Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
12470550) - 2020 - CRC - 12/17/19
Driving and Operating
143
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Track Events and Competitive
Driving (Z51 Only) . . . . . . . . . . 148
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 154
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 155
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 157
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 162
Front Air Dam (and
Splitter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Active Fuel Management . . . . . 168
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Dual Clutch Transmission
Dual Clutch Transmission . . . . 169
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . 177
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 177
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 179
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Hill Rollback Control . . . . . . . . . . 182
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 182
Front Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 190
Limited-Slip Differential
(without Z51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
(with Z51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 197
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 198
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 202
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 203
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Filling a Portable Fuel