The cruise control is a very useful feature primarily for long-distance highway driving, which reduces your effort of using accelerator and brake. The cruise control system is primarily comprised of five buttons cruise, set, cancel + and - and in this guide, we help you how to use it.
For people who are new to operating the cruise control system, it might appear a bit tricky, owing to the presence of a number of buttons for the system. Given that the feature of cruise control is becoming a lot more common even in more affordable new generation cars, the working process should be known for its effective functionality.
Following is a step by step process of using the cruise control, which can make your long-distance highway driving very easy and comfortable:
Step 1: Building the speed In most of the cars in India, the cruise control works on the speeds of 40 kmph and above. So, all you need to do is build up some speed and go past 40 kmph, and attain the desired speed from which you want your cars cruise control to operate.
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Step 2: Turn on the cruise control system For turning on the cruise control system, all you need to do is press the cruise button present on or behind the steering wheel. A small light of the cruise control will start glowing in the instrument console, indicating that the system is on now.
Step 3: Set the speed After turning on the cruise control, press the set button on the cruise control system button cluster on the steering wheel. Doing this will fix the speed at which you were driving. And even after you remove your feet from the accelerator, the car will continue to move on the speed set here.
Step 4: Accelerate If you wish to accelerate your car while the cruise control system is working without pressing the accelerator, all you need to do is press the + button on the cluster of buttons. Doing this will increase the speed of the vehicle to less than 5 kmph. You can keep on increasing the speed by repetitively pressing this + button.
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Step 5: Decelerate On the contrary, if you want to decelerate your car while the cruise control system is working, press the - button. This will in turn decrease the speed of the vehicle by up to 5 kmph. Like in case of acceleration, you can keep on decreasing the speed by repetitively pressing this - button.
Step 6: Cancel the cruise control system If you wish to stop the cruise control from working, either press the cancel button or simply press the brake pedal. The car will come back to its original mode of driving, which will require the control of accelerator and brake for motion.
