Date:         Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:52:32 -0400
Reply-To:     vanagon-rcampbell@USA.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Campbell <vanagon-rcampbell@USA.NET>
Subject:      Cruise Control - Slow to engage?
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Hello All!

Question for those out there who have the factory Cruise Control.

On my '91 Carat I thought my cruise control was broken.  I turn it on, press
the set button, nothing happened.  Oh well, something additional for the list
o' repairs....  But, NO, not true... quite by accident I found that if I press
and HOLD the set button for a few seconds the cruise will engage.

It seems to engage very slowly -- in that you must press and hold for the

cruise to engage.  Once set, though, it does hold speed.  If I want to
accelerate, I press the button again -- again I must HOLD it in order for the
cruise control to actually start increasing the throttle.

Is this normal?  Any suggestions on what I should look at?

I'm actually just happy that it works this well, but I'd like for it to be as
"normal" as possible.  This will be handy as I'm taking a camping trip up the
road about 2 hours drive -- what a nice thing to find before a short trip.

Again, this is a '91 Carat with factory cruise control.

Thanks!

    -Robert