Re: Re:cruise control in rain

From: jim miller (jmiller@texnet.net)
Date: Mon Dec 14 1998 - 20:25:43 EST


> What else do you know about this or where could I find info?
>
> Also a cheap lesson for me, NO Cruise on wet slippery roads. Alan S.
>
> >> I'm pretty sure it also mentions such a thing in the owners manual
> >> about using cruise in inclement weather.
> Direct quote from my 97 owner's manual:
> "Don't use Speed Control in heavy traffic or on roads that are winding,
> icy, snow-covered or slippery."
> I can't believe that similar warnings are not in every year model owner's
> manual.
> I've never seen an owner's manual since cruise control was invented that
> didn't have similar warnings.

SAME HERE!

Mike Crumley wrote:

> At 11:49 AM 12/13/98 , you wrote:
>
> >What else do you know about this or where could I find info?
>
> >> > Glad your Dad is OK! Sorry to hear about the Dak. I'll pour some Beer
> >on
> >> > the ground for her tonight. Also a cheap lesson for me, NO Cruise on
> >wet
> >> > slippery roads. Alan S.
>
> >> I'm pretty sure it also mentions such a thing in the owners manual
> >> about using cruise in inclement weather. I think ChryCo's lawyers
> >> made 'em put it in there.
>
> Direct quote from my 97 owner's manual:
>
> "Don't use Speed Control in heavy traffic or on roads that are winding,
> icy, snow-covered or slippery."
>
> Wet roads should count as "slippery" by anyone's definition. I can't
> believe that similar warnings are not in every year model owner's manual.
> I've never seen an owner's manual since cruise control was invented that
> didn't have similar warnings. I'm sorry about the accident and hope
> everything works out OK, but driving on wet streets with cruise control,
> epically with an over-powered, light-in-the-rear vehicle like a Dakota R/T
> is not a wise thing to do.
>
> Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
> mail to: mcrumley@airmail,net
>
> If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living
> asking, 'Do you want fries with that?'-John Cleese

I've seen similar warnings in every Ferd, GM, and CC owners manual I've seen.
(can't say that i've always headed those warnings though) Maybe I won't try
it on MY R/T!
Jim in Waco
99 R/T RC



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