Can you set the cruise to be "ready" when you start the truck?

ChrisGUGA · Dec 20, 2014

It's a small complaint, but I get annoyed having to turn the cruise control to the ready position before I can engage it every time I start the truck.

Does anyone know if you can set this to be "ready" every time?

kg93 · Dec 20, 2014

i haven't seen any setting to do that. Maybe you can do it with the premium cluster and 8" radio? since you have more options on them

mjd91 · Dec 20, 2014

I haven't seen anything either.

Would be nice. I like it in my moms Tahoe.
But I've always driven Dodges so I'm used to it. Lol

BULL55 · Dec 20, 2014

YES that would be nice!

RyanJM · Dec 20, 2014

Ya it would be nice I have having to turn it one every time I get in the truck. I don't even know why it has a on/off button when you have to hit a second button to engage it and cancel it anyway. Seems kind of useless.

cc rider · Dec 20, 2014

It would also be nice to not have to press the tow haul button every time u get out of the truck and back in and u have a trailer hooked up

clh1220 · Dec 20, 2014

I'm just the opposite I didn't like it that the silverado stayed on after it was shut off. I can understand why it would be a real pain in the ass to hit the cruise button as soon as you start it. Like your going to use cruise control pulling out of the driveway.

JasonK94Z · Dec 20, 2014

Staying on could potentially be a danger. What happens when you accidentally hit "resume".

Besides, how hard is it really to press the on/off button? LOL First world problems.

freddyx844 · Dec 21, 2014

To be fair It will only resume when your over the threshold, around 40km or something like that.

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RyanJM · Dec 21, 2014

cc rider said:
It would also be nice to not have to press the tow haul button every time u get out of the truck and back in and u have a trailer hooked up

This is something that would drive me crazy if it actually did this. When I am hauling a light trailer like the ones we have at work I just put it in 6th to keep the MDS from activating I don't use the tow mode since the trailer isn't heavy enough and it won't let it shift all the way to 6th. On my 13 4x4 with 3.55's I found myself using it but a 2wd with 3.92's unless I have a loaded trailer it rows fine. When I had the MDS shut off in my 09 that had 3.92's I would just leave it in d and tow mode off and got great gas mileage.

Diller · Dec 21, 2014

cc rider said:
It would also be nice to not have to press the tow haul button every time u get out of the truck and back in and u have a trailer hooked up

I'm with you on this. I have lost count of how many times I stop for gas on a long tow and forget to turn the T/H back on and wonder why it feels weird. My truck has the ability to program up to 4 trailers, I wish you could pick which one would leave the T/H on whenever it is plugged in.

txtrucker75 · Dec 21, 2014

yes it would be nice but for now you just have to turn it on everytime you want to use the cruise control.

cc rider · Dec 21, 2014

Now wOuld that be something uconnect can do( eIther cruise or the tow/haul)?

Diller said:
I'm with you on this. I have lost count of how many times I stop for gas on a long tow and forget to turn the T/H back on and wonder why it feels weird. My truck has the ability to program up to 4 trailers, I wish you could pick which one would leave the T/H on whenever it is plugged in.

plarkinjr · Dec 22, 2014

cc rider said:
It would also be nice to not have to press the tow haul button every time u get out of the truck and back in and u have a trailer hooked up

Same with Exhaust brake on Diesels. Park-Assist "off" is latching (stays in either state till you change it). I think TractionControl is too.

Years ago, on my 1998 Dakota, there was a post on some forums about installing a relay to turn O/D off at start up. I don't recall the specifics, but basically it tied into the wires to trick the PCM/ECU that the button had been pushed right after engine start.

It may not be possible to do that to these newer trucks because of the computer control... but if that's true, it's probably easier to hack and modify the software inside it.

JasonK94Z said:
Staying on could potentially be a danger. What happens when you accidentally hit "resume".

Besides, how hard is it really to press the on/off button? LOL First world problems.

I cannot see how that would be an issue. My wife's Honda Accord has a mechanical on/off button for cruise. IN is "ON".... and is the position it stays in, unless the guys at the car wash push it when wiping down the interior.

CherryRed · Dec 27, 2014

I was wondering the same thing, why does the cruise control need to be turned "on"? It would seem that in this age of fully electronically controlled drivetrains, the cruise could be on all the time and a person only need to press the "set" button.

This is the case with my wife's BMW. The cruise is never "off". I can just press set and a nifty little pointer scoots around the speedometer and rests at the chosen speed.

daddy · Dec 28, 2014

I believe it's a safety thing that you need to turn on the cruise. The idea here is that you are suppose to turn it on and off every time you use it. Just imagine you have it set at 70 on a highway then run into heavy traffic at 40. You accidentally bump it and the truck accelerates to get to 70. Would not be a good situation.

john94si · Dec 29, 2014

Automakers decide whether its on or can memory function of it on. My honda accord stores the on/off setting of CC but my new BMW i had to turn it on every time like the RAM does.

Sir John · Dec 29, 2014

john94si said:
Automakers decide whether its on or can memory function of it on. My honda accord stores the on/off setting of CC but my new BMW i had to turn it on every time like the RAM does.

You're right. My Mazda stayed on too.

plarkinjr · Dec 29, 2014

Wouldnt it be awesome if we had "user options" (like the illuminated approach) to "make cruise sticky" (or not)? Same for Tow/Haul and Exhaust Brake.

clh1220 · Dec 29, 2014

Now we got so lazy we can't even push a button. That's right next to set button. I pitty the poor fool that doesn't even have cruise, that reads this.LOL

Can you set the cruise to be "ready" when you start the truck?

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