Cruise Control Indicator....
 

****, that's tooooo cold, time to move..:yikes:
Instead of ----, your buggy should be displaying ****

The DIC, should be displaying, ****, IT'S TOO COLD...:roflol:

I'm still pissed that that HHRs don't have a green, cruise-control light, that lights up,
when you turn, the cruise control on ???

Yeah that yellow light is annoying, green would be better.:corny:

So there is, an indicator light on the dash...:surprised:
I've never had one since the day I got my buggy new, I just thought that
the HHR, didn't have one...:eek:
My bad, someday I'll have to open up the manual, to see where it's located,
on the dash...:lol:

Ok, I just looked up the owners manual, on-line...
Ok, where on the dash, is this light ??
I don't see where in the owners manal ??
I do know that when cruise is set, the DIC dispalys a message.

The DIC message is the light but, as I recall I'd call it more amber than yellow.

That's what I thought...
The DIC message doesn't stay, it will display that cruise has been set,
then the message disappears, after a few seconds.
Every car, that I have ever owned, with factory cruise control, will display,
with a universal ,green lighted symbol, on the instrument panel, when cruise control, is set, & active.
So, there is nothing displayed, on an HHR, to let you know, that cruise control, has been set, & active, just the brief DIC message ??

As I recall, though it's been a while since I've been in an HHR, the button on the steering stays lit when the cruise is on.

Yes, it stays lit, to let you know that cruise is armed, & ready, for use only,but nothing to indicate, that cruise has been set, & active.

Does anyone have the cruise-is-active, universal green indicator dash light,
on all of your other cars/trucks ??

Yes, there is such an indicator on all 4 of ours.

On my Dodge truck it would come on when the cruise was armed, not just set.
At least that's the way I recall it.
Not 100% sure on that because the light itself quit working last year. Cruise still works, I just don't know if it's armed till I try to set it.

There ought to be a recall on my truck! (sarcasm intended)
Dang light burning out after 15 years. They sure don't make them last. ;)

That's what I thought...:twothumbs:
All 5 of my other cars/trucks, have the universal green indicator also...

You did get me to look at an HHR owners manual online, & now I know...:smile:

I've never had a problem with the little yellow/orange LED on the steering wheel, or the message on the DIC, frankly I'd rather not have a cruise control icon staring back at me all the time.

This went off on such a tangent from the parent thread, I moved things into their own thread.

The yellow one I was talking about is the on/off light on the steering wheel. But, the DIC message does come on momentarily after I "set" the Cruise Control.

Next; we need to talk about the lack of an OverDrive indicator and button.:roflol::propeller:

So I wonder why we have a parking brake light on the dash and yet we set it and exit the car nobody there to see the light! But a bell to remind you the P brake is on when you get back in and start the car?
My cruise has the light on the button on the steering wheel and the DIC show cruise engaged when I set it while driving.

:propeller: I have one,,,kind of, sort of. Well, at least it tells me what gear I'm in on my manual trans.

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There would be no need since you can't turn the OD on and off like you can in some vehicles.

That's it…
The green, universal, cruise control, icon...:twothumbs:
Why is the HHR, the only vehicle, on Earth, to not have one...:skull1:

It really is handy, as I can look over at the dash, when my wife, or kid, are driving, one of our other cars, & yell at them, if theyr'e not using the cruise control, on a long drive.
Also, one of my cars has a mis-adjusted brake switch, which I have to get around fixing so day, & I know instantly, when it's on/off with the icon.
I also have another car, with a flakey set button, & just tap it, until I see, the green light.
I guess that I'm just so used to this icon, from every other car/truck, that I have ever owned, I really miss it...:nuts:

My 2014 dodge caravan only has a cruise on indicator in the central display, nothing says if its set....
Take your foot off the gas and see if you slow down. Or just hit the set button to make sure.

If it weren't for the "touchy and peculiar" nature of the GM-Lan "CAN-BUS" multiplexed wiring in HHR's, you could try to retrofit a green LED somewhere more visible as a secondary "Cruise Control Indicator".

But as we all know 2005, HHR's are not as friendly to work on electrically when compared to the "good 'ol days".

Ever get the feeling that you're the only guy in the room who can set the point gap on a 327 Chevy using a nothing more than a dime and a pack of paper matches?

Yep, that dime used to rub the point contacts clean, to get home in a pinch! And no cruise control to worry about!

Exactly! Plus the dime could be used as a screwdriver in a pinch, and the cover of a matchbook just happened to be just about spot on for regapping the points.

This concludes this morning's edition of "Geezer Talk", we now return you to our regular program of Classic Rock, here's The Shocking Blue with Venus.
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I at least remember HAVING points! And distributor caps with cracks that you would only learn about in the rain... :cussing:

My best one was my old Ford Escort that had a carb icing problem. It would just die out after about an hour driving, and make you sit there while the ice thawed, and THEN you proceed. A trip to my Mom's (3 hour drive) would have a couple of these "rest stops". Sometimes, I could anticipate it, and get fuel or food first, and sometimes I just got stranded by a soybean field with no one else around.

Ah, the good old days!

Hmmmmm, I remember it being just the opposite. The gap was approximately the thickness of the dime (at least enough to get it running), and the matchbook striking surface was used to "sand" the points surface reasonably clean. But I'm an old guy with failing memory probably.:D

Yeah, I'm getting old too Snoopy. :propeller:

But. We would use the match box cover for a quick fix to regap the points. Seemed like they were always "closing up" after a few thousand miles on my old 68 VW. (hand-me-down from my parents)
.016" seems to ring a bell in my memory.

Wow.....your "old age memory" is better than mine. I can't remember the gap measurement point......Can't even remember what the DWELL setting was on the next generation GM vehicles (remember the little door on the distributor).

Oh, I remember that door.......don't ever do that adjustment with a metal allen wrench with the engine running and have that door drop down and contact the allen wrench. You become a human electronic test meter.

I always gapped my 68 VW by eye. And timed by ear.

I don't need your tools!

Hey, man I still got the ironing burns on my chest from Shocking Blue!! back in July!!
I just sold that very album and my entire 637 album record collection along with my turntable , 120 watt amp, AM/FM receiver(with Dolby) and stereo speakers circa 1976.