2003 Oldsmobile Alero Owner's Manual - Page 118
2003 Oldsmobile Alero Manual
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Using Cruise Control on Hills How well your 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. Exterior Lamps I Ending Cruise Control There are five ways to turn off the cruise control: Step on the brake pedal. Press the cruise control CANCEL button. Press the cruise control RES ACCL button and the CST SET buttons at the same time. Press the cruise control ON OFF button. The indicator liqht above the cruise control button will turn o f . Push the clutch pedal if your vehicle has a manual transaxle. The lever on the left side of the steering column operates the exterior lamps. -p(Exterior Lamps): Turn the outside part of the lever with the symbol on it, to operate the lamps. Erasing Speed Memory When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memory is erased. 3-13