Setting Cruise Control; Increasing Speed While Using Cruise Control; If you leave your cruise control switch on when- Page 110

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If your vehicle is in cruise control when the traction
control system begins to limit wheel spin, the cruise
control will automatically disengage. See “Traction
Control System” in the Index. When road conditions
allow you to safely use it again, you may turn the cruise
control back on.

Setting Cruise Control

CAUTION:

If you leave your cruise control switch on when
you’re not using cruise, you might hit a button
and go into cruise when you don’t want to. 
You could be startled and even lose control. 
Keep the cruise control switch off until you want
to use cruise control.

1. Move the cruise control switch to ON.

2. Get up to the speed you want.

3. Push in the SET button at the end of the lever and

release it. The CRUISE light on the instrument panel
cluster will come on.

4. Take your foot off the accelerator pedal.

Resuming a Set Speed

Suppose you set your cruise control at a desired speed
and then you apply the brake. This, of course, shuts 
off the cruise control. But you don’t need to reset it.

Once you’re going about 25 mph (40 km/h) or more,
you can move the cruise control switch from ON to 
R/A (Resume/Accelerate) briefly. You’ll go right back
up to your chosen speed and stay there.

Increasing Speed While Using Cruise Control

There are two ways to go to a higher speed:

D

Use the accelerator pedal to get to the higher speed.
Push in the SET button, then release the button 
and the accelerator pedal. You’ll now cruise at the
higher speed.

D

Move the cruise switch from ON to R/A. Hold it
there until you get up to the speed you want, and
then release the switch. (To increase your speed in
very small amounts, move the switch to R/A briefly
and then release it. Each time you do this, your
vehicle will go about 1 mph (1.6 km/h) faster.

The accelerate feature will only work after you set the
cruise control speed by pushing the SET button.