Pontiac G8 Turn and Lane-Change Signals, Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer, Ending Cruise Control

Instruments and Controls 4-7

Using Cruise Control on Hills

How well the cruise control works on hills depends upon the vehicle speed, load, and the steepness of the hills.

When going up steep hills, you might have to step on the accelerator pedal to maintain the vehicle speed.

When going downhill, you might have to brake or shift to a lower gear to keep the vehicle speed down. When the brakes are applied

the cruise control is turned off.

Ending Cruise Control

•Step lightly on the brake pedal. When the cruise control is deactivated, the CRUISE INACTIVE message appears in the instrument panel cluster.

•Press the O Q button at the end of the lever two times.

Erasing Speed Memory

The cruise control set speed memory is erased when the cruise control or the ignition is turned off.

Turn and Lane-Change Signals

An arrow G on the instrument panel cluster flashes in the direction of the turn or lane change.

To signal a turn, move the lever all the way up or down.

To signal a lane change, slightly raise or lower the lever until

the arrow starts to flash and release the lever. The turn signal flashes automatically three times.

The lever returns to its starting position when it is released.

To cancel the lane change, move the lever back to the starting position.

Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer

The headlamps must be on for this feature to work.

Push the turn signal lever away from you to turn the high beams on. The fog lamps turn off automatically when high beam is selected.

This instrument panel cluster light

3comes on while the high beam headlamps are on.

Pull the lever towards you to return to low beams.

To flash the high beams, pull the lever towards you. The lamps remain on high beam as long as the lever is held.