2021 Mustang GT Cruise with Adaptive Cruise Control

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Asked by Guru9B2GB8 Jun 30, 2021 at 02:28 PM about the 2021 Ford Mustang GT Premium Convertible RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2021 Mustang GT.  I have turned off the adaptive cruise control.  
When I turn on CRUISE and I use SET + to accelerate from, say, 70 mph to
75 mph, releasing SET+ does not stop at the desired new speed, the car just
keeps accelerating.  This condition is the same with Adaptive Cruise Control
on.  The same thing happens when I use SET- to decelerate.  I had a 2015
Mustang GT (without ACC) and never encountered this condition.

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If it’s going past the set speed then something wrong with it

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I FIGURED IT OUT, WITH HELP: The Cruise Control with Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) off is screwy on the 2021 Mustang (and earlier models, for all I know). You MUST set the new speed in one-click increments, that is, if you are doing 70mph and want to increase speed to 75, you must click SET + five times. Holding down the SET + or SET - rocker button will increase your speed in 5MPH increments, but hold it down too long and all of a sudden you are increasing your speed from, say, 70 mph to 85 mph. The Key: you must look at the little speedo icon on the speedometer portion of your instrument panel to watch what your thumb has done to your mph. The Mustang Owner's Manual is totally silent on these procedures, and WWW.HELP.FORD.COM tells you about the individual click method to increase your speed but does not mention the 5MPH increment thing when you hold down SET + or -. I'm fortunate to live about 14 miles from Ford World HQ, and a Ford engineer friend of our son clued me in on how to use cruise control on my 2021 Mustang 10-speed automatic with the Adaptive Cruise Control turned off.

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