Can anyone tell me what the factory cruise control on a manual tramnmission Vanagon does when you set your cruising speed when coasting at 60 MPH (or some highway speed), say down a hill, with the transmisson in neutral? I would guess that when your speed decreases the engine RPM will shoot up as the cruise control tries to compensate. The cruise control can detect when you push the clutch in, but it has no way of knowing whether you're in gear or not, right? Is there a coil/tachometer input to the cruise control ECU which allows it to limit engine RPM? I don't currently have cruise control and I'm curious. Thanks, Doug Fitz-Randolph Freeport, ME |
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