Subaru How To: changing your Cruise Speed using Subaru’s new Adaptive Cruise Control
New Subarus use 5MPH increments for setting Cruise Speed, but…
- Did you know that your Subaru Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) supports increasing/decreasing set speed in increments of 5 mph and in increments of 1 mph?
- Did you know that your new #Subaru also has a standard cruise control mode?
Here’s the buttons related to cruise control type, and speed increase/decrease
Cruise Control button:
- Adaptive Cruise Control: Click cruise button to activate
- Standard Cruise Control: (This is a multi-step process):
(1) Click cruise button to activate Adaptive Cruise Control
(2) Press and hold both follow distance buttons for approximately 2 seconds to switch from “Adaptive” to “Standard” (follow markers will disappear from driver’s multi-display when Standard Cruise is enabled).
Increase/Decrease Speed (Adaptive or Standard):
- Click speed paddle up/down for +/- 5 mph
- Long press speed paddle up/down for +/- 1 mph

Ascent Manuals:
- 2019 Ascent, Pages 49-69 (Adaptive), Pages 100-109 (Standard):
https://cdn.subarunet.com/stis/doc/ownerManual/MSA5M1926B_STIS.pdf - 2020 Ascent, Pages 42-72 (Adaptive), Pages 101-111 (Standard):
https://cdn.subarunet.com/stis/doc/ownerManual/MSA5M2026A_STIS.pdf
Manuals for Other Models:
- Go here:
https://www.subaru.com/owners/index.html - Click on “Vehicle Resources” and enter your VIN or Year, Make & Model to find the latest digital version of your manuals.