Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual (Holden-Localizing-Australia/New Zealand-
15749882) - 2022 - CRC - 9/20/21
Driving and Operating
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Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 148
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Running-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Front Air Dam (and Splitter) . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 161
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Parking On Flammable Surfaces . . . . . . . 163
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . 164
Dual Clutch Transmission
Dual Clutch Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 169
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Hill Rollback Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Front Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Assistance Systems for Parking or
Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Curb View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 193
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Conversions and Add-Ons