cruise control on hills

[fdew]

The CX-5 cruise control down shifts to slow the vehicle on hills. This is OK if you want it, and can be the only safe way on a long hill. For short hills especially where there is a steep but short uphill right after a steep down hill you may not want it. It exercises the transmission a lot, and slows the car down so it will use more gas to clime the next hill. (You may be willing to let the car go 5 mph faster on the way down and then lose it on the way up.)

I found the easy way around this is to move the shift lever to the M position as the car starts down, thus holding it in 6th gear. At the bottom move it back to D and let it chose the gear or gears to climb.

 

[erhayes]

I leave the cruise control set on the speed I want and just increase the downhill speed several MPH and let the CC take over at the bottom. I think this is easer for me. Ed

 

[GAXIBM]

I just leave it in M in short hill driving so it stays in 6th. On rare occasions it slows enough for me to notice it and I just manually shift down to regain speed and shift back up at the top of the hill.

 

[xtrailman]

It does say in the manual something like "don't use CC in hilly terrain"

 

[Skorpio]

It does say in the manual something like "don't use CC in hilly terrain"

Page 4-89:

WARNING!
Using cruise control under the following conditions is dangerous and could result in loss of vehicle control
Hilly terrain
Steep inclines
Heavy or unsteady traffic
Slippery or winding roads
Similar constrictions that require inconsistent speed

LOL, I guess I like "living on the edge"!

 

[GAXIBM]

"Hilly terrain and steep inclines" is subject to interpretation & too many lawyers...

 

[xtrailman]

As the CX-5 CC system doesn't use the brakes to limit down hill speed, that maybe the reason for the advise given, IMO you must have a death wish going down some hills in CC.

 

[joloriquelme]

Another tip:

Press the acc pedal while you're climbing with CC on, and release when the hill ends. The car will stay on the gear.