Chevrolet 2009 Corvette User manual

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Owner's Manual
Table of Contents
How to Use this Manual................................. 3
Important Safety Precautions........................ 5
Section 1
Instrumentation and Controls ..................... 21
Section 2
Seats and Restraints................................... 205
Section 3
Starting and Operating Instructions ......... 239
Section 4
Service and Maintenance........................... 281
Section 5
Problems on the Road................................ 357
Index........................................................... 375
Corvette
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We thank you for choosing a
General Motors product, and we
want to assure you of our continu-
ing commitment to your motoring
pleasure and satisfaction.
This manual should be considered
a permanent part of the vehicle.
Keep it with the vehicle when sold,
to provide the next owner with
important operating, safety and
maintenance information.
Environment-friendly and recycled
materials were used in the devel-
opment and manufacture of your
vehicle. The production methods
used to make your vehicle are also
environment-friendly.
Production waste is recycled, with
some of the waste material recov-
ered for re-use. Water require-
ments have been reduced to help
conserve natural resources.
All information, illustrations and
specifications in this manual are
based on the latest product infor-
mation available at the time of
printing. We reserve the right to
make changes in the product with-
out further notice.
The illustrations throughout the
manual are typical and are not
intended to be exact representa-
tions of any part of your vehicle.
Please be aware that the vehicle
you purchased may not be
equipped with each option that is
explained in this manual.
This Owner's Manual is supple-
mented by a "Maintenance Sched-
ule and Warranty and Owner
Assistance Information" booklet.
Although we feel that this Owner's
Manual is complete, in that it
covers the more important vehicle
operating information, it is most
valuable when used with the
Maintenance Schedule.
Important Notes About this Manual
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When it comes to service, keep in
mind that your dealer knows your
vehicle best and is committed to
your complete satisfaction. Your
dealer invites you to return for all
of your service needs both during
and after the warranty period.
Should you have any concern that
has not been handled to your satis-
faction, follow the steps outlined
in the "Maintenance Schedule and
Warranty and Owner Assistance
Information" booklet.
FOR CONTINUING SATISFAC-
TION AND QUALITY, KEEP YOUR
GM VEHICLE ALL GM. GENERAL
MOTORS PARTS ARE IDENTIFIED
BY ONE OF THESE TRADEMARKS:
Use this manual to learn about the
features of your new vehicle and
how they operate.
The manual is intended to be used
as a reference guide to help you to
quickly identify and use the various
features of your vehicle. For this
reason, the manual is organized
according to feature location as
opposed to feature operation.
It also includes some very impor-
tant safety and maintenance infor-
mation and even deals with some
problems you may have while
driving.
This manual is divided into five
sections:
• Section 1: Instrumentation
and Controls
To get a general understanding of
how the content of this manual is
organized, imagine yourself sitting
in the driver's seat. Your attention
is first focused on the instrument
panel directly in front of you, then
up and out to the mirrors,
windows and doors and continu-
ing back around the vehicle to the
rear cargo area, then up to the
overhead area and the roof. The
content of this manual is orga-
nized to follow this order. The vast
majority of your vehicle's instru-
ments and controls are built into
these areas, and are discussed first
in this manual, in Section 1.
How to Use this Manual
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• Section 2: Seats and
Restraints
Next, focus on the center of
your vehicle: the seats and
safety belts. Information about
these features and about your
vehicle's air bag system is cov-
ered in Section 2. Section 2
also includes any information
pertaining to child restraints.
• Section 3: Starting and Oper-
ating Instructions
Once you have been familiar-
ized with your vehicle's instru-
ments, controls, seats and
restraint systems in Sections 1
and 2, Section 3 outlines your
vehicle's starting and operat-
ing instructions. This section
includes information about
your keys and keyless entry (if
equipped), about the ignition
and vehicle starting, and about
the transmission, transfer case
(if equipped), parking, traction,
steering, brake, and suspension
systems. It also covers your
vehicle's specific loading and
towing capabilities.
• Section 4: Service and
Maintenance
The Service and Maintenance
section:
- contains fuel information
- helps you locate the various
components in your vehicle's
engine compartment
- offers basic maintenance and
fluid information for the
major, easily-accessible
engine components (e.g., oil,
coolant, transmission fluid,
power steering fluid, brake
fluid, refrigerant, washer
fluid, battery)
How to Use this Manual
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How to Use this Manual
- contains information about
tire inflation, inspection, rota-
tion and replacement
- locates and describes your
vehicle's fuses and circuit
breakers
- contains some bulb replace-
ment instructions and
specifications
- includes major component
specifications and capacities
• Section 5: Problems on the
Road
This section tells you how to
handle certain problems you
may have while driving. It
covers:
- jump starting your vehicle
- towing your vehicle
-engine overheating
-changing a flat tire
Each section begins with a brief
table of contents to help you
locate the information you want.
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Important Safety Precautions
CAUTION AND NOTICE BOXES
CAUTIONS and NOTICES alert you
to conditions that may result in
injury, or that may damage your
vehicle.
CAUTION
Means: This can hurt people.
NOTICE
Means: This can damage your
vehicle.
Seating Position
CAUTION
Do not adjust the driver's seat
when the vehicle is moving.
The seat could jerk and cause a
loss of control.
Sitting in a reclined position
when your vehicle is in motion
can be dangerous. Even if you
buckle up, your safety belts
can't do their job when the
seatback is excessively reclined.
Safety Belts
CAUTION
Always wear your safety belt. Be
sure it is adjusted properly at all
times.
Do not let anyone ride where
they cannot wear a safety belt
properly. If you are in a crash
and you are not wearing a safe-
ty belt, you can be seriously
injured or killed. In the same
crash, you might not be injured
if you are buckled up. Always
fasten your safety belt, and
check that your passengers'
belts are fastened properly, too.
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Important Safety Precautions
CAUTION (Continued)
Wearing a safety belt improper-
ly could cause serious injury.
The lap part of the belt should
be worn low and snug on the
hips, just touching the thighs.
In a crash, this applies force to
the strong pelvic bones, and
you would be less likely to slide
under the lap belt. If you slid
under it, the belt would apply
force to your abdomen. This
could cause serious or even fatal
injuries.
CAUTION (Continued)
Wear your belt fitted closely
against the body. Do not wear
your shoulder belt under your
arm. Make sure the belt is not
twisted across your body.
You could be seriously injured if
your belt is buckled in the
wrong place. Always buckle
your belt into the buckle near-
est you.
CAUTION
The shoulder belt should go
over the shoulder and across
the chest. These parts of the
body are best able to take belt
restraining forces.
CAUTION (Continued)
A safety belt must be used by
only one person at a time. Do
not allow two children to share
the same belt.
Accident statistics show that
children are safer if they are
restrained in the rear seat.
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Important Safety Precautions
CAUTION (Continued)
A pregnant woman should
wear a lap-shoulder belt, and
the lap portion should be worn
as low as possible throughout
the pregnancy.
Air Bags
CAUTION
Both the safety belt restraint
system and the air bag restraint
system are designed to best
protect adults.
Anyone who is up against, or
very close to, an inflating air
bag could be seriously injured
or killed. CAUTION (Continued)
Be sure that if children are too
small to be well restrained by
the safety belt system, that they
are secured in an appropriate
child restraint.
The presence of an airbag is not
a substitute for a safety belt and
is only effective in conjunction
with the safety belts.
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Important Safety Precautions
CAUTION (Continued)
Air bags are designed to be
used with the safety belts. Even
with an air bag, if you are in a
crash and not wearing a safety
belt, your injuries could be
much worse.
If you are too close to an inflat-
ing air bag, it could seriously
injure you. Safety belts help
keep you in position in case an
air bag inflates in a collision.
The driver should sit as far back
as possible while still able to
maintain control of the vehicle.
The path of an inflating air bag
must be kept clear of any
objects at all times.
CAUTION (Continued)
When an air bag inflates, it
leaves dust in the air. This dust
could cause breathing prob-
lems for people with a history of
asthma or other breathing trou-
ble. To avoid this, everyone in
the vehicle should get out as
soon as it is safe to do so. If you
are unable to get out of the
vehicle, then open a window or
door.
Children and Safety Restraints
CAUTION
Never hold a baby in your arms
while riding in a vehicle. During
a crash a baby will become so
heavy you can't hold it. For
example, in a crash at only 40
km/h, a 5.5 kg baby will
suddenly become a 110 kg
force on your arms. The baby
would be almost impossible to
hold. Secure the baby in an
infant restraint.
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Important Safety Precautions
CAUTION (Continued)
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint in the front passenger
seating position could be seri-
ously injured or killed if the
passenger's air bags inflate. This
is because the restraint would
be very close to the inflating air
bags.
See "Supplemental Restraints"
in Section 2 for more
information.
CAUTION
Infants who must use rear-
facing child restraints cannot
ride safely in passenger air bag-
equipped vehicles that do not
have rear seats.
If, however, you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the front passenger seat, be
sure to move the front passen-
ger seat as far back as it will go.
Leaving Your Vehicle
CAUTION
Avoid leaving your vehicle while
the engine is running.
Do not leave children in the
vehicle with the ignition key.
They could operate the power
windows or other controls and
could even make the vehicle
move. A child or others could
be injured or even killed.
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