1998 Chevrolet Venture Owner's Manual - Page 176

Reducing Speed While Using Cruise Control There are two ways to reduce speed while using cruise control: Push in the SET button at the end of the lever until you reach the lower speed you want, then release it. To slow down in very smallamounts, push the SET button for less than half a second. Each time you do this, you'll go 1 mph (1.6 km/h) slower. Using Cruise Control on Hills How well yourcruise control will work on hills depends upon your speed, load and the steepness of the hills. When going up steep hills, you may have tostep on the accelerator pedal to maintain your speed. When going downhill, you may have to brake or shift toa lower gear to keep your speed down. Of course, applying the brake takes you outof cruise control. Many drivers find this to be too much trouble and don't use cruise control on steep hills. Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When Ending Cruise Control you take your footoff the pedal, your vehicle will slow There are two ways to turn off the cruise control: down to thecruise control speed you set earlier. 0 Step lightly on the brake pedal; or 0 Move the cruise switch to OFF. Erasing Cruise Speed Memory When you turnoff the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memory is erased. 2-59