Cruise Control After Shutoff

[Shavlik]

Is there a way to keep cruise control on even after the vehicle shuts off and back on? So all you have to do is hit set to set the speed without having to turn cruise on then hit set?

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[MT19RANGER]

Is there a way to keep cruise control on even after the vehicle shuts off and back on? So all you have to do is hit set to set the speed without having to turn cruise on then hit set?

In FORDs I don't think so, but in my CHEV work pick up the cruise stays on and all I have to do is set speed each trip. It's just something I'm used to. I just know when I get in each vehicle what is required.

 

[VAMike]

a lot of manufacturers shut cruise off each time. it's annoying.

 

[Johnpenn]

Dont you think it would be dangerous to not reset itself?
Imagine...hitting the button while thinking your scrolling through the radio channel as you approach a school crosswalk, and holy f*ck batman, here we go to its last setting from the freeway.
Dont be lazy. It's that way for safety

On Chevys it doesn't save the previous speed setting, only whether cruise is on or off. Not a problem for safety.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

Hi,

This sounds like more of a Corporate philosophy that anything else. I personally see no advantage to not having to turn on Cruise each time....That said, my motorhome on the Freightliner chassis has cruise on all the time... Works either way for me...sort of a nit...no BFD...

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

 

[DrSafety]

Not to belabor this point. As someone who studies human error it is a safety concern. Since moving cruise control from the stick to the steering wheel it is much easier to inadvertently but the vehicle into cruise at whatever speed it is traveling. Thus the need for a two step process. Class A motorhomes are a completely different beast as they don't have to follow the same rules i.e. Airbags.

 

[VAMike]

Not to belabor this point. As someone who studies human error it is a safety concern. Since moving cruise control from the stick to the steering wheel it is much easier to inadvertently but the vehicle into cruise at whatever speed it is traveling. Thus the need for a two step process. Class A motorhomes are a completely different beast as they don't have to follow the same rules i.e. Airbags.

In my case there's a safety concern when I hit the set button and then the car slows down because I haven't turned it on yet again.

 

[DrSafety]

In my case there's a safety concern when I hit the set button and then the car slows down because I haven't turned it on yet again.

I appreciate that. As I get older that forgetting thing happens more frequently. Humans are far from perfect machines. Error happens in several forms. Adding the additional step eliminates some forms of error, but it can create others as you have eluded to. Then it becomes a matter of weighing which risk of error leads to the lowest magnitude and probability of occurrence.

 

[VAMike]

I appreciate that. As I get older that forgetting thing happens more frequently. Humans are far from perfect machines. Error happens in several forms. Adding the additional step eliminates some forms of error, but it can create others as you have eluded to. Then it becomes a matter of weighing which risk of error leads to the lowest magnitude and probability of occurrence.

Or, you let people have more control over configuring their environment the way it works the best for them. But that takes more effort.

 

[SafetyDan]

NOT positive this is the case in the Ranger, but if the cruse control uses a relay, you might look for a relay with normally closed contacts to energize the system and replay the one with normally open contacts.

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