Cruise Control Indicator

[Guest SA Intruder]

Manual states 20mph and over...

 

Speed sensor from gearbox sets control

[Guest Bournelinks]

I've just bought a 2001 Galaxy 2.3 Ghia - the manual says there is a light for cc on but the operation of the stalk is incorrectly noted. The book says press the end button to set a cc speed ( assuming switched on!) and then again to increase speed, an indication is given on the dash. However mine gives no indication and slows down if pressed - to increase you slide and hold the resume switch! Ford say no indication - are they right??

[Ivor_E_Tower]

No Ford are wrong again. No guarantee that the light on the dash will illuminate to indicate that CC is engaged. With the CC switched on (middle position of slider), pressing the end of the stalk sets the CC speed. You cannot increase or decrease the set speed. The only way to alter it is to brake or accelerate to the new speed you want, then press the end of the stalk again. If you have used the CC and de-activated it, eg by braking, then sliding the switch on the stalk to the left (resume) does just that - the car will accelerate to the last speed that you set.

What may be confusing Ford is that the CC fitted to some of their other vehicles (eg Granada) has a switch that can be used to lower or raise the set CC speed, but this does not hold true for the Galaxy.

[Taliska]

Funny that... with the Multifunction steering wheel, you can increase your speed by pressing the + (Resume) button and reduce it by pressing the - (Set) button.

 

You'd have thought that stalk version would have done much the same as the multifunction version. :D

 

Taliska

[Dally]

Ivor,

 

If once your speed is set, you should be able to press the top part of the switch to accelerate (increase) the set speed or the lower part of the switch to decrease the speed. It does this on mine and on a friends galaxy.

[Dally]

PS

 

My light works when cruise is on! - 2003 v6 - no multi function wheel.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

I'll investigate the up and down bits on the end switch on my way home tonight. It did appear that the end was just a single switch to me although I haven't read the manual for a few months.

[Richmond]

I have developed this useful routine for determining whether or not the CC is on even without the benefit of a light on the dash. Other readers may find it helpful.

 

1. Remove foot from accelerator pedal.

 

2. Check senses and/or speedo for a decrease in vehicle speed.

 

If yes, CC is off.

 

If no, CC is on.

 

Do I win

[Ivor_E_Tower]

You don't win

[Richmond]

Well, that's my tenner gone; I hope you're satisfied. B) To tell you the truth, the ECU keeps the revs up for an alarming few seconds after lifting off the pedal with the CC off (something to do with emissions, apparently), so my carefully thought out routine doesn't really work for me either.

 

I find that I don't rely much on engine braking because of the delay in the revs dropping, unless there's a clear road ahead (in which case why am I braking at all?), so that the CC is switched off by the brake pedal most of the time. (Could that be why you find that at 20 mph lifting off makes little or no difference to your speed??)

 

I haven't noticed anything dramatic when the CC is turned off, maybe because the revs on mine don't drop suddenly when I lift off.

[Guest Bournelinks]

My Galaxy has the slider for off on and resume. You set the speed by using the end button and can the decrease the speed by pressing it again (holding it pressed keeps reducing the speed), to increase speed you slide to the resume position and it will increase until you let go. This isn't what the manual says but I think I've got an older print manual as the diagrams don't match. Doesn't have any indication on the dash though. Also book mentions seat belt warning lamp - that doesn't work either - according to Ford neither cruise or seat belt lights will work on a 2.3 ghia - maybe only ghia X. B)

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Well, tried out CC on way home on Friday. The end button is just that, it is not a rocker switch and just sets the CC speed - but I found that if set, when you hold the button in for a couple of seconds or longer, it starts to lower the CC speed. Must dig the manual out to see if there is a way of raising it.....

[Guest SA Intruder]

Not the same as mine then.

 

Large slide switch turns CC on or off, and that's all.

 

Rocker pushed at bottom sets speed, or taps down 1mph or if held reduces speed until released.

 

Rocker pushed at top resumes or taps up 1 mph or if held increases speed until released.

[Guest Bournelinks]

Ivor,

Look on the slider for the on/off/resume control - if there is a + sign on it then thats how you increase the speed - hold across to the resume position and the speed should increase.

B)

[Guest Tony_abw60]

Hi

Well I can't confirm one way or the other as my CC don't work at all,

checked switches on pedals, checked pipe from pump, applied 12v to pump thats ok,and the servo appears ok. Don't know were to go from here.

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

Tony

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Bournelinks - will have a look on Monday - the car's had a rest this weekend! Dug the manual out and it says that holding the end button (Set speed) in should increase the CC speed, not decrease it which is what actually happens! Also, there is a "minus" sign on the stalk by the end, implying that keeping it pressed could decrease the set speed. Will look for a "plus" sign by the slider tomorrow and report back. Thanks for the help.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Update - just as Bournelinks said - pressing and holding slider in "resume" position does indeed increase the set speed!

Thanks for the info.

Now all I need is a new battery - original died this morning after less than 3 years.

[Richmond]

I'm astonished at how many minor variations there are on the Galaxy/Alhambra/Sharan, not just of the CC set up, but of loads of other bits and pieces; I would have thought that the economies of scale (which is presumably how Ford and others are able to give such fantastic value for money) would disappear. I'm also surprised at how inaccurate the handbooks seem to be; I don't think that I've ever experienced an inaccurate handbook before, but perhaps I've been lucky.

 

I suppose they source these gizmos from the Far East or somewhere, and buy whichever is cheapest this month.