1998 Chevrolet Prizm Owner's Manual - Page 110

1998 Chevrolet Prizm 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 haveto 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 or downshifting to SECOND ( 2 ) or LOW (L) takes you out of cruise control. Many drivers find thisto be too much trouble and don't cruise control on steep hills. use Exterior Lamps Headlamps Turn the outside part of the lever to control the lamps. There arethree positions for the lamp switch. Ending Outof Cruise Control There areseveral waysto turn off the cruise control: Step lightly on the brake pedal or push the clutch pedal, if you have a manual transaxle. Press the CRUISE ON-OFF button again or pull the lever toward you tocancel. Erasing Speed Memory When you turnoff the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memoryis erased. OFF: All lamps, except your Daytime Running Lamps (DRL), are off. CENTER: At the middle position, the parking lamps, taillamps, license platelamp and the instrumentpanel lights come on. The headlamps are off and DRLis on. - : The headlamps and all other operating lamps come on. DRL is off. E o 2-32

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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
or downshifting to SECOND
(2)
or
LOW
(L)
takes
you
out of cruise control. Many drivers find
this to be too
much
trouble
and
don’t
use cruise control on steep hills.
Ending
Out
of
Cruise
Control
There
are several
ways to turn
off
the cruise control:
Step lightly on the brake pedal
or
push
the clutch
pedal, if
you
have
a
manual
transaxle.
lever toward
you
tocancel.
Press the
CRUISE
ON-OFF
button
again or pull
the
Erasing
Speed
Memory
When
you
turn
off
the cruise control or the
ignition,
your cruise control set speed
memory is erased.
Exterior
Lamps
Headlamps
Turn
the
outside part of
the
lever to control
the lamps.
There
are
three
positions for
the lamp switch.
OFF:
All lamps, except
your
Daytime
Running
Lamps
(DRL), are
off.
CENTER:
At
the
middle
position,
the
parking
lamps,
taillamps,
license
plate
lamp and
the
instrument panel
lights come
on.
The headlamps are off
and
DRL is
on.
-
Eo
-
:
The headlamps
and
all
other operating
lamps
come
on.
DRL is
off.
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