Downhill cruise control "grab"
#1
Downhill cruise control "grab"
OK so somebody tell me if this is normal. What I am going downhill with the cruise control on it "grabs" and then lets go in order to maintain speed. Awful. Feels like a bumper car. Is this the best the programmers can do?
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#8
I think this is a slight conflict between cruise control operating in hilly territory (I never use cruise control unless the terrain is fairly flat) and engine braking, which Nissan added to the Maxima beginning with the 6th gen 2004 model. I love the engine braking, and hope Nissan never deletes it from the Maxima. I also love cruise control in fairly flat territory. Just as info, in hilly terrain, cruise control is not nearly as fuel-efficient as careful driver-operated throttle.
#9
I think this is a slight conflict between cruise control operating in hilly territory (I never use cruise control unless the terrain is fairly flat) and engine braking, which Nissan added to the Maxima beginning with the 6th gen 2004 model. I love the engine braking, and hope Nissan never deletes it from the Maxima. I also love cruise control in fairly flat territory. Just as info, in hilly terrain, cruise control is not nearly as fuel-efficient as careful driver-operated throttle.
#10
I think this is a slight conflict between cruise control operating in hilly territory (I never use cruise control unless the terrain is fairly flat) and engine braking, which Nissan added to the Maxima beginning with the 6th gen 2004 model. I love the engine braking, and hope Nissan never deletes it from the Maxima. I also love cruise control in fairly flat territory. Just as info, in hilly terrain, cruise control is not nearly as fuel-efficient as careful driver-operated throttle.
#11
Actually, the CVT almost never "holds" a ratio. Even on almost totally flat ground, a slight change in grade or a big sustained gust of wind may make ratios change enough to see it on the tach (50-150 rpm). It's just that this change is impossible to feel like the engine braking you feel going down hill with the cruise.
#12
Actually, the CVT almost never "holds" a ratio. Even on almost totally flat ground, a slight change in grade or a big sustained gust of wind may make ratios change enough to see it on the tach (50-150 rpm). It's just that this change is impossible to feel like the engine braking you feel going down hill with the cruise.
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