1998 GMC Jimmy Owner's Manual - Page 113

Using Cruise Control Hills on Exterior Lamps How well your cruise controlwill work on hills depends upon your speed, load and the steepness of the hills. you When going up steep hills, may want to stepon the accelerator pedal to maintain your speed. When going downhill, you may have to brake or shift to lower gear a to keep your speed down. Of course, applying the brake takes you out of cruise control.Many drivers findthis to be too much trouble and don't use cruise controlon steep hills. 0 Ending Cruise Control There are two ways to turnoff the cruise control: 0 Step lightlyon the brake pedal or push the clutch pedal, if you have a manual transmission. Move the cruise switch to OFF. Your parking lamp and headlamp switch is on the driver's side of your instrument panel. Rotate the knob to the to the parking lamps symbol right to manually turn on: 0 0 Erasing Speed Memory When you turn off the cruise control the ignition, or your cruise control set speed memory is erased. 0 0 Parking Lamps Sidemarker Lamps Taillamps License Plate Lamps Instrument Panel Lights 2-40