1994 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 76

1994 Pontiac Firebird Manual

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Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control Use the accelerator pedalto increase your speed. When you take your off the foot pedal, your vehicle will slow down the to Cruise Control speed you set earlier. Using Cruise Control on Hills How well your Cruise Control will work on hills depends upon your speed,load, and the steepnessof the hills. When going up steep hills, you may have step on to the accelerator pedal maintain your to speed. When going downhill, you may have to brake or shift to a lowergear to Of keep your speed down. course, applying the brake takes you out of Cruise Control. Many drivers find this to be too much trouble don't use Cruise and Control on steep hills. !. Move the Cruise switch to ro Get Out of Cruise Control :here are several ways to turn off the 3ruise Control: I . Step lightly on the brake pedal or pus1 the clutch pedal, if you have amanual transmission; OR "OFF." "' 1. 2. 4> : Erase Speed Memory o Yhen you turn off the Cruise Control or he ignition, your Cruise Control set speec nemory is erased. kaction Control System and Cruise lontrol f your traction control system engages vhile your Cruise Control is set, Cruise lontrol will disengage. Your speed will le set in memory, though. When Cruise lontrol engages again, use "WA" Resume/Accelerate) to go back to your et speed. fa...

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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
down
to the
Cruise
Control
speed
you
set
earlier.
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
takes
you
out
of
Cruise
Control.
Many drivers find this to
be
too
much
trouble
and don’t
use Cruise
Control on steep
hills.
ro
Get
Out
of
Cruise
Control
:here are several ways to turn
off
the
3ruise Control:
I .
Step lightly on the brake pedal or
pus1
the clutch pedal, if
you
have
a manual
transmission;
OR
!.
Move the Cruise switch to
“OFF.”
:o
Erase
Speed
Memory
Yhen you
turn
off
the Cruise Control or
he ignition, your Cruise Control set speec
nemory is erased.
kaction Control
System
and
Cruise
lontrol
f
your traction control system engages
vhile your Cruise Control
is
set, Cruise
lontrol will disengage. Your speed will
le
set
in
memory, though. When Cruise
lontrol engages again, use
“WA”
Resume/Accelerate) to
go
back to your
et speed.
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2.
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f a . . .