Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
9956103) - 2017 - crc - 4/28/16
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Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 175
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 181
Front Air Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . 182
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 189
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 194
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Brakes
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 197
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 199
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 201
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 205
Limited-Slip Differential
(Stingray without
Z51 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Limited-Slip Differential (Z06,
Grand Sport, and Stingray
with Z51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Driver Assistance Systems
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 215
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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