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Date Registered: 04-2013
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Setting Cruise Control to default 'on'


I can't find an answer to this one, or whether the question has already been asked.

Is it possible to change the Cruise Control so that when you turn on the ignition, it is already 'primed' or active ie. as if you had already switched it on?

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NO as it is a safety hazard having an automatic system "armed" with only a single button press to make it active.

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NO as it is a safety hazard having an automatic system "armed" with only a single button press to make it active.




...not if I was able to do it (as standard) on my last Honda and Mazda.

Anybody know?



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That may depend on whether it was an aftermarket installation or a factory feature. I have thought along the same lines at times, but to be honest, all you have to do is say the issue out loud;

It's just one button-press ..

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Our Honda Civic was always 'armed' . It was a 2008 model so I am guessing lots of other cars can do it as well. The swith was a mechanical , click once and its on (pressed in) click again and its off (switch is out)

Maybe you can change the switch mechanics in the x-trail to be this type.

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Our Honda Civic was always 'armed' . It was a 2008 model so I am guessing lots of other cars can do it as well. The swith was a mechanical , click once and its on (pressed in) click again and its off (switch is out)

Maybe you can change the switch mechanics in the x-trail to be this type.



Yep, that's what I was hoping. There must be a way to make it happen, but it's going to take someone brighter than me to come up with the solution.

I'm still open to suggestions.



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Date Registered: 07-2013
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Best bet is a talk to an auto electrician. You only want the internal part of the switch changed so they may be able to do it and check that it is all ok.
It may not work but I guess worth a try.

Or just get used to the new way of having to press it to turn on emoticon

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cant you just gently pry out the button or better still get in behind the plastic on the steering wheel and just bypass the on/off switch? Surely if you just bridge the connection it will just be continually on and can just be operated by the up and down lever on the wheel.

Either that or do what GoldCoaster has said and take the car to an auto elecy and get them to do it.

I know its your car and your preference etc but is it worth all the hassle to just cut out pressing the button once a trip?

My 2c worth emoticon

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Date Registered: 07-2013
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It wouldnt be hard to bypass the safety feature that the nissan factory put into the cruise control that takes you .5 of a second to press a button to "arm" to make it easier? for you turn on but try explaining that to your insurance company after an accident ! Just leave the cruise control as it is, its not that hard to operate/anticipate. Unless you've got problems.

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Date Registered: 04-2013
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An auto-electrician it is then.

How it would affect my insurance is an odd question to bring up: many other cars allow you to leave the cruise permanently armed (Honda, Mazda, some BMWs, to name but a few), so I can't really see how and why this would create a problem. It is precisely because I have been able to leave it armed in the past, that I want it to be permanently armed now.

I'm also a bit baffled by people suggesting that it is 'just a button press' (so why bother, etc etc). I presume that these are people who baulked at the idea of electric windows, and also refuse to drive a car with an automatic gearbox on principle. In fact, I'm pretty amazed that they're even on the internet when we have a perfectly good postal service.

I'll keep trying, eh?

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