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From: hakanson@orstcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Question about cruise control
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Date: Sat, 21-Jul-84 22:48:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 21 22:48:00 1984
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It sounds like what is sometimes called the "sensitivity" needs to be
adjusted.  This is the adjustment which tells the cruise control how
much throttle to give when the speed falls, etc.  In general, you want
as much sensitivity as you can stand, in order to keep the speed relatively
constant.  The setting is dependent on the relative power of your car,
which might explain the remark about gearing being different, which could
cause a "standard factory setting" to be wrong.  Another possibility
is that the speed sensor is weak or bad -- my brother has an aftermarket
cruise control which uses magnets stuck and taped to the driveshaft to
sense the speed.  One of these came off and resulted in behavior similar
to that which you describe.

Some cruise controls have a total of three adjustments which can be made:
the sensitivity;  the low speed adjustment (controls how fast the car must
be going before it will take hold, and also affects the top speed range
it can give);  and, the centering adjustment (usually the last to adjust,
since on the one I installed the other adjustments throw centering off),
which when adjusted properly keeps your car from slowing down or speeding
up immediately after the cruise-control is engaged.

In short, yes, something is wrong, you are not crazy, and you should have
the dealer adjust the thing properly....  Good luck.

Marion Hakanson			CSnet:  hakanson@oregon-state
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