'm not mad about that waggly cruise control arm as it requires moving your hand down to operate.

Many cars have convenient thumb operation on the wheel arm.

Comments? Mods? Suggestions?

Considering this is a bare bones sports car, be happy there is even cruise control on this car.

#first world problems.

I find it incredible easy to use. I love the fact that the steering wheel isn't chalk full of buttons I don't use regularly.

Yeah I'm actually quite pleased with the feature, and how it comes standard. Although it might not be right there at the normal driving hand position, it's still easy to get to, my 4Runner actually has the exact same lever/button system so it was an easy transition. I personally hate any steering wheel controls, I'm not lazy to where I can't reach for something.

I'm really wondering if people are just looking for things to complain about at this point to create new posts. Sorry, but that feature with the arm works fine and is perfectly reachable from the 3 o'clock position.

works fine for me.. out of the way and doesnt clutter up the wheel
with a bunch of buttons.. easy to use and clean looking..

I don't think I've ever used cruise control. Is that weird?

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It's fully functional... what more do you want out of cruise control... set and cruise...

My father was surprised at this car came with cruise control.

Almost every Toyota has the same cruise control and I think it is better than most other systems from other auto makers. It is logical and can be operated without looking at it.

No issues here at all? :)

Wait.... We have cruise control on our cars?

I like that you can increase (up) or decrease (down) speed in 1 mph increments with each momentary push of the stalk or hold it continuously until desired speed is reached. Plus, it's cumulative. Momentarily push X times and it will reach and hold the new speed.

Oh wait, I don't have mine yet. That's the way all other Toyotas work, anyway.

thats how it is in my camry so i dont really know any other way of cruise control. :)

Never used it either ;)

Thumb buttons require me to break proper grip anyway. Besides, I had the exact same CC selector on my tC for 8 years, so it's second nature to me already.

My suggestion is that you go out and buy a different steering wheel.

The ideal mod would be replacement of this useless (for me) feature with radio volume control "up/down" and "next station" - all what I need from the steering weel controls.

Just snap that baby right off. Easy and free, no new wheel required.

Ughh lucky you guys. The base model here in Dubai, UAE has no cruise control and it's a pain since we mostly do highway trips!

Why'd I get the base model? because that's the only model that comes with a manual gear, otherwise the second best and the best comes as an automatic!

Not sure if anyone else has had this happen, but if I've got cruise control set to 65 and try to increase by 1 mph increments the cruise won't go faster than 67 mph. I'm not sure if that's a factory program or what, I've had something similar happen in my girlfriends 07 Camry, it won't let me go past 70. Otherwise it's wonderful to have since my last car didn't have it and the 400+ mile highway drives could become a pain.

For those of you who never use your cruise control, I hope you're not THAT guy....the one who passes me and then slows down so I have to pass him back 10 times on the freeway. Or THAT guy who catches up to me and then hangs on my rear quarter panel no matter if I up my speed or not. If your THAT guy, please reconsider using you cruise control....please :thumbsup:

As said, be thankful you have it at all. The base spec 86 in other markets doesn't.

I'm completely comfortable with it, though, because it's identical to the system in my old tC. Same stalk, same placement, same controls.

I'm with the rest of the previous Toyota/Scion owners in that I'm used to the location and operation after driving my Tacoma for a number of years.

This is more of just a cross-platform gripe as many manufacturers are similar to Toyota, but I wish the physical stalk operation was more like my old Audi - you moved the cruise stalk forward/backward to turn on/off cruise (think how you turn on your brights). Cruise was ALWAYS on allowing me to simply hit the set button and be cruising. Having to press the button then, kick it down to set just bugs my mind!

College beat a manufacturing/operational mindset in to me in terms of eliminating unnecessary procedures. I'm sure someone will come out and say there's some safety concern with it or something, but whatever...as others have said, lucky we have it at all!!! :burnrubber:

Yeah I wish it worked that well. But it doesn't. Pushing up or down briefly doesn't change the speed in 1 mph increments on my car. In fact my car's cruise control looooooves to creep up 1-2 mph when I'm not looking. I'm having the dealership look into it because that's unacceptable IMO.

And I must say I'm a bit surprised to hear people say they never use it or WILL never use it. Does your foot never get tired after cruising 300+ miles on the interstate? Mine sure does.

This has to be a Toyota thing...I never experienced it until I got my Tacoma and then noticed it in my friends Camry and read the same complaints on the TacomaWorld forums. It's especially evident when going up hills...the cruise system seems to over-compensate a bit and is then majorly slow to react when the incline begins to flatten out. I consistently ended up 5-7mph over my set cruise point when going up hills at highway speeds. My '99 Civic SI, '02 Audi A4, and '08 Civic SI sedan never did this.

I have used mine and am quite satisfied with it.

Hoenstly I haven't noticed a problem, slight flick of the wrist.

Buttons become cumbersome when you start racing or driving hard. Do you want to be racing and the stereo pops on and gets louder? Accidentally set the cruise in a tight turn? The simplified wheel prevents you from worrying about a swap for basic events, the whole marketing schema behind this car is that it's ready to track right away. *2 cents*

I like the existing cruise very intuitive. I mebbe biased though as my last 2 cars had the exact same thing, same stalk same place etc. (Echo and a Yaris)

Never had an issue with it in my Corolla, Sienna, or FR-S. I have regularly set it for 120 kph which translates into 75 mph. I have also incremented it up from 65 - 75 mph and it has always done so without pause.

I've set my cruise control at up to 83 mph. No problem whatsoever:burnrubber:


I called the dealership to mention a few things I want looked at at the next service, including the cruise control creep issue. I was told that's normal.:iono: Well that's just F'ing great. Piss poor performance with this item...:slap:

it's the same cruise control used in every Toyota/Lexus family of products.

Biggest problem with the cruise control is that you can't set it to anything over 90

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Why would you want to set CC on this car anyways?? This car is meant to be driven not sit back and let the car drive you.

Exactly what kind of "spirited" driving, would you plan to do on I-95 driving 500 miles from Raleigh, NC to New York City? :iono:

Or how about Raleigh to Hilton Head Island (i see you live in Savannah). I-95 (and other interstates) in the southeast US are boring as all hell.

love the CC, though not a fan of its placement. seems too close to my knee.

Live on an island, 140 miles and you're back where you started. We do have "interstates", that don't go interstate!
I used mine once, to test it out. I played with some other older cars ones and I was amused that the pedal doesn't move like older ones, seeing as its throttle by wire.

I'd chime in to add Subaru has a similar placement for the cruise control lever in my old Impreza.

The advantage from the manufacturer's perspective is that it's independent of the main stalk, making it modular (i.e. if they don't want to offer it like on the base model they don't have to use a different stalk), and it reduces complexity.

i guess if you make a 200+ mile trip once a month then yes it will be nice. but i love driving and acting / reacting to traffic. Again i havn't been driving that long (im 22) so i guess i still enjoy driving no mater what the interstate is. and im not going to set my cc at 80+ mph made that mistake once.