Using Cruise Control on Hills
Headlamps
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. Applying the brake or
The exterior lamp control is located in the middle of the
turn signal/multifunction lever. See Turn
Signal/Multifunction Lever on page 3-9.
O(Exterior Lamp Control): Turn the control with this
symbol on it to operate the exterior lamps.
shifting into a lower gear will take you out of cruise
control. If you need to apply the brake or shift to a lower
gear due to the grade of the downhill slope, you may
not want to attempt to use your cruise control feature.
The exterior lamp control has the following four
positions:
9 (Off): Turning the control to this position turns off
all lamps except the Daytime Running Lamps (DRL).
Ending Cruise Control
;
(Parking Lamps): Turning the control to this
To end a cruise control session, step lightly on the
brake pedal. If your vehicle has a manual transmission,
lightly tapping the clutch will end a cruise control
session also.
position turns on the parking lamps together with the
following:
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•
•
Sidemarker Lamps
Taillamps
Stepping on the brake or clutch pedal will end the
current cruise control session only. Move the cruise
control switch to off to turn off the system completely.
License Plate Lamps
• Instrument Panel Lights
Erasing Speed Memory
5
(Headlamps): Turning the control to this position
turns on the headlamps, together with the previously
listed lamps and lights.
When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition,
your cruise control set speed memory is erased.
AUTO (Automatic): Turning the control to this position
puts the headlamps in automatic mode. AUTO mode
will turn the exterior lamps on and off depending
upon how much light is available outside of the vehicle.
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| Categories | Cadillac CTS Manuals, Cadillac Manuals |
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| Tags | Cadillac CTS 2.8, Cadillac CTS 3.6, Cadillac CTS 6.0 |
| Model Year | 2006 |
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