1993 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 74

To Reduce Speed While Using Cruise Control There are two ways to reduce your speed while using cruise control: Push in the button at the end the of lever until you reach the lower speed you want, then release it. To slow down in very small amounts, push the button for less than half a second. Each timeyou do this, you'll go 1 mph (1.6 h / h ) slower. How well your cruise control will work on hills depends upon yourspeed, load, Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. Whenyou take your foot off and the steepnessof the hills. When the pedal, your vehicle will slow down going up steep hills,you may have to step on the accelerator pedal to maintain to the cruise control speed you set your speed. When going downhill, you earlier. may have to brake or shift to a lower gear to keep your speeddown, Of course, applying the brake or clutch pedal takes you out of cruise control. Many drivers find this to be too much trouble and don't usecruise control on steep hills. Passing Another Vehic/e While Using Cruise Control Using CruiseControl on Hi& 73