1999 Cadillac Catera Owner's Manual - Page 102

yellowblue Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When you take your foot off the pedal, your vehicle will slow down to the cruise control speed you set earlier. Using Cruise Control on Hills How well the cruise control will work on hills depends upon your speed, load and the steepness of the hills. When going up steep hills, you may have to step on the accelerator pedal to maintain your speed. When going downhill, you may have to brake or shift to a lower gear to keep your speed down. Of course, applying the brake takes you out of cruise control. Many drivers find this to be too much trouble and don't use cruise control on steep hills. Ending Cruise Control There are two ways to end cruise control: These controls on the left side of the instrument panel operate the following lamp systems: Lamp control dial (operates all lamps except the Twilight Sentinel, fog lamps and brightness control). Pull this dial toward you to turn on the interior lamps and push the dial back in to turn the lamps off. Exterior Lamps D Step lightly on the brake pedal. D Press the OFF button at the end of the cruise lever. Erasing Speed Memory The cruise control set speed memory is erased when you turn off the cruise control or the ignition. 2-40