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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Cruise Control
With cruise control, you can maintain a speed without
keeping your foot on the accelerator. This can really help
on long trips. Cruise control does not work unless the
vehicle speed is

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Pausing Cruise Control
To pause cruise control, press the brake pedal on
automatic transmissions or the clutch pedal on
manual transmissions, or press the ON-OFF/CANCEL
switch once.
This deactivates t

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Trip Computer Warning Messages
Cruise Control
The CRUISE light along
with the Cruise Enabled
message on the trip
computer display will come
on whenever you set
your cruise control.
SeeTurn Signal/Mult

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle..........4-2
Defensive Driving...........................................4-2
Drunken Driving.............................................4-2
Control of a Vehic

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Control of a Vehicle
You have three systems that make your vehicle go
where you want it to go. They are the brakes, the steering
and the accelerator. All three systems have to do their
work at the pla

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Using Anti-Lock
Do not pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal
down firmly and let anti-lock work for you. You may hear
the anti-lock pump or motor operate, and feel the
brake pedal pulsate, but t

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual When you turn the system off, a Traction Ctrl Off
message is displayed on the trip computer. After
two seconds, the display goes back to the original
trip computer display with a small TRAC OFF icon
o

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual The same thing can happen if you are steering through
a sharp curve and you suddenly accelerate. Those
two control systems — steering and acceleration — can
overwhelm those places where the tires

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Skidding
In a skid, a driver can lose control of the vehicle.
Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable
care suited to existing conditions, and by not
“overdriving” those conditions.

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PONTIAC GTO 2004  Owners Manual Driving on Snow or Ice
Most of the time, those places where your tires meet
the road probably have good traction.
However, if there is snow or ice between your tires and
the road, you can have a very
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