1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Owner's Manuals

A Cruise control can be
L dangerous where you can’t
I drive safely at a steady speed. So,
don’t use your cruise control on
winding roads or in heavy traffic.
Cruise control can be dangerous
on slippery roads. On such roads,
fast changes in tire traction can
cause needless wheel spinning,
and you could lose control. Don’t
use cruise control on slippery
roads.
7 TO Set Cruise Control
~ 1. Move the cruise control switch to
ON.
GAU I ION
If you leave your cruise
control switch
ON when
you’re not using cruise, you might
hit a button and
go into cruise
when you don’t want to. You could
be startled and even lose control.
Keep the cruise control switch
OFF
until you want to use it.
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2 Get up to the speed you want.
3. Push in the SET button at the end of
4. Take your foot off the accelerator
the
lever
and release it.
pedal.
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To Resume a Sef Speed
Suppose you set your cruise control at a
desired speed and then you apply the
brake. This, of course, shuts
off the
cruise control. But you don’t need to
reset it. Once you’re going about
25
mph (40 lun/h) or more, you can move
the cruise control switch from
ON to
R/A (which stands for Resume/
Accelerate) for about half
a second.
You’ll go right back up to your chosen
speed and stay there.
A If you hold the switch at R/A
- longer than half a second, the
hicle will keep going faster until
you release the switch or apply the
brake. You could be startled and
even lose control.
So unless you
want to go faster, don’t hold the
switch at
R/A.
To Increase Speed While Using
Cruise Control
There are two ways to go to a higher
speed. Here’s the first:
1. Use the accelerator pedal to get to
the higher speed.
2. Push the button at the end of the
lever, then release the button and the
accelerator pedal.
You’ll now cruise at the higher speed.
Here’s the second way to
go to a higher
speed:
1. Move the cruise switch from ON to
R/A.
Hold it there until you get up to the
speed you want, and then release the
switch.
2. To increase your speed in very small
amounts, move the switch to
R/A for
less than half a second and then
release it. Each time you do this, your
vehicle will go about
1 mph
(1.6 lWh) faster.

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To Get Out of Cruise Control
There are two ways to turn off the
cruise control:
Step lightly on the brake pedal; OR
Move the cruise switch to OFF.
To Erase Cruise Speed Memory
When you turn off the cruise control or
the ignition, your cruise control set
speed memory is erased.
Windshield Wipers
You control the windshield wipers by
turning the band marked
WIPER.
For a single wiping cycle, turn the band
to
MIST. Hold it there until the wipers
start, then let go. The wipers will stop
after one cycle.
If you want more cycles,
hold the band on
MIST longer.
For steady wiping at low speed, turn the
band away
from you to the LO position.
For high speed wiping, turn the band
further, to
HI. To stop the wipers, move
the band to
OFF. Heavy snow or ice can overload your
wipers.
A circuit breaker will stop them
until the motor cools. Clear away snow
or ice to prevent an overload.

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Windshield Washer (CONT.)
Push the switch in all the wa
on the headlights, together u
Parking Lights
Running Lights
Taillights
Instrument Panel Lights
1y to turn
rith the:
Push the switch again to turn the lights
Off.
A green indicator light in the center of
the switch will come on when you start
the engine. This helps you locate the
switch at night.

Lights On Reminder
If you open the door while leavmg. the
lights on, you will hear a warning tone.
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Daytime Running Lights (CONK)
At dusk, the exterior lights will come on
automatically and the low beams will
change to full brightness. At dawn, the
exterior lights will go out and the low
beams will change to the reduced
brightness of
DRL (if the headlight
switch is off).
Of course, you may still turn on the
headlights any time you need to.
To idle your vehicle with the DRL off,
set the parking brake while the ignition
is in the
Off or Lock position. Then
start the vehicle. The DRL will stay off
until you release the parking brake.
Headlight High-Low Beam
Changer
To change the headlights from low
beam to high or high to low, pull the
turn signal/headlight beam lever all the
way toward you. Then release it.
When the high beams are on,
a blue
light on the instrument panel also will
be on.
Flash-to- Pass
Flash-to-pass lets you use your high
beam headlights
to signal a driver in
front of you that you want to pass.
To use it, pull the turn signal/headlight
beam lever toward you.
If Your Headlights are Off
Your high beam headlights will turn on.
They'll stay on
as long as you hold the
lever there. Release the lever to turn
them off.
If Your Headlights are On:
No flash-to-pass. Use the lever to
change between high and low beams, as
explained under
Headlight High-Low
Beam Changer
earlier in this section.
If You Have Fog Lights:
They go off whenever the high beams
are on. When the high beams go
off, the
fog lights will come on again, if the fog
light switch is on.