Upgrade your driving comfort with the Rostra 250-1836 Electronic Cruise Control Kit, a custom drive-by-wire aftermarket cruise control kit designed primarily for Toyota vehicles (2007-2018 Tacoma), todeliver smooth, reliable speed control for a wide range of vehicles. Engineered with advanced electronic technology, this universal cruise control system helps maintain consistent highway speeds, reduce driver fatigue, and improve fuel efficiency on long trips.AboutRostra 250-1836:
- Factory-Look Control: Uses a steering column-mounted stalk switch that operates like an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) unit.
- Speed Control Functions: Allows setting speed, accelerating, coasting, and resuming speed, along with a 1 mph tap-up or tap-down feature.
- Drive-by-Wire Integration: Connects directly into the vehicle's ECU to manage speed without a physical cable, using the engine's throttle management system.
- Installation Ease: Usually Plug & Play, though some applications may require direct wiring. A "cruise on" indicator works with the instrument cluster on most compatible vehicles.
- Safety Features: Includes automatic disengagement via clutch (if applicable) or brake pedal.
- High Quality: Built in an ISO9001-certified facility in the USA.
ROSTRA'S TECHINCAL SUPPORT AND WARRANTY PROCESS:On Rostra's website, they say that technical support is not available for customers who bought Rostra products on Amazon, , or Walmart. The reason for this is those marketplaces are targets for black market sellers who violate Rostra's Minimum Advertised Pricing policies that are designed to protect brick and mortar installers. The margins on these cruise controls are thin to start with, which means those black market sellers are either dealing in counterfeit or stolen goods, or they are so inept the sell at a loss. Rostra doesn't like them, and neither do reputable sellers. Customers learn the hard way not to like them, either.
Rostra will, sometimes, waive this marketplace rule and provide support (don't count on it) if you bought it at MAP and ask nicely. But the support amounts to walking you (or your mechanic) through the installation instructions to ensure those were actually followed. If it seems to be installed correctly, the only possible point of failure is the module because it is the only active part.
There are two exceptions:1. The cruise switch, but it can be readily verified as pass/fail using a DMM. You can't perform such a test on the module, so once you eliminate a bad switch (extremely unlikely) or a bad installation (more likely than it should be), the module is the only thing left that can be bad assuming the other possibility doesn't exist.2. There is something wrong with your car, such that the cruise control can't work on it (very, very unlikely).
If there is damage to a harness or cable, that was necessarily caused by the installer so it is not warrantable. Only the module is warrantable, for the reasons just explained. So Rostra will then kick you back to your seller, and if the warranty is still in effect the seller will have you ship back the module to the seller's distributor. The distributor will pull a new module out of a new, complete kit and send you the new module (assuming the one you sent back shows no evidence of abuse). The distributor will then put the old module into the new kit and send that to Rostra for an eventual credit. You do pay inbound shipping for the module exhange, but not outbound shipping. The exception is if you contact the seller within 30 days of delivery, in which case the seller should send you a label for exchanging that module.
AVOIDING TROUBLEThe cardinal rule of installing anything electronic (e.g., sound system, rear camera, hard-wired radar detector, cruise control) is you do not cut any wires until you have functionally verified correct operation. You make temporary connections and test it out. This way, if you need to return it for a refund you can return the whole thing for a refund. If you return something with wires chopped up, you'll at best get a partial refund.
Typical errors include connecting to the frame instead of a negative (-) post or vice-versa, tapping the wrong power connection(s), not verifying the expected power is actually present (could be a blown or missing fuse), or connecting something from the cruise control to the wrong part of the car. Also, you can't test it by tooling along at 10MPH. You need to get on a regular street and test it out. If it doesn't work, it simply won't hold the speed. On the off chance, you connect something wrong such that the engine races, turn it off at the ignition. Do not throw it into park, you'll just break the parking sprag. Tap the brakes hard, repeatedly. The car will stop.
If you are outside the USA, the cost of swapping out a module is prohibitive. So we do not suggest buying a Rostra cruise control unless you are in the USA. In which case, buying a Rostra is a good decision.
