1998 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 111

Reducing Speed While Using Cruise Control There are two waysto reduce your speed while using cruise control: Using Cruise Control on Hills How well your cruise control will work on hills depends upon your speed, load and steepness of the hills. the When going up steep hills, you may have to stepthe on 0 Push in the SET button until you reach the lower accelerator pedalto maintain your speed. When going speed you want, then release it. downhill, you may have to brake or shift to a lower gea 0 To slow down in very small amounts, push the SET to keep your speed down. course, applyingthe brake Of button for less than half a second. Each time you do takes you outof cruise control. Many drivers find this to this, you'll go 1 mph (1.6 km/h) slower. be too much trouble and don't use cruise control on steep hills. Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When Ending Cruise Control you take yourfoot off the pedal, your vehicle will slow There are two ways to turn the cruise control: off down tothe cruise control speed you earlier. set 0 Step lightly on the brake pedal; OR 0 Move the cruise switch to OFF. Erasing Cruise Speed Memory When you turnoff the cruise control or the ignition, or shift into PARK (P) or NEUTRAL (N), your cruise control set speed memoryis erased. 2-35