Cruise control 2023

So if you hold it does it do 5mph?

mtmra70 said:

So if you hold it does it do 5mph?

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yes

I much prefer the 5 of my 2022. When cruising a standard highway and passing thru towns, 5 mph increments are perfect for adjusting to speed limit changes. Speed limits are alway multiples of five.

Tmoenter said:

I much prefer the 5 of my 2022. When cruising a standard highway and passing thru towns, 5 mph increments are perfect for adjusting to speed limit changes. Speed limits are alway multiples of five.

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Agreed, especially since the auto cruise takes care of the finite adjustments. We'd purposely set our cruise to 75 in 70mph zones. That meant we'd easily keep pace with traffic as it varied from 73, down to 70, up to 75, etc, saying with the flow without needing to touch a thing. At that points the 5mph single touch increments made a lot more sense.

We have had the discussion elsewhere. People seem to have strong but divergent opinions one way or another. The correct answer is that Subaru should make it a setting. Pretty crazy that it is not. Also annoying they went away from what was on the older subarus that used a double switch rather than needing a push and hold for the secondary option. Light pushes clicked into the first level and incremented one MPH. Hard pushes went to the second click and incremented 5 MPH. That is what is on my Dad's 2018 Outback.

I’m glad they changed it to a tap for one and a hold for 5. Makes perfect sense to me. I actually have a co worker who said they literally didn’t buy a Subaru due to the cruise control setting. I feel is a bit extreme but to each their own.

We had a 5 mph tap up first in a 2006 Passat.. Then the 22 Ascent. I thought I liked that best for the reasons given here and elsewhere. BUT.. just finishing up a 2100 road trip to the SW and I much prefer the switch around.

BoostedB said:

I’m glad they changed it to a tap for one and a hold for 5. Makes perfect sense to me. I actually have a co worker who said they literally didn’t buy a Subaru due to the cruise control setting. I feel is a bit extreme but to each their own.

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I did the same for a Chevy....lol

My 2015 Outback had both 1 and 5: light click did 1 mph, push through did 5 mph; a bit like the front window controls. I liked that and couldn't think of a reason why they didn't implement that in the Ascent.

Arnold R said:

My 2015 Outback had both 1 and 5: light click did 1 mph, push through did 5 mph; a bit like the front window controls. I liked that and couldn't think of a reason why they didn't implement that in the Ascent.

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I haven't verified on my own 2023, but I believe that's exactly how it workds on the new Ascent per the reponses in this post. The reason the OP mentioned it is because the behavior was reveresed from 2019-2022 (1 click = 5mph, hold = 1mph).

Tmoenter said:

I much prefer the 5 of my 2022. When cruising a standard highway and passing thru towns, 5 mph increments are perfect for adjusting to speed limit changes. Speed limits are alway multiples of five.

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I like the single-tap-by-fives, too.

The switch between my '21 Ascent versus my wife's '22 WRX brings all kinds of hilarity as the turn-signal and hi/lo-beams actuation is also different. 😅

Arnold R said:

My 2015 Outback had both 1 and 5: light click did 1 mph, push through did 5 mph; a bit like the front window controls. I liked that and couldn't think of a reason why they didn't implement that in the Ascent.

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My only guess is that the single function switch was cheaper which is very annoying. It is a $40-50K vehicle!!! Is it really worth making something used daily worse to save $0.50?

Second take. They also might have changed it because user testing showed it was confusing. That makes sense, but it is still frustrating. As an Engineer I am both understanding of and ENRAGED by designing for the stupidest common denominator of user.

rockthebeef said:

I haven't verified on my own 2023, but I believe that's exactly how it workds on the new Ascent per the reponses in this post. The reason the OP mentioned it is because the behavior was reveresed from 2019-2022 (1 click = 5mph, hold = 1mph).

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No that is not correct. The old Subarus didn't require holding the button at all. They had two levels of click in both directions. Just like the automatic window switches do. Light push hits the first level for 1 MPH change. A harder push goes through the first level to the second for a 5 MPH change.

zachavm said:

They had two levels of click in both directions.

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I've haven't seen it ever described that way, but I suppose a harder push and a hold could be felt as the same thing from a tactile standpoint. Call me "numb thumbs", lol. To be clear I'm going off memory of my 2019 Ascent. I've only used the 1mph increments on my 2023.

Edit: I confirmed for myself to today the short press = 1mph and long press = 5mph on the 2023. I really think it was simply the opposite in the 2019 where a long press was 1mph (no two level click). Maybe a different Subaru had the two-level click action.

I hate that it only goes up 1 when I push it! I came from a 2019 Crosstrek where 1 push moved you 5 mph and I liked that MUCH better.

rockthebeef said:

Edit: I confirmed for myself to today the short press = 1mph and long press = 5mph on the 2023. I really think it was simply the opposite in the 2019 where a long press was 1mph (no two level click). Maybe a different Subaru had the two-level click action.

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I know for sure that it was the opposite in my 2019 Crosstrek that I just traded in for my 2023 Ascent. I used ACC daily in my Crosstrek, which was short press = 5 mph and long press = 1 mph. I was so disappointed when I learned that it was changed in my new Ascent. I have never experienced any two level click. Always short press and long press.

I have to chuckle a little here. Folks "hated" when the increment went to 5 mph when they were used to 1 mph and now folks "hate" that it went from 5 mph to 1 mph. Given that vehicles are all about software these days, I guess it might be worthy for the vehicle companies to consider making this end-user selectable where one can choose whether 5 pmh or 1 mph is the default for a quick press while the other automagically becomes the long-press selection.

Yes, it definitely should be a choice in settings.

Jim_in_PA said:

I have to chuckle a little here. Folks "hated" when the increment went to 5 mph when they were used to 1 mph and now folks "hate" that it went from 5 mph to 1 mph. Given that vehicles are all about software these days, I guess it might be worthy for the vehicle companies to consider making this end-user selectable where one can choose whether 5 pmh or 1 mph is the default for a quick press while the other automagically becomes the long-press selection.

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I had the same reaction. Out of all the elements of choosing a car this particular item is near the bottom of the list that I would spend time thinking about, one way or another. It would seem to me that if this has risen to a level of having a discussion about, then it is an indication that Subaru has done well with all the important items.

I will also note that if Subaru made this driver choice, then the manual would need to be larger and forum members would be posting on how to do it or that it was not working.