Rostra Cruise Control install done on MT

[AlexK]

I bought this cruise control on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8069402930&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT

http://www.akuniverse.com/cc1.jpg

It came today and I installed it tonight. It only took about 1.5 hours start to finish. I saw a review somewhere else that said it was difficult to do. Maybe on the auto it is but the manual transmission was pretty easy.

I took it on a road test and it works perfectly, in fact I've never seen a cruise control maintain speed so accurately, must be the throttle by wire.

I'm very happy with it. Now when my girlfriend wants some luvin (she lives 80 miles away) I have no excuses.

[SimmZ]

Appear to be a great kit, but it's not interesting for Canada buyers because the price is too near of the dealer price. In Canada the dealer price is 400$ CDN installed.

Your kit is 235$ USD, add around 25$ USD to ship to Canada, then add brokerage and taxs, then add funds exchange rate... hummm... and take a chance to install it by your self... to save less than 100$. hehehe

[argylesocks]

only 1.5hrs to install?? wow.
was it really that easy??

[heydin]

Has anyone found a better price? A similar kit for the Scion Xa/Xb is less than $175 and includes more parts since it is not a drive by wire system. I would be willing to become a distributor if there is enough interest. I'm not looking to make money, just save for all of us.

[TC-LIFTBACK]

I dropped Rostra an email regarding a group buy on this baby. Looks like the ebay price has gone down to $230-235 shiped for MT/AT.

Let's hope this works out.

Let's get a group buy on this puppy!

-Ben

[OK Yaris]

Time for me to vent. From the Rostra website:

* Toyota dealerships have exclusivity in the following states:
Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi & Arkansas
Florida, S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Georgia & Alabama
*Toyota dealerships have exclusivity in all provinces of Canada

So those of us in these states must pay dealership prices for cruise control, unless you happen to have a mother-in-law in South Dakota :smoking:

Mike

[yaris-intuit]

I had the dealership put it in for me and it was $446.60 installed plus GST = $473.40 CAN! It works great. My only beef is the location...you can't see it. Everything has to be done by feel but I'm getting it memorized - had my car 5days now.

[SimmZ]

Time for me to vent. From the Rostra website:

* Toyota dealerships have exclusivity in the following states:
Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi & Arkansas
Florida, S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Georgia & Alabama
*Toyota dealerships have exclusivity in all provinces of Canada

So those of us in these states must pay dealership prices for cruise control, unless you happen to have a mother-in-law in South Dakota :smoking:

Mike

WTF? You can always get it over eBay or on a web-store, no matter where you live!?

But as I told above, for a canadian customer, take 250$ USD over eBay, then add pretty expensive shipping, then add customs/GST/taxes/brokerage... it's very very near of the 400$ CDN installed on the dealer (when you negociate a price with them)...

[OK Yaris]

WTF? You can always get it over eBay or on a web-store, no matter where you live!?




No, you can't. These sellers on e-bay and internet sites have specific instructions not to sell to folks in these states. Some will ship to an alternate address though. :cool:

[ketel0ne]

A distibutor in Minnesota for rostra at 1-877-402-3944 quoted me $212 about 10 minutes ago on the phone.

[AlexK]

Hey I'm noticing something funny with my car. When I'm cruising in 5th gear (over half throttle) and let off the gas, put in the clutch and shift to neutral, the revs stay up where they were! I'm not talking a few seconds here... more like 30 seconds or more, the revs just sit there at 3000 to 4000 rpms. If I tap the gas a few times it will usually come back down but this is extremely annoying. It does it almost every time. I've been doing this a lot because by using my scangauge I've learned how to get incredible mpg by coasting. Today I drove from Reno, NV to San Francisco (220 miles) and averaged over 48 mpg (speed was 66 mph cruising speed)!

I'm not sure if it's related to the Rostra cruise control or not. I'll have to unhook the throttle connection and see if it still does it. When I find out what the cause is, either Rostra or Toyota is going to hear it from me.

Loving the cruise control for road trips... worth every cent!

Does anyone else's manual transmission Yaris do this with or without the Rostra cruise control?

[AlexK]

Car is getting worse.
Yesterday my Yaris would not respond to throttle at an intersection. I would floor the pedal and the engine just stayed at idle. I pulled over (with difficulty) and fiddled with the cruise control wiring, shut off and restarted the car. Problem gone.
Last night my CEL came one. It returned code P2121 which is "bad throttle position sensor". I reset the code, unplugged the cruise control, and took it for a test drive. Everything is fine with the cruise control disconnected.

The Rostra cruise control is causing the problems. Either I got a bad one or the design is bad. I'm gonna talk to them after the weekend.

[Violin]

Sorry to hear about that. I think I'll put mine off for a bit.

[tomjasz]

Car is getting worse.
Yesterday my Yaris would not respond to throttle at an intersection. I would floor the pedal and the engine just stayed at idle. I pulled over (with difficulty) and fiddled with the cruise control wiring, shut off and restarted the car. Problem gone.
Last night my CEL came one. It returned code P2121 which is "bad throttle position sensor". I reset the code, unplugged the cruise control, and took it for a test drive. Everything is fine with the cruise control disconnected.

The Rostra cruise control is causing the problems. Either I got a bad one or the design is bad. I'm gonna talk to them after the weekend.


Any word on what was up?

[SimmZ]

Car is getting worse.
Yesterday my Yaris would not respond to throttle at an intersection. I would floor the pedal and the engine just stayed at idle. I pulled over (with difficulty) and fiddled with the cruise control wiring, shut off and restarted the car. Problem gone.
Last night my CEL came one. It returned code P2121 which is "bad throttle position sensor". I reset the code, unplugged the cruise control, and took it for a test drive. Everything is fine with the cruise control disconnected.

The Rostra cruise control is causing the problems. Either I got a bad one or the design is bad. I'm gonna talk to them after the weekend.


Sorry to ear that... but that's exactly the reason why I prefer to pay my dealer for that kind of electronical installation.

I'm not sure your dealer will appreciate to see you install by yourself an aftermarket cruise control. They will probably ask you to pay the charges to fix that problem even if your car is brand new and warranty...

[AlexK]

I will call Rostra on Tuesday. There is no problem with the car when the CC is disconnected. No reason to involve the dealer. I think I could un-install it without a trace anyway (excpet for the small hole where the switch mounts).

If it doesn't get resolved I'll ask for my money back. No biggie. I hope they can fix it though because I loved having the cruise control.

[IsLNdbOi]

So the problem is only on manual Yaris w/ the Rostra?

[ketel0ne]

Any news on this?

[pauljk]

For what it's worth, I've had a Rostra on my auto liftback since the beginning of August, and have had no problem with it. It's been a great addition.

[ketel0ne]

For what it's worth, I've had a Rostra on my auto liftback since the beginning of August, and have had no problem with it. It's been a great addition.

Did you install it or did you have it done?

[AlexK]

Well I have emailed and called Rostra (left a detailed message) with no response from them for two weeks. Their customer service is definitely lacking.
One time my RPMs did stick at 3000 while coasting in neutral without the CC connected. I will reconnect it and try again. At least it's very easy to connect, no splicing required just a connector.

[OK Yaris]

Well, I installed my cruise tonight. Easy install and it works great. Everyone who owns one of these cruise controls should probably become familiar with how the connectors plug in above the gas pedal. Looking at the diagram, I can see how a malfunctioning cruise control unit could leave you on the side of the road, with no pedal control. Even folks who had there units dealer installed may want to check it out, just so you know how to bypass it if you suspect the cruise box has gone bad.

I give this mod a :thumbup:

[YamilR]

I love mine...no problems whatsoever:thumbup:

[spkrman]

if this pans out as just one defective unit here... or car issue... It'll be one of my next mods!

[Toyotech]

sounds like it could be a bad install, i am yet to come across a bad cc unit that we've installed... especially on a DBW vehicle..

[gonzo452001]

sounds like a bad conection there you plug it in to the tps to me . I have been thinking about getting one myself that's really the only thing my car needs that it doesn't have

[gonzo452001]

Installed mine this morning works great so far i thought the wire taps were hard to get on there should be special pliers to hold them so you can get them into tight places couldn't squeeze hard enough to get them on by hand it was 25F out there this morning sure that didn't help any.

[TC-LIFTBACK]

Just got mine installed. Ordered it from the distrubutor # on the rosta website. Got it shipped for $190, they said they gave me a discount because I'm in Minnesota.

Some suggestions on the Manual install...
1. You have to remove the steering column to screw the nut onto the cruise control stalk.
2. Make sure that you correctly reconnect those wierd black lever things on the junction box if you remove them to easily get the connections done the T-Taps.
3. I used a 12mm bolt on the steering stalk as a ground (I also used this as a ground on my heated seat install with no problems before (DIY to come soon)
4. I'd print off the instructions in color. It'll be alot easier.
5. I'm not sure what the Yellow wire was supposed to connected to on the Manual transmission one but if anybody know's, please post it in this posting.
6. You should get lots of light in there to be able to work properly.
The cruise works very well and I'm pumped to use it on long car trips. Werd.

[gonzo452001]

the yellow wire is for the tach. I also printed out the color instructions

[Violin]

I got a kit for Christmas. Can't wait to install it!

[gonzo452001]

I noticed this morning with my cruise control off there was a very dim light on the LED maybe it has always done this and I just noticed Has anybody else noticed this .Its a rostra I put in my self.

[spkrman]

I dropped Rostra an email regarding a group buy on this baby. Looks like the ebay price has gone down to $230-235 shiped for MT/AT.

Let's hope this works out.

Let's get a group buy on this puppy!

-Ben

now, this is something that I would like to get into :)

[Snappy]

My self install went great except for the yellow tach wire. The instructions were a little unclear, what you are tapping is the backside of the OBD (scanner) port, and the instruction illustration shows the wire you tap is in the upper right of the port. That is true, but it is as viewed from the plug-in face of the gauge (as seen lying on your back with your head on the floormat!) If you are sitting in the driver's seat, looking in the space where the small item box is, the wire you tap is at the upper LEFT of the port. My first test drive resulted in great cruise control, except when I pushed the clutch pedal in, the engine revved up to redline! (At least it was easy to fix, just pop out the small item storage box and re-tap.) With the right wire, pushing in the clutch during cruise results in a real brief rev then the engine speed drops down quick. One tip: to take the panel under the steering column out, unsnap it starting at the top, fold it down, and a hinged bottom piece has two hidden screws that need to be removed. The bottom of the junction box that the main cruise module tapes to is also the main inside fuse box, so I tried to keep the wires off to the side to allow easy fuse box access. I paid 230 for the cruise from the distributor mentioned on the first page of this thread. So far, I like it a lot. You have to turn it on every time you start the car, I guess.

[gonzo452001]

I was confussed about that also I looked at somebodys post about installing a tach

[KSIbucky]

diy needed