'03 Baja Cruise Control

[jMon]

If I'm going down the road on cruise control at say 65 miles per hour,
then slow down using the cruise control stalk to say 60, the car runs
kind of rough as if the brakes are being applied on and off. This is
especially true when I am on a downgrade. Anybody else experience
this kind of thing?

Jay M
'03 Baja (5-speed)
USA

 

[Kurt C. Hack]

I have experienced the same thing in my '02 Outback (basically the same
as car as your Baja). It was explained to me as the cruise control
cutting the fuel to the engine to try and maintain the speed selected.
On a downgrade, your car will want to speed up and the cruise is trying
to maintain the 60mph by cutting the fuel to the engine.

-Kurt