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Cruise Control

Cruise control functions are activated directly by the multifunction steering wheel to the ECM. The individual buttons are digitally encoded in the MFL switch and is input to the ECM over a serial data wire. Cruise Control is integrated into the ECM because of the MDK/EDK operation.

Road speed is input to the ECM for cruise control as well as DSC regulation. The vehicle speed signal for normal engine operation is supplied from the DSC module (right rear wheel speed sensor). The road speed signal for cruise control is supplied from the DSC module. This is an average taken from both front wheel speed sensors, supplied via the CAN bus.

Fig 1: Identifying Cruise Control Components
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