Re: Re:cruise control up hill

From: Trevor Stott (trevor.stott@sheridanc.on.ca)
Date: Tue Jul 27 1999 - 14:54:10 EDT


> "I noticed that with the cruise control on the truck steadily lost
> speed
> on large hills to the point that it dropped 2 gears to catch up.
> This puts
> the engine right about red line "
>
> I have a 98 Dak V6 and mine does the same thing.
> It seems like when I'm close to the top it'll finally kick
> down and scream. Did you notice to when you had the
> cruise on it would jump up a few rpm when you were
> cruising on flat and fairly smooth surfaces?? I'll have it set
> at 70 mph and the tach is reading like 2g and it'll just jump
> to like 22 or 23 outta nowhere feels like it kinda slips. It does
> it once in a while without cruise too. Just curious if you had
> any of the same problems.
>
> Ralph
>

I've noticed when you hit the set on cruise there is a slight surge but
nothing like you're talking about with your 6.

Trevor.



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