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any downside to leaving the cruise control button turned on?

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gopunk

Lifer
not cruise control turned on, but the button that enables cruise control in the first place... i wonder why it is even there, is it just to prevent people from going on cruise control on accident?
 
IDK, prolly the accident thing, although as soon as you hit the brake it disengages, so I don't really see how it could be dangerous.
 
I've hit the resume/accel button on accident before, it could possibly be a danger point. Especially if the buttons are mounted on the wheel where it's easy to reach.
 
It's a safety thing. On many vehicles, cruise is more than an led. On GM vehicles, it is actually a switch on the steering column.

 
You will wear out the carburator much more quickly with the cruise control switch in the "on" position due to the added strain on the Cruise Control ignition system always having to be engaged.
 
I've sorta wondered the same thing... probably not a downside except for possibly being a safety issue like someone else said. I just turn it off if I'm not using it.
 
Originally posted by: altonb1
It's a safety thing. On many vehicles, cruise is more than an led. On GM vehicles, it is actually a switch on the steering column.
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Some of them are. My Cobalt has a button on the steerin wheel. My big ass hands hit the cruise on/off button and when I go to set it, it won't engage and I'm like WTF when the next thing I know I'm decellerating.

though....My mom's impala the Cruise On/Off switch is on the trun signal switch as well as my grandma's Pontiac Montana.
 
someday i'll own a vehicle with cruise. maybe even power locks, power windows and a functional air conditioner!
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
You will wear out the carburator much more quickly with the cruise control switch in the "on" position due to the added strain on the Cruise Control ignition system always having to be engaged.
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cruise control ignition system? why would you need an ignition system for cruise control?
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
You will wear out the carburator much more quickly with the cruise control switch in the "on" position due to the added strain on the Cruise Control ignition system always having to be engaged.
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cruise control ignition system? why would you need an ignition system for cruise control?
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I think the part where he mentioned the carburator negated any need to continue reading the sentence. 😉
 
Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
You will wear out the carburator much more quickly with the cruise control switch in the "on" position due to the added strain on the Cruise Control ignition system always having to be engaged.
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cruise control ignition system? why would you need an ignition system for cruise control?
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I think the part where he mentioned the carburator negated any need to continue reading the sentence. 😉
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😀
 
Originally posted by: TitanDiddly
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
<--used to fvk around with cruise control in Neutral in his old honda😀
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Hehe.
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dude..I swear it used some cheat code because it would rev the engine SOOOO much faster than I could by pushng the pedal down...i
 
Maybe if someone else is using your car - my mom needed to use my car one day, and she said my wiper fluid sprayers didn't work, or something like that. Her car vs mine, the controls for her wiper fluid sprayers would engage the cruise control in my car. So, had the main cruise button been pressed, she would have accidentally set the cruise control, which she never uses on her own car. She just doesn't like the feeling of the car moving itself along like that.
 
It's easy to hit the cruise control.

When I was driving a Mercedes ML320, those things dont have a switch for cruise control. You just hit the lever and it engages. I was surprised why it was accelerating for me and then I realized what I did.

Definitely a plus for safety by having the button. This way I can pull and yank on mine when I'm stressed. I kinda use it to tap with the music sometimes..
 
To answer the question that the original poster asked.........................

No. It will engage when you want it. The light is a reminder only, that's it. If it's not engaged, it's doing no harm.

 
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