# After market cruise control? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603 "2008-05-29T15:33:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rdemore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rdemore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rdemore)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/1 "2008-05-29T15:33:51Z")
I have a 2005 Toyota Matrix AWD, automatic. I’d like to have cruise control installed, but the dealership or independent mechanic won’t do it. Does anybody have any experience with after market cruise control? Is it worth pursuing or are there problems associated with it? Any experiences or opinions are appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Skipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skipper](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Skipper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/2 "2008-05-29T15:57:33Z")
The reason they won’t do it is it doesn’t work like it did 20 years ago when cars actually had throttles and throttle cables on them. Truthfully, I’ve not had to work on one since we went to fuel injection and electronic throttles instead of cable throttles. Someone may correct me on it, but I’d think that on many of the vehicles now it’s a sub routine in the computer that controls it rather than the old vaccume controls. Skipper ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/3 "2008-05-29T16:19:13Z")
I recently installed an Audiovox unit in my '99 Dakota. It works like a charm, although it doesn’t have a “Cancel” button like OEM unit do. That being said, as Skipper wrote, installation might be difficult or impossible if your Matrix has a “drive by wire” throttle instead of a traditional throttle cable. It probably DOES have a throttle cable, though. ---
**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/4 "2008-05-29T16:55:43Z")
I did install one myself some 20 years ago and it worked beautifully. Keep asking around, there may be a speed shop in your area that installs devices a lot weirder than simple cruise control. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/5 "2008-05-30T06:29:56Z")
Add-ons used to be far more prevalent than they are today and I’ve installed more than I can remember. The aftermarkets work fine. You might contact this company about a CC unit; they appear to have a unit available for your vehicle. [http://www.rostra.com/technical.htm](http://www.rostra.com/technical.htm) As to the dealer or ind. shop not wanting to install it I have no answer for that. It’s a sue-happy country so that is the reason why they won’t do it. Most CC units are not that hard to install and the instructions are usually pretty clear. Know any mechanically minded people who would not mind coming over a Saturday afternoon and helping out for a few bucks? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/6 "2008-05-30T10:58:19Z")
It is very possible that your car has computer control of the speed and the old design after market cruse controls will not work with it. It may not be possible to add on cruse to many of these new cars. ---
**Author:** ![rdemore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rdemore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rdemore)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-cruise-control/14603/7 "2008-05-30T22:40:54Z")
this is an after market unit that I was considering. [http://www.thecruisecontrolstore.com/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat\_display.cgi?account=X380183;search=matrixat0506;search=Toyota%20Matrix%20’05-'08%20(auto);limit=product;v=2.0;path=0003;layout=layout\_custom.xsl](http://www.thecruisecontrolstore.com/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?account=X380183;search=matrixat0506;search=Toyota%20Matrix%20'05-'08%20(auto);limit=product;v=2.0;path=0003;layout=layout_custom.xsl)