The downshift is a feature intended to keep the car closer to the set
speed.  Dunno what "struggles to recover" means, though.

--Geoff

On 12/17/06, Pete Nickischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I'll always found it odd that the cruise control in my car always
> struggles
> when going down a hill. When I start the decline of a hill, the
> trannsmission downshifts and the car goes from around 2300 RPM (at 65-70
> mph) to about 3400 RPM. Then it struggles to recover and eventually shifts
> back into place. Never understood why it does it...and never bothered to
> have the problem looked into.
>
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