Driver Assistance Systems - Chevrolet CORVETTE Owner's Manual

224 Driving and Operating
Increasing Speed While Using Cruise Control
Do one of the following:
Press and hold +RES until the desired
speed is reached, then release it.
To increase vehicle speed in small
increments, briefly press +RES. For each
press, the vehicle goes about 1 km/h
(1 mph) faster.
Reducing Speed While Using Cruise Control
Do one of the following:
Press and hold SET until the desired
lower speed is reached, then release it.
To decrease the vehicle speed in small
increments, briefly press SET . For each
press, the vehicle goes about 1 km/h
(1 mph) slower.
Overtaking Another Vehicle While Using
Cruise Control
Use the accelerator pedal to increase the
vehicle speed. When you take your foot off
the pedal, the vehicle will slow down to the
previously set cruise speed.
While pressing the accelerator pedal or
shortly following the release to override
cruise control, briefly pressing SET will
result in cruise set to the current vehicle
speed.
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 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. If the brake pedal is applied,
cruise control will disengage.
Cruise Control in Manual Paddle Shift Gear
Selection
When the vehicle is in M (Manual Mode)
and the manual paddle shift controls are not
being used, cruise control operates in the
same manner as D (Drive).
When the vehicle is in M (Manual Mode)
and the manual paddle shift controls are
being used, cruise control operates as
follows:
If cruise control is active and a gear is
selected with the manual paddle shift
controls, the vehicle speed is maintained
in the driver selected gear and will not
automatically upshift or downshift the
transmission while the driver's gear
selection is active.
If driving in hilly terrain, cruise control
may not be able to maintain vehicle
speed if an upshift or downshift is not
selected by the driver. While driving on
hilly terrain and cruise control is active
with a manual paddle shift gear selection,
the driver must select the proper gear for
the terrain or select D (Drive) on the
shifter for full automatic transmission
operation.
Ending Cruise Control
Step lightly on the brake pedal.
Shift the transmission to N (Neutral).
Press .
To turn off cruise control, press
Erasing Speed Memory
The cruise control set speed is erased from
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memory if is pressed or if the ignition is
turned off.

Driver Assistance Systems

This vehicle may have features that work
together to help avoid crashes or reduce
crash damage while driving, reversing, and
parking. Read this entire section before
using these systems.
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