1998 GMC Safari Owner's Manual - Page 120

Increasing Speed-While Using Cruise Control There are two ways go to a higher speed: to Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When Use the accelerator pedal to get to the higher speed. you take your footoff the pedal, your vehicle will slow you Press the button at the end of the lever, then release down to the cruise control speed set earlier. the button and the accelerator pedal. You'll now Using Cruise Control on Hills cruise at the higher speed. How well your cruise control will work on hills depends Move the cruise switch fromON to WA. Hold it upon your speed, load and the steepness the hills. of there until you get up to the speed you want, and When going up steep hills, you may want to step on the then release the switch. (To increase your speed in accelerator pedal to maintain your speed. When going very small amounts, move the switch R/A for less to downhill, you may haveto brake or shift toa lower gear than 3/4 of a second. Each time do this, your you to keep your speed down. Ofcourse, applying the brake vehicle willgo about 1 mph (1.6 km/h) faster.) takes you outof cruise control. Many drivers find this to be too much trouble and don't use cruise control on Reducing SpeedWhile Using Cruise Control steep hills. There are two ways to reduce your speed while using Ending Cruise Control cruise control: Press the buttonat the end of the lever until you reach the lower speed you want, then release it. To slow down in very small amounts, press the button for less than half a second. Each time you do this, you'll go 1 mph (1.6km/h) slower. There are two ways to turn the cruise control: off 0 0 Step lightly on the brake pedal. Move the cruise switch to OFF. Erasing Speed Memory When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memory is erased.