# 2017 Ford Fusion cruise control

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** fusion, ford\
**Created:** [July 9, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700 "2018-07-09T14:38:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bill17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bill17](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bill17)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700/1 "2018-07-09T14:38:19Z")

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at times when in cruise control and going downhilll it will downshift by itself a few gears… when it is disengaged it will return to normal by itself after a short time. the dealer says that it is supposed to do that to maintain set speed. I believe that this is B.S. . the car has 12000 miles on it and did not do this until recently

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700/2 "2018-07-09T14:58:41Z")

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> [@bill17](#):
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> I believe that this is B.S.

It is not. But you are welcome to ask another dealer. Why do you think this is a problem?

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700/3 "2018-07-10T03:40:31Z")

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The Fusion has such a small engine, I’m surprised that you don’t have to get out and push…going uphill.

Which engine is in this beast!!!

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700/4 "2018-07-10T12:14:09Z")

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Not BS, my F150 will also downshift to not increase the speed going downhill, in my case high rise bridges. Without this feature you could very well gain significant amount of speed on downhill stretches.

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**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ford-fusion-cruise-control/120700/5 "2018-07-10T13:20:56Z")

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By virtue of the name, how else would you expect it to **control** the vehicle speed going downhill?