2002 GMC Sonoma Owner's Manual - Page 117

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 want 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 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 Cruise Control There are two ways to turn off the cruise control: Exterior Lamps D Step lightly on the brake pedal or push the clutch pedal, if you have a manual transmission. D Move the cruise switch to OFF. Erasing Speed Memory When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memory is erased. The control on the driver's side of the instrument panel operates the exterior lamps The exterior lamps control has three positions: (Parking Lamps): Turning the exterior lamps control to this position turns on the parking lamps together with the following: D Sidemarker Lamps D Taillamps D License Plate Lamps D Instrument Panel Lights 2-47