1997 Buick LeSabre Owner's Manual - Page 101

Using Cruise Control onHills 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. Applying the brake or shifting into a lowergear will take you out of cruise control.If you need to apply the brake or shift to a lower gear due to the grade of the downhill slope, you may not want to attempt touse your cruise control feature. Exterior Lamps Headlamps These switches control these systems: Headlamps 0 Taillamps Parking Lamps License Lamps Sidemarker Lamps Instrument Panel Lights 0 Ending Cruise Control There are two ways to turn off the cruise control: Step lightly on the brake pedal; or Move the cruise switch to OFF. 0 Erasing Speed Memory When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memory is erased. Press the LIGHTS switch to turn on the headlamps. Press it again to turn them off. When the headlamps are turned on, the instrument panel lights will also turn on. The brightness of the instrument panel lights can be adjusted with the PANEL LIGHTS switch to the left of the steering column. Some lights will not dim during daylight hours. Press the PARK switch to turn on the parking lamps. Press it again to turn them off. (If the parking lamps were turned on with the PARK switch, they must be turned off with that switch). 2-41