Cruise Control

[Rob555]

The engine warning light has come on a couple of times when using the cruise control on my 1.6 hdi. I was reducing the set speed from 70mph to 65mph as I was getting to close to the car in front. I have seen a couple of comments about a fault on this model can anyone give the exact details of what the fault is could it be the same ?

[Ciaran2903]

Cant remember if i got the Engine Warning lights when my Cruise Control played up.

 

My was a very easy software patch. My dad dropped it off on the way to work, and picked it up on the way back.

[C4VTS]

I am enjoying the cruise on my VTS.

 

I have found that if you are sudenly getting too close to the car in front, then just flick the cruise switch off then on again, and when you have dropped back a bit then set your speed again.

 

Have not had any problems yet.

[Ciaran2903]

I have found that if you are sudenly getting too close to the car in front, then just flick the cruise switch off then on again, and when you have dropped back a bit then set your speed again.

 

Or you could just lower the speed with the Cruise Contol on and the car will decelerate.

 

I also love the cruise control!

[C4VTS]

I have found that if you are sudenly getting too close to the car in front, then just flick the cruise switch off then on again, and when you have dropped back a bit then set your speed again.

 

Or you could just lower the speed with the Cruise Contol on and the car will decelerate.

 

I also love the cruise control!

Takes too long for speed to adjust if a car or truck suddenly pulls in front of you and slows down on the motorway. Hence turn it off then on again, or just brake sharply !

[wozza]

I just hit the II button so the pause type one turns it off then when it is pressed again car accelerates back up to the last speed it was set at. Or can just press that then the +speed button to mark it to the current speed.

 

Its useful but if i have it turned on too much i just get bored like to actually drive the car myself least them im more aware of whats happening i find.

[C4VTS]

Its useful but if i have it turned on too much i just get bored like to actually drive the car myself least them im more aware of whats happening i find.

I prefer to cruise to work on the motorway...

 

That way I can take a nap on the back seat.

 

Oh damn, i don't have cruise steering ! :o

 

I guess Citroen forgot to enable that function :o

[wozza]

..thats the problem last time i was going to scotland i had the cruise on and cause i was so relaxed with the climate on etc i was getting really tired since i had to do pretty much nothing.

 

Make use of the speed limiter more. Thought it was funny this chav was giving it some by the side of me slammed my foot down hit 30 speed limiter kicked in i was ahead of him he goes screaming past thinking he beat me. i just wanted to play with him :o

[billynibbles]

When on a single carriageway, I set my cruise control to about 1 mph less than the car in front - eventually, the road ahead seems quite clear!

 

(I need help - I think I'm a latent caravanner*) :o

 

*A friend has a good name for them - "shed-draggers".

 

Getting the c/c to 'resume' to its previous speed is quite an odd experience isn't it, especially with the 2.0l diesel's extra torque? It feels a little like you're out of control as it surges forward with no input from you - a bit like being a passenger, not a driver. The last time I felt that was in a 5.0l Chevy Caprice job with bog-standard 3-speed automatic box - that would 'resume' from a standing start if you let it!

 

Now maybe if that lane wandering system could be linked into the steering, we could all get in the back for a snooze or use the 12v socket for a brew. Can't help feeling that relying on the parking sensors to warn that the car in front is too close might be leaving it a bit too late though.

 

Oh well, back to the reality of a clutch-pumper on the A316 Chertsey Road. :o

[Rich_Eason]

Just out of curiosity...I tried this in the VTS.... ;)

 

Set Cruise to regulate....

 

Get yourself up to 30mph and in 4th gear and then just hold down the + button...and keep holding it!

 

Instead of going up in single digits, it goes up multiples of 5mph and as you can imagine you make progress at quite a reasonable pace! :P

[Mat]

Billynibbles has a very good point.

 

We have the technology to tell the car what speed we want to do.

We have the technology to tell the car to follow the lane (on motorways).

We have the technology to recognise walls and other cars using the sensors in the bumpers.

 

Why cant someone simply extend the range and sensitivity of the bumper sensors, link it all to the computer, and just like magic, auto pilot.

 

Wouldnt be too expensive to incorporate onto cars as an add-on either.

[billynibbles]

Billynibbles has a very good point.

 

Blimey - a good point from me! The silly pills must be wearing off ;)

[hertsnminds]

Mercs already have adaptive cruise control that automatically slows the car down if the front sensors think you are too close to the car in front, it then resumes when the obstruction has gone.

 

You must have seen the famous test they did where a motoring hack managed to crash the car by forgetting to turn the system on before trying it out. A classic moment of motoring journalism.

 

 

Ian

Black 55 VTR+

[billynibbles]

A friend just back from the London Motor Show tells me that Honda have taken the lane wandering warning one stage further by using a simlar system to hold the car to the centre of a lane, but I'm not sure if that's exactly right. If it is, we're one stage nearer to hands-free cruising.

 

The problem is with many of these features, cruise control, et al, is that they don't seem best suited to our overcrowded roads (except the bit that prevents you tailgating maybe).

 

I'm none too sure about any feature that might tempt a really tired driver to press on despite what his eyelids are trying to tell him. Maybe all these features should only be activated after you pass a quick alertness test as a 'log on'.

 

Blimey - I just passed through into the revered halls of 'Advanced Member' - must be a 30-post threshold.

[Stuey]

it is indeed getting scary what cars can do by themselves...mercs will stop themselves, Hondas will stay in the middle of the desired lane....we might as well just get in the back and have a bit of kip as someone mention further up this thread...

 

I was driving an Aston Martin DB9 on Sunday and the inscructor who was with me said to put it into drive and take my feet of the pedals and see what happens so I did and it accelrates up to 5mph and stays there...i asked why and he said that is how it copes with hill starts with the flappy paddle gears!! clever stuff!! It also reaches for another gear at 145mph about the speed when I bottled it and stood on the brakes ;)

[Ciaran2903]

There is a concept in America where the cars drive themselves on the Freeway. They travel in a large group, about 3-5 feet from each other! They all "talk" to each other and therefore dont need the same braking distance as humans because there is no thinking time.

Personally i would hate that. For 1, I would not be driving! and 2, I would not feel safe that close to the other car!

I guess it would be good for people with no lisence, or people who hate driving.

[Mat]

But if you have to drive in convoy, why not just use a bus ?

[kfk]

Wont be long before you pass sensors in the road that can slow your car down for you and stop you exceeding speed limits, so i doubt the other ideas are far away either.

 

Problem is if you have 'hands free driving' and the steering detects a fault will it go into limphome mode ? and if it fails totally how quick will the car come to a hallt?.

[Rich_Eason]

To take it to the extreme see here....

 

Racing drivers can now make a cup of tea, admire the view nd wave to the crowd whilst whizzing around the tracks and not worry about the race....

 

Fully automated driverless racing....cant think of anything more "exciting"..... ;)

[Stuey]

driverless racing eh?? STOP IT, STOP IT NOW!!

[Ciaran2903]

Is there a more boring way of spending a day at a track? BORING!

[wozza]

it is indeed getting scary what cars can do by themselves...mercs will stop themselves, Hondas will stay in the middle of the desired lane....we might as well just get in the back and have a bit of kip as someone mention further up this thread...

 

I was driving an Aston Martin DB9 on Sunday and the inscructor who was with me said to put it into drive and take my feet of the pedals and see what happens so I did and it accelrates up to 5mph and stays there...i asked why and he said that is how it copes with hill starts with the flappy paddle gears!! clever stuff!! It also reaches for another gear at 145mph about the speed when I bottled it and stood on the brakes ;)

All auto's do that.

 

To cope with hill starts and to allow you easy reversing etc. They always creep forward its useful when your stuck in traffic. Only time i like driving my mums is when im stuck in traffic as i only need to use the brake.

[Stuey]

I knew they crept but held at 5mph!!

[wozza]

My mums will creep up to around 5 - 10 mph without you touching anything just the way there designed.

 

I actually would not have expected the aston to do that i would have thought they used a robotised clutch rather than an auto type box.

[34eg839TR]

Hi, I live in Turkey. My car is 1.4 C4and it is already 1 year old. A few weeks ago, all of a sudden, cruise control stopped working. When I tried to turn it on, service light was on, on the right side of the panel. So I took it to the service, they said they had to order a piece for it. They did and it came in 2 days; so they fixed it. But it is a little disappointing to start having technical problems wiht no reason when the car is only 1 year old.

Anyway I am in love with my car! :D