I get that if you press the button on the end it holds your car at the current speed, that's fairly straight forward.

... but there is a little switch on the lever that has three positions: "acc" and "dec" and there is also a neutral position in the middle. I have tried pressing the button in all three positions and it doesn't seem to make any difference

I assume that "acc" and "dec" stand for accelerate and decelerate?

 

On my car, there is a button on the dash (very hard to reach) that is the master switch turning cruise control on and off. There are two buttons on the steering wheel. One is resume/accel, and the other is set/decel. Press them both at the same time and it turns off cruise control (like tapping the brakes).

There is no lever.

 

My 00 AP1 (right hand drive) has a cruise control lever just below the lever which controls the windscreen wipers.

It's impossible to press 'acc' and 'dec' simultaneously because there is a switch. It's one or the other.

 

Must be some RHD foolishness. Best ask in a UK forum.

 

pdf file off the honda owners link website, cruise control

http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/OM...0202O00117A.pdf

read the 3rd page, cancelling the cruise control

my ap1 does not have a neutral switch.

 

what he said

 

Just tap the brake peddle to inactivate the cruise function. This doesn't turn the cruise function off per-se but puts it in limbo until your ready to use it again. My cruise control has remained on since I purchased the car more than 2 years ago even though I rarely use it. Certainy not a big deal to reach over on the dash and activate this button but I really can't see the point of it's existance. If someone has a good explaination, I'd love to hear it.

 

Fwiw, 04+ have a three button module plus the dash on/off switch. The three buttons are resume/accel, set/decel, and cancel.

 

I have to confess, that word lever is very confusing.

I have no lever for cruise, I have a single button on the dash, and 2-buttons attached to the steering wheel, and as mentioned late models has a 3-button switch attched to the steering wheel.

The cruise has no levers, the turn signal is a lever, as is the light switch/windshield wiper.

 

But as you know you get the cancel function by pressing both at the same time.

Long ago I made this mod, I hated the cancel function because you get the thick plastic between the two buttons shoved right into your thumb.

Anscrew the switch


tape both buttons down so the center plastic piece sticks up, this gives you a way to get to the center plastic divide and protects the buttons


Dremel that silly thing right off


Once put back together when you push both buttons you do not get the center plastic jabbing into your thumb.