
SECTION 12E – CRUISE CONTROL
CAUTION:
This vehicle will be equipped with a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). A SRS will consist of either
seat belt pre-tensioners and a driver’s air bag, seat belt pre-tensioners and a driver’s and front
passenger’s air bags or seat belt pre-tensioners, driver’s and front passenger’s air bags and left and
right-hand side air bags. Refer to SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, Section 12M SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT
SYSTEM in the VT Series I Service Information before performing any service operation on, or around
SRS components, the steering mechanism or wiring. Failure to follow the SAFETY PRECAUTIONS could
result in SRS deployment, resulting in possible personal injury or unnecessary SRS system repairs.
CAUTION:
This vehicle may be equipped with LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas). In the interests of safety, the LPG fuel
system should be isolated by turning 'OFF' the manual service valve and then draining the LPG service
lines, before any service work is carried out on the vehicle. Refer to the LPG leaflet included with the
Owner's Handbook for details or the appropriate Section of this Service Information CD for more specific
servicing information.
CAUTION:
Whenever any component that forms part of the ABS or ABS/ETC (if fitted), is disturbed during Service
Operations, it is vital that the complete ABS or ABS/ETC system is checked, using the procedure as
detailed in 4 DIAGNOSIS, ABS or ABS/ETC FUNCT ION CHECK, in Section 12L ABS & ABS/ETC, in either
of the VT Series I Service Inf ormation for th e V6 Engine or in the VT Series II Service Informat ion for the
GEN III V8 Engine of this Service Information CD.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Cruise control is a vehicle speed control system which m aintains a desired vehicle speed without the driver having
to continually apply foot pressure to the accelerator pedal.
Depending on the model variant, cruise control is available as either standard or optional equipment on all VT
Series II models with either automatic or manual transmission.
The cruise control system is the same as that fitted to previous VT Series models. It is an Electro-motor system
that is vacuum independent. The Electro-motor cruise control system uses a stepper motor to control vehicle speed.
On m odels fitted with GEN III V8 engines and trac tion control, a throttle relax er servo is f itted as part of the trac tion
control system to provide engine torque c ontrol. T he throttle relaxer m om entarily reduces the throttle opening angle
when traction loss occurs.
There is no electronic interface between the throttle relaxer and the cruise control module.
1.1 SYSTEM OPERATION
The main components of the Electro-motor cruise control system are the cruise control module, cruise control
switches (m ounted on the turn signal stalk ), brake pedal electr ical release switch, brak e pedal stop lam p switch,
clutch pedal switch (manual transmission models), cruise control cable and electrical wiring (incorporated into
the main wiring harnes s ).
The cruis e control m odule also us es an output fr om the Powertrain Control Module ( PCM) f or vehicle speed, and
an input to the Body Control Module (BCM) to send a serial data message to the instruments (cruise control
interface).
W hen the cruise control module is powered up via the cruise control ON-OFF switch, the cruise control m odule
activates an input to the BCM. The BCM sees this line as active and sends a serial data message to the
instrument c luster to turn its CRUISE lamp on.
W hen the SET-COAST switch is depressed (provided the vehicle speed is above 40 km/h and either the brake
or clutch pedal is not depressed) the cruise control module lights up the ACTIVE lamp in the instrument cluster
and in turn, informs the PCM to use a specific transmission shift pattern. This is designed primarily for cruise
mode, having fewer transmission down shifts and reduced transmission gear change activity. For further
information about the BCM cruise control interface, refer to either Section 12J-1 LOW SERIES BCM, or
Section 12J-2 HIGH SERIES BCM in the VT Ser ies II Ser vice Inf or mation.
Fig. 12E-1 illustrates the component relationship for the cruise control system.