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Introduction How to Use this Manual . , .
Part I kats & Safety Belts ...
2 Features & Controls . I
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3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems. ....
4 Your Driving and the Road. . , .I ,.
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5 Problems on the Road. ......... 203

Important Notes About
this Manual
Please keep this manual in your
Corvette,
so it will bethere if youever
need
it when you're on the road. If
you sell the vehicle, please leave this
manual in it so the new ownercan
use
it.
Note to Canadian Owners
For vehicles first sold in Canada,
substitutethe name "General Motors
of Canada Limited" for Chevrolet
Motor Division whenever
it appears
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This manual includes the latest infor-
mation
at the time it was printed. We
reserve the right to make changes in
the product after that time without
further notice.
I992 Genera/ Motors
Corporation,
For Canadian Owners
Who Prefer a French
Language Manual:
Published by
Chevralet Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
The word Chevrolet and -the Chevrolet
emblem,
Corvette .and the Corvette
emblem are registered trademarks of
General Motors Corporation.
The word. Delco is a registered trade-
mark of deneral Motors Corporation.
Aux proprietaires
canadiens:
Vous pauvez vous procurer un
exemplaire dece guide
en francais
chez votre concessionaire
ou au
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1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga,
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In 1953, Chevrolel produmd
300 new lightweight fiberglass;
roadsters.
A handful went 'io project
engineers, General Motors -managers,
and a select group of movie--stars
and celebrities.
With .o two-speed
Powerglide automatic.transmiision,
Blue Flame-six-cylinder engine, and
gleaming Pola. White exterior,
Corvelte began 'its drive into the,
heart of America:.
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Designers freshened up the
'Velte in 1956by adding a r6movubte
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How to Use this Manual
Ushg Your 7993 Corvette
Owner’s Manual
Many peopleread their owner’s manual
from beginning to end when they first
receive their
new vehicle. This will help
you learnabout
the featuresand
controls for
your vehicle. In this
manual, you’ll find that pictures and
words
work together to explain things
quickly.
There
are nine parts with color-tabbed
pages
in this manual. Each part begins
with
a brief list of contents, so you can
usually tell at a- glance if that part
containsthe infomation you want.
You can bend the manualslightlyto
reveal the colortabs thathelp-
you find a
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Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly.
Part 2: fleatures & Controls
This part explains howto start and
operateyour Corvette.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and com€ortcontrols,and
how to
operate your audio system.
Part 4 Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpfulinformation an(
tips aboutthe road and how to drive
under different conditions.
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Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you
have a problem while driving, such as a
flat tire
or engine overheating.
Part 6 Senrice & Appearance Care
Here themanual tells you how to keep
your Corvette
running properly and
looking good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle maintenaxice
and what fluids
and hbricm‘ts to use.
Part 8: Customer Assistance
IHormation
This part tells you how to contact
Chevrolet for assistance and howto get
service publications. It also gives you
information on Reporting Safety
Defects.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost
every subject in this manual. You can
use it to quickly find something you
want to read.
Service Station Information
This is a quick re€erence of service
information.
You can find it onthe last
page of this manual.

How to Use this Manual
Safety Warnings anal Symbok
You will find .a number of safety
cautions in this book. We:use yellow
and. the-
word CAUTION totell you
about things that could -hurt you 3 you
were.to IgnGre the warning.
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In the yeflow cautjon area, we tell you
what the hazard is. Then we tell you
what to do to help avoid or-reduce the
hazard. Please-read these cautions, If
you don't, you OF others could be. hurt.
You will also find a red circle with a
slash through it in-this book; This safety
symbol means:
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Als.0, in this book-you will find these
blue notices:
In the blue noticearea,we tell you
>bout somethingthat can damage your
vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered
by your warranty, and it
could be costly. Butthe notice
will tell
you what to doto help avoidthe
damage.
When you
read other manuals, you
might see CAUTION and NOTICE
warnings in different colors or in
different
words. In this manual, we've
used the
familiar words and colors that
Chevrolet has
used for years.
You'll also see warning labels on.your
vehicle. They
use the same colors, and
the words CAUTION or NOTICE.

Theseare some of the symbols you will
find on your vehicle. For example, these
symboJs are used on an original battery:
Caution Possible injury
Protect Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Spark or Flame Could
Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you These symbols have to do with yow
and your passengerswhenever your lights:
vehicle is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
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Master Lighting Switch
Turn
.--a Signal Direction
Hazard Warning flashers
Headlight High
Beam
Parking Lights
Fog Lamps

H6w to Use this Manual
These s~nrbob are on some.of your
controls:
Windshieid Wipers
Windshield
Washer
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Power Winduw
Here .are :some other symbols,you may
see:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Brake'
Fuse
Hatch Release
I Lighter
Horn
Spmker
Acceleiation Shp
Reguiaiiun
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H ere YOU’II find informatjon about
the seats in your Corvette, your
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
system (“air bag”) and how to use
your safety belts, properly.- You can
also learn about some things you
should not do with safety belts.
Part 1
Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and. SeRt Controls .. . ... ...... . . . , . . ... .. . . .. ... .. . .. , .. ... . ... .. ..... .. .. ....... . . .. .. . ..-.. . ... .. . .... . .... . 14
Safety Belts ................................................................................................................ 17
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .....,.................................................................... 22
Driver Posltmn .................................................. f .........................._....................,,....... 23
Supplemental E-datable Restraint System (Air Bag) ....... .... ..... . .. . , ..... . . . ...... ...... ., .... ,. 26
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ............................................................................ 31
Passenger Position. ... .. . . . ... . . ..... . ... . .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . ... . . , .. . . . .. .. . , ..........+.x.. . ... . . . . . .. . . . . ,v. 3 1
Children.. ... . .. ... . . .-. .. . . . . . . . . .. , . .. ... . * .... . . . , . .. . . . . .. , . . . ....*.. . . , . ...... . .... .. . . .. . . . . . ,. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. , . .... .. .. .32
Smaller Children and Babies ..................l........................f....................................f.... 32
Child Restraints ... . .... . .. . ... , .. .. .. ... . .... . .. ... . ... .. . . .. ,... . . . .. ... .. ... .:. . . ... . ._.. . . . .. ....*. . . ..... . . .. . . ... .. 33
Larger- Children .... , . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . ,, . .. .. .-. . . , . , . . . . , . .. ..-. ,, . .. . ... . .... . .. . . ..... . . -. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... .. ... . .. .. .36
Safety Belt Extender .. ..... ...................... .. .... .. ... .. ,._.. ......._... ..... .. ... ................... .... .. .. ... 37
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ... . .. .. ._ ._.. . .. . .. .. ... .. ._&. .. .. ... . ... . . .. .. ... . ... . .. . .. ... . .. ... .. 38
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Seots and Sed Controls
This section tells you aboutthe seats
and how tu adjust them.
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YOU can lose controi of the
vehicle ;if you try toadjust a
manual
driver's seat whilethe
vehicle
is moving. The sudden
movement could startle
and
confuse you, or make ,you push a
pedal when youdon't want to.
Adjust the driver's seat only when
the vehicle
is not moving.
/love the control lever under the front
f the seatto udocls. it. Slidethe seat to
rhere you want
it. Then release the
:ver and try to move the seatwith your
ody, to make sure it is locked into
lace.
Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seat:
Full Control: Move the seat forward or
rearward by
pushing the controlto the
front or back.
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Front (A): Raise the front of the seat
by pushingthe front of the switch
toward.the center
of the vehicle. Lower
the front of the sgat by pushing the
front
of the switch inthe opposite
direction.
Center (B): Raise the entire seat
higher by pushing the controltoward
the center
of thevehicle. Lowerthe ssat
by pushing the control in the opposite
direction.
Rem (C) : Raise the rear of the seat by
pushing therear of the switch toward
the center
of- thevehicle. Lowerthe.rear
of the seat by pushing the rear of the
switch in the oppositedirection.
Sport Seat (OPT/QNI
The Sport Seat Control allows you to
change
the contour of the driver and
passenger seats. It works independently
of the power seat control.Adjust your
seat €or theproper positionfirst,then
adjust the contour.
Lumbar Support Adjustment:
Move the switch down to inflate the
area behindthe small
of the back. Use
the-roundbuttons to deflate the
individual lumbar cushions, The
front
button deflatesthe bottom cushion,the
center button deflatesthe center
cushion,
and therear button deflates
the
top cushion.
Side Bolster Support Adjustment:
Thisiswitch is-located on the corner of
-thefrontedge of both the driver's and
passenger's seat.
Press the outboard
edge
of the switchto open the bolsters.
Press the inboard edgeto close
the
bolsters.
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Manual Reclining Seatback
To adjust the seatback:
Slidethe lever backto-release the
seatback, then tilt the seatback forward
or backward, as desired. Release the
lever tolock the seatback in place.
Don't have, a seatback reclined,
however,
if your vehicle is moving.
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0 dangerous. Even :if y~~'b~c~~.~~p,?j~~~ .s&ty;b&S:,&t, ,do theh-jobi", '
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when you're .reclined like this.
The shoulderbelt .can't do its.job.because-itwon't beagainst your:,boi?y,' ,
Instead, it will ,be in front of you-,'In .a crashyou could ga into it, receiving neck
or otherinjuries.
The
lap belt can't do its job either.-1.n a crashthe belt-could gu up over your
abdomen.
The belt forceswouldbe there, not at your-pelvkbone-s. This could
cause:serious internal injuries.
.For proper protection whenthevehicle
is in motion, have the seatback upright.
Then .sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
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Seatback Latches
Both seats fold forward to provide you
access to the rear area. To fold a
seatbackforward, lift this latch and fold
the seatback forward. The seatback will
lock inthe forward position.
To return the seatback to theupright
position,
just pull up on the latch and
then push the seatback rearward. After
you return the seatback to its original
position,
check to make surethe
seatbackis locked.
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If the seatback isn't locked, it
could move forward in a
sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting
there.
Always press rearward on the
seatback
to be sureit is locked.
9 Safety Belts:
ney're For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you now to
use safety belts properly. It also teils
you some things you should not do with
safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental
Inflatable Restraint,
or "airbag"
system.
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. they -can’twear a .sdcty
properly:
.If you care in a.crash and . .’
you!re not yearing a safety.belt.,
your iajuries can ,ibe..much worse.
You
can hit things,insidethe
vehicle or be ejected from it. You
can be seriously injured or killed. In
t’hesame crash, you might not be if
you are :buckled up. Always fasten
your
.safety belt, and check that
your -passenger’s.belt is fastened
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This figure lights up when youturn the
key to Run or Start when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
chime,
too. It’s the reminder tobuckle
up.
In many statesand Canadian provinces,
the law says
to wearsafetybelts. Here’s
why: They work.
You never lnow- if you’ll be in a crash.
If you do have a crash, you don’t know
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes arevery mild. In them,
you won’t get hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes m be
so serious, 1ike.being-hitby atrain, that
even buckled
up a person wouldn’t
survive. But most crashes arein
between.
In many of them, people who
buckle-up can survive and someti-mes
walk
away. Without belts they could be
badly hurt or killed.
After 25 years of safety :beltsin vehicles,
the facts are clear.
In most crashes
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride-in or on anything, you
go -as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
-mpfi (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going!
3. Take the simplest "car." Suppose
it's just- a seat on wheels.
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