1996 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 92

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