Picked my Fabia Monte up yesterday. One thing I was surprised to discover was that it isn't possible to disengage the Cruise Control by dabbing the clutch, as you could in my previous car and our Octavia. The manual states the brake pedal or otherwise its flicking the button to the 'off' position on the stalk.

This threw me, doesn't seem half as convenient. The model I test drove didn't have cruise control so I couldn't test this out. Thought disengaging with the clutch was a fairly standard behaviour.

How do people get on with using it? I do 100 motorway miles per day so use Cruise Control a lot, don't really like the idea of dabbing the brake to regain control... Looks like you're braking for no reason...

Edited 10 September, 20169 yr by Octy09

A quick tap of the brake pedal & no brakes applied and hopefully the person following you while you are using cruise control is not too close up your jacksy & if they are a flash of brake light might be a good warning.

 

Or just flick the off switch, that is what it is for after all.

A quick tap of the brake pedal & no brakes applied and hopefully the person following you while you are using cruise control is not too close up your jacksy & if they are a flash of brake light might be a good warning.

Or just flick the off switch, that is what it is for after all.

I'll see how it goes. Dabbing the clutch was just so simple, didn't need to take your hands off the wheel like you do for the switch...

I think you can ask in offical service to turn off that function via diagnostic.

Turn off the CC going off when someone brakes?

I certainly hope that it can not be disabled.

Construct & Use regulations and common sense should stop any Technician from doing that.

Brake is pretty much the standard now for disengagement of cc. It's regarded as safer and it's logical if you think about it. If someone who has not driven a car with cc before and hasn't read the manual because maybe it's not their car gets into a situation where they need to take control quickly, then without knowing anything about the car braking will safely do the business. 

I thought they deactivated the clutch switch so you can change gear whilst cruise is operating.

Have been using the cruise controll since April 2015 coming from a 2005 Fabia estate where you could disengage the cruis controll by pressing the clutch as well as the break. It was a bit strange to start with but have got used to flipping the off switch to turn it off or use the break. I have changed gear while the cruise is switched on it does work but I don't use that facility very often.

I have found being able click the +/- on the cruise switch handy for making small speed changes onc click changes speed by 1mph so 5 quick clicks = 5mph change easier than keeping the butter depressed. Joe

Turn off the CC going off when someone brakes?

I certainly hope that it can not be disabled.

Construct & Use regulations and common sense should stop any Technician from doing that.

I thought to enable turning C/C off when press clutch.

Have been using the cruise controll since April 2015 coming from a 2005 Fabia estate where you could disengage the cruis controll by pressing the clutch as well as the break. It was a bit strange to start with but have got used to flipping the off switch to turn it off or use the break. I have changed gear while the cruise is switched on it does work but I don't use that facility very often.

I have found being able click the +/- on the cruise switch handy for making small speed changes onc click changes speed by 1mph so 5 quick clicks = 5mph change easier than keeping the butter depressed. Joe

Been driving Autos for a few years, (now DSG), so only had two pedals to play with. On the old Volvo the system was very good. Approaching a roundabout on an NSL dual carriageway, just flick the "Cancel" switch, drive around the roundabout and flick the "Reset" switch and let the car build it's own way back up to speed. Not tried it with the DSG yet, but it's only been a year so early days.

Note to self...get a grip and try it.

The CC switch actually has a middle position where the CC just deactivates, in the same way as breaking. Gently press the on/off switch about half way to off, and the CC should disengage while still remembering the previously set speed. I find the clutch not deactiving to be rather convenient. That means that I can accelerate using CC from a slower speed and lower gear, and then change to the correct gear once I have reached the cruising speed.

Why taking hands of the wheel? A stretched finger will do.

Seems to be pretty much standard these days, my former Mercedes worked the same way, so do the company Volvos and VWs.

as already said, the way it is set up means you can change gear while the cc is activated

Why taking hands of the wheel? A stretched finger will do.

Seems to be pretty much standard these days, my former Mercedes worked the same way, so do the company Volvos and VWs.

Not for everyone, it seems.

3 manufacturers operating one way doesn't = 'pretty much standard' - VW, Audi and SEAT systems are bound to work the same, but our 7 yr old Octavia's system is different. This is one thing that I think all manufacturers could work towards fully standardising, though.

Not for everyone, it seems.

3 manufacturers operating one way doesn't = 'pretty much standard' - VW, Audi and SEAT systems are bound to work the same, but our 7 yr old Octavia's system is different. This is one thing that I think all manufacturers could work towards fully standardising, though.

Also my since long time gone Octy was different, so as a Golf, a Toyota, a Passat and a few more from anno dazumal.

These days means newer cars, lets say 2011 or later. Wont claim to KNOW, just supposing based on three different mnfg.

The systems in older VWs worked the same way with the 'halfway' position of the switch as the current ones. It's just the clutch deactivation that's changed. 

10 days in and I think I'm getting used to it now. I do about 90 motorway miles per day so I've had a chance to adjust!

Been driving Autos for a few years, (now DSG), so only had two pedals to play with. On the old Volvo the system was very good. Approaching a roundabout on an NSL dual carriageway, just flick the "Cancel" switch, drive around the roundabout and flick the "Reset" switch and let the car build it's own way back up to speed. Not tried it with the DSG yet, but it's only been a year so early days.

 

 

I assume it's the same as the Golf DSG in which case just brake which knocks it off and then when you are at the other side of the roundabout press RES and it's back on again, no fiddling with switches!

I was reminded of this thread when I used the cruise on our manual Fabia 3 and the clutch didn't disengage cruise. However our Superb Mk2 does.

 

It used to be that pressing the clutch had to disengage cruise or the car would slow and the system would open the throttle to try to compensate. Then when 'drive by wire' throttle systems came along they kept it the same. I guess someone just said 'we can get rid of that now'.