Cruise Control

[midnightdriver]

O.k. since you doubt, I guess I'm wrong.
TPS's are known to go bad on the 4.6 mod engine. The sensor puts out a digital signal, the cruise control keeps that digital signal constant, if you look at a oscilloscope, you would notice a constant digital signal, almost like a flat line, These sensors weren't made to stay that way for hours on end, at one voltage. (Kind of a catch 22 situation if you car has cruise control)l. Thats why it is a digital signal instead of an analog signal. Symptoms of bad TPS's, Sticking RPMs, upon hard acceleration the Sensor will flat line like it was analog then fly up in RPMs. Same w/deceleration.

Just a question, how is holding the throttle at a constant position any different then using the cruise control? Since several of my previous cars had not cruise, I got really good at finding a place to rest my foot on the carpet next to the throttle which allowed me to hold the throttle with min effort and it works just as well as cruise.

 

[N8Dogg98]

Anyone else noticed that if you set the cruise in a ford vehicle and then proceed to take it out of gear/put it in neutral (automatic or manual) the computer tries to compensate by revving the engine. Every ford I've driven has done this (Aerostar mini van, Ranger, Taurus, Mustang, etc...). I mean obviously if you press the clutch it kills the CC, but not if you pop it out of gear. Kinda funny. Every Chrysler/Dodge I've driven on the other hand killed the CC if you put it in neutral.

 

[ItsStock02]

Anyone else noticed that if you set the cruise in a ford vehicle and then proceed to take it out of gear/put it in neutral (automatic or manual) the computer tries to compensate by revving the engine. Every ford I've driven has done this (Aerostar mini van, Ranger, Taurus, Mustang, etc...). I mean obviously if you press the clutch it kills the CC, but not if you pop it out of gear. Kinda funny. Every Chrysler/Dodge I've driven on the other hand killed the CC if you put it in neutral.

yep, ive done that before.

 

[trombonedemon]

Just a question, how is holding the throttle at a constant position any different then using the cruise control? Since several of my previous cars had not cruise, I got really good at finding a place to rest my foot on the carpet next to the throttle which allowed me to hold the throttle with min effort and it works just as well as cruise.

Its not really, the T.P.S. is gonna go bad no matter what you do, just like any car part, the cruise control is just gonna make the process quicker. Your R.p.m.s are gonna change more w/o the cruise control engaged, if its not just a little bit its still a change, even w/your foot as a pseudo cruise control.
I change my T.P.S. once a year. Stay away from Duralast, its not durable and the S.O.B.s don't last.

 

[40oz]

What I want to know is why a person would need or want a light to tell them cruise control is on? Isn't it fairly self-evident?!?

And FWIW, I'm not familiar with a car that turns off cruise control when the manual transmission stick is knocked out of gear without using the clutch, Ford or otherwise. No manual trans car or truck I've ever owned would do this automatically.