salesman says using cruise control during first 1000 miles void my warranty?

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by IPDaily

did you guys hear? it'll void your warranty if you rev past 3000 rpm's in the first 1000 miles?

Oh damn it.....maybe that's why I got coolant in my engine. I better slow down....

[gdanaher]

Ask the salesman to show you the written dialog in the warranty which spells out that the use of the cruise control is cause for warranty revocation.

On another note, don't use the cruise for the first 1-2 thousand miles for any longer than it might take to verify that it works. Why? Because the engine needs to seat in at various rpm ranges and for the same reason that you don't pick up a new car with 4 miles on it and put it on I-5 headed for Seattle, you don't use the cruise until the engine is worked in, and that is done by idling it, accelerating, slowing, and so forth. The saleman who told you this is a certified idiot. Next time you see him, ask to see the plaque on his office wall.

[thoots]

Actually, the cruise control can be a handy tool for "breaking in" your engine.

Get on the freeway, in (hopefully) less than busy traffic. Sure, get up to speed, and go ahead and use the cruise control.

Then, "pull the lever towards you" to "cancel" the cruise. Let the car coast until you lose 10 MPH or however much lower it's safe to go.

Then, "push the lever up" to "resume" the cruise. The car will hustle to get back up to speed, and you're doing some of that "putting pressure into the engine" to help things seat.

Repeat. Over and over again.

Do this on your freeway trips, and you can rather scientifically vary your engine speeds.

Ultimately, though, so long as you've got a good mix of non-freeway driving, I think you can probably cruise along at a steady state on the freeways and still break in your engine just fine. But if you're going to burn up those first few thousand miles primarily on the freeway, then indeed, do something to vary your speed. And, from what I understand, it's mostly the "acceleration" that you want to do -- "putting pressure into the engine." Just varying your speed on the freeway by a few RPM probably isn't going to help much at all.

[El Tano]

And you didn't laugh on his face??? I heard a lot BS from salespeople but this is definelly a winner

[CharmCityES]

lies, all lies

[rydr1]

you should of done this>>

like the other guys are telling you, it is not good to break in an engine going at a single speed. check out the owners manual and read what it tells you to do and not to do when the engine is breaking in.

maybe he just meant dont use cruise control to help out the engine. he just didnt know how to explain it.