1994 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 79

The accelerate feature will onlywork after you turn on the cruise control by pushing the SET button. 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 haveto step on theaccelerator pedal to maintain your speed. When going downhill, you may have brake or to shift to a lower gear keep your speed to down. Of course, applying the brake or clutch pedal takes you out of cruise this control. Many drivers find to be too much trouble and don't use cruise control on steep hills. To Reduce Speed While Usin.g Cruise Control There are two ways to reduce your speed whileusing cruise control: Push in the button at theend of the lever until you reach the lower speed you want, thenrelease it. To slow down in very smallamounts, push the button less than half a for second. Each time you do this,you'll go 1mph (1.6 km/h) slower. 3 Light Controls Parking Lights Rotate the switch up to p$ to turnon: Parking Lights Side Marker Lights Taillights License Plate Lights Instrument Panel Lights T Get Out of Cruise Control o There are two ways to turnoff the cruise control: Step lightly on thebrake pedal or push the clutch pedal, if you have a manual transaxle; OR Move the crukeswitch to OFF. Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When you take your foot off the pedal, your vehicle will slow to down the cruise control speed youset earlier. To Erase Cruise Speed Memory When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition, your cruise control set speed memoryis erased. 77