Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Is the D4 cruise as crap as the D3?
Had my D3 for years now good old girl, but the delay between switching cruise on and it actually taking control of the throttle drives me nuts.
I can remember the D1 and D2 being just as rubbish, so am curious if the D4 is as bad?
14th Mar 2022 7:05 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
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Never heard anyone mention 'Cruise Control Delay' before? Mine's instant. Perhaps because it's a manual gearbox?Richard
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14th Mar 2022 7:38 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Same here, from dim and distant memory.
14th Mar 2022 7:41 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Delays pretty much every time I use it, steady throttle at 70 mph on the flat hit cruise and it may drop to 67/68 then back to 70, occasionally overshooting by 1 maybe 2mph.
Once on a steady cruise its not bad unless its a real long steep hill, but thats more down to the 2.7s lack of bhp.
Just drove 1500 miles in the thing and I would say 95 percent of the time it delayed before taking over.
Even my wife noticed it, and she does not tend to notice anything car related!
14th Mar 2022 8:09 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
rrhool wrote:
Never heard anyone mention 'Cruise Control Delay' before? Mine's instant. Perhaps because it's a manual gearbox?
I am amazed you can get to 70 in Norfolk
Was on the A140 yesterday, that road really bloody annoys me, especially Norwich to a14.
14th Mar 2022 8:11 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
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The bit of A140 through Long Stratton is due to be bypassed. ready in a couple of years apparently.
Yeah, I've only ever used cruise 'out of the county' Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
Its instant on mine. An adult will be along soon to hint a solution to your problem
14th Mar 2022 9:33 pm
Kelvo
Member Since: 07 Aug 2015
Location: Perth WA
Posts: 264
I’ve never driven a D3 so can’t compare to that. But the cruise is almost instant on my D4.
If you want laggy and poor control cruise control get a Toymota Hilux. My company supplied MY18 is shockingly bad, to be fair the whole vehicle is a POS.MY14 TDV6
14th Mar 2022 10:40 pm
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
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rrhool wrote:
Never heard anyone mention 'Cruise Control Delay' before? Mine's instant. Perhaps because it's a manual gearbox?
Instant for both my manual and auto D3's too.yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
14th Mar 2022 11:05 pm
Captain Crosscheck
Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
Location: Oslo
Posts: 340
I've experienced the same as you, lynalldiscovery. Going up hills, it takes just that instant too long to catch up. Annoying...
15th Mar 2022 6:16 am
Oswiperus D3 Decade
Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
Posts: 1600
Have D3 & D4, As already said, D3 is very laggy but the D4 is spot on, it instantly holds the speed went you set it. It also tells you the set speed on the dash.Stu
2016 D4 Landmark current
2022 Defender D300 SE Gone
D4 2014 XS Commercial - Gone
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D3 2005 base manual - gone
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15th Mar 2022 11:35 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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rrhool wrote:
The bit of A140 through Long Stratton is due to be bypassed. ready in a couple of years apparently.
Yeah, I've only ever used cruise 'out of the county'
I lived there 25 odd yrs ago and they were talking about the bypass then, did notice they have some pretty new roundabouts here and there.
15th Mar 2022 12:11 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
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Thank you for all the replies, I guess I will just live with it as I do like the car even though she is getting leggy.
15th Mar 2022 12:13 pm
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
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There is a setting in the "Speed Control" CCF for the comms path which appears gives you options as to how the communication with the PCM is carried. I noticed it recently on a D3 which had suddenly "forgotten" it had the speed control fitted. I reselected the CCF but left whatever comms settings were already selected (just in case I cacked it )
I seem to remember there were HSC, MSC, options amongst others but without interfering with these settings the cruise control was restored. The owner tells me with that the illuminated instrument cluster icon now comes on which it never did before. yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
15th Mar 2022 12:35 pm
Doug2507
Member Since: 13 Mar 2022
Location: Aberdeen
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Took, delivery of mine on Friday, had it out for a 3hr trip today and used cruise, love it! No delay, held speed no problem, chuffed!
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it had the speed control fitted. I reselected the CCF but left whatever comms settings were already selected (just in case I cacked it 
