Nissan TD 3.0 Cruise Control

I fitted an aftermarket cruise to the TD Patrol 3.0 and its excellent! Its an Autron and got it done thru the local Nissan place. Shopped around for the best deal (somewhere around $700 dont remember exactly how much) then went back to Nissan who had also quoted and they matched the lowest price. Driving it home was great, no more worries about being pinged for doing 130 when you didnt know youre doing it.......investment in licence as I see it

Hi Mike,

I have a Global Cruise electronic cruise control and I think it is average. I hit set and it drops in speed as much as 5kph before it gets back to the speed where I hit sit. You hit resume and it doesnt go back to where it was. You increase the speed by one tap of the increase button and it goes up by 5 kph. Nothing like the cruise in my VT commodore. Its like a precision instrument in comparison! Also you have the controls on the steering wheel and if you have your steering wheel turned a little you cant flash your lights as the stork hits the controls. Its fine when the wheel is centred.

Leroy

Hi Mike,

I have a Global Cruise electronic cruise control and I think it is average. I hit set and it drops in speed as much as 5kph before it gets back to the speed where I hit sit. You hit resume and it doesnt go back to where it was. You increase the speed by one tap of the increase button and it goes up by 5 kph. Nothing like the cruise in my VT commodore. Its like a precision instrument in comparison! Also you have the controls on the steering wheel and if you have your steering wheel turned a little you cant flash your lights as the stork hits the controls. Its fine when the wheel is centred.

Leroy

Main North Nissan Adelaide have a (factory cruise?? for around $360 trade + fitting.

I've noticed a factory cc fitted to the latest Nissan 4.2tdi, not sure if it's avail on the 3.0.
Kmart flog the AP50 for around $170, but it's not suitable for drive-by-wire systems as in the 3.0. On my 4.2, it keeps my speed to within less than a km/h.
Gerry

Hi Mike

I also have the autron cruise control fitted to my 3.0TD GU. While its expensive compared to others, its a true "fly by wire" that plugs into the accelerator wiring and engine black box. It works very well and i am very happy with it.

Other types of cruise control fit a cable to the accelerator pedal to move it. Means fitting brackets etc.. in a confined area. Autron website list this as a safety issue, but have not actually heard of anyone having a problem with it, but what they said made sense (chalk one up for their advertising, either way I paid the extra $$$ so am either safety consious or just gullible!!!). Cost me $650 fitted.

As for the 3.0TD and cruiser, I faced the same dilema 6 months ago when looking to upgrade my 80 series standard. I finally went for the GU and couldn't be happier. When comparing engines, the 3.0TD has a heck of a lot of power. I tow on a regular basis and you cannot begin to compare the two motors for towing ability, especially now i have the Dtronic (torque up from 354Nm to 420Nm - compared to cruiser at at ~275Nm). Forgot what its like to tow with sufficient power.

Cheers

Captain

Hi all,

I am getting one of these units installed later this week to a 3.0TD Patrol

Link to Web Site

I will let all know how it goes

Thanks

TonyG

Mate my eletronics cruise on my auto 3.0TD Surf is aftermarket and fantastic. Being aftermarket you can set it lower than normal too, great for going through school zones or nation parks where speed limit may be 30-40km/h.

BTW - What's wrong with IFS? did you ever get stuck with you jack because of it?
I have never been bogged in all three of my 4bys because of IFS. Normally if I get stuck it's because of human error. (pressures, momentum, stupidity etc).

Ive had an Autron unit for about 4 months on my GU.
Absolutely no complaints. I got it from an Auto Electrician who experimented with a few units on his own GU 3.0TD. He reckoned that this was the best by a long way
Shame about the price tag is all.

matt

Mike, how can you compare a 4cyl with a 6 cyl, most of the proven 6cyl deisels will do 3,4,5, hundred thous. There are dozens of posts in this forum with blown 3.o l patrol motors and many other problems and most of them havent even done 100,000 yet, do yourself a favour and buy a 6 cyl turbo deisel.
Everone will say I am cruiser bias, so what, they are great vehicles and you only get what you pay for, but I dont care buy a patrol if you like, but get 6 pots!!!
Even some of the die hard patol people will not touch a 3.0l.
Factory or aftermarket cruise control will fit all of them but for my money I would go with the cable accel. as they are not so sensitve in rough terrain.

Autron units are top shelf , kmart etc.. units are fairly crude.

upgrading from a jack to a 3.0 patrol , upgrading from a magnificent motor to a hand grenade.............................