2021 Subaru Forester Owners Manual - Cruise control (if equipped)

Cruise control (if equipped)

NOTE

For models with the EyeSight system: Refer to the Owner’s Manual supple- ment for the EyeSight system.

Cruise control enables you to maintain a constant vehicle speed without holding your foot on the accelerator pedal and it is operative when the vehicle speed is 20 mph (30 km/h) or more.

& To set cruise control

Cruise control main button

Press the cruise control main button.

The cruise control indicator light on the combination meter will illuminate.

Depress the accelerator pedal until the vehicle reaches the desired speed.

Press the “RES/SET” switch to the “SET” side and release it. Then release the

accelerator pedal.

Cruise control set indicator light

When setting the displayed unit as “MPH”

When setting the displayed unit as “km/h”

At this time, the cruise control set indicator light is illuminated in the combination meter. The set speed will be shown on the combination meter. You can change the displayed unit by operating the combi- nation meter display. For meter details, refer to “Combination meter settings”

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The vehicle will maintain the desired speed.

Vehicle speed can be temporarily in- creased while driving with the cruise control activated. Simply depress the accelerator pedal to accelerate the vehi- cle. When the accelerator pedal is re- leased, the vehicle will return to and maintain the previous cruising speed.

To temporarily cancel the cruise control

The cruise control can be temporarily canceled in the following ways.

Press the “CANCEL” button.

Press the X-MODE switch to activate the X-MODE.

Depress the brake pedal.

The cruise control set indicator light in the combination meter turns off when the cruise control is canceled.

To resume the cruise control after it has been temporarily canceled and with vehi- cle speed of approximately 20 mph (30 km/h) or more, press the “RES/SET”

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switch to the “RES” side to return to the original cruising speed automatically.

The cruise control set indicator light in the combination meter will automatically illu- minate at this time.

To turn off the cruise control

There are two ways to turn off the cruise control:

Press the cruise control main button again.

Turn the ignition switch to the “ACC” or “LOCK”/“OFF” position (but only when the vehicle is completely stopped).

To change the cruising speed

Press the “RES/SET” switch to the “RES” side and hold it until the vehicle reaches the desired speed. Then, release the switch. The vehicle speed at that moment will be memorized and treated as the new set speed.

The set speed can be increased 1 mph (1.6 km/h) each time by pressing the “RES/ SET” switch to the “RES” side.

The set speed can be increased 1 km/h each time by pressing the “RES/SET” switch to the “RES” side.

Depress the accelerator pedal to ac- celerate the vehicle to the desired speed.

Press the “RES/SET” switch to the “SET” side once. Now the desired speed is set and the vehicle will keep running at that speed without depressing the accelerator pedal.

Press the “RES/SET” switch to the “SET” side and hold it until the vehicle reaches the desired speed. Then, release the switch. The vehicle speed at that moment will be memorized and treated as the new set speed.

The set speed can be decreased 1 mph (1.6 km/h) each time by pressing the “RES/ SET” switch to the “SET” side.

The set speed can be decreased 1 km/h each time by pressing the “RES/SET” switch to the “SET” side.

Depress the brake pedal to release cruise control temporarily.

When the speed decreases to the desired speed, press the “RES/SET” switch to the “SET” side once. Now the desired speed is set and the vehicle will keep running at that speed without depres- sing the accelerator pedal.

Cruise control indicator light

Refer to “Cruise control indicator light”

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Cruise control set indicator light

Refer to “Cruise control set indicator light”

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