Chevrolet CORVETTE Owner Manual

2007 Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual M

Seats and Restraint Systems

Front Seats Safety Belts Child Restraints Airbag System Restraint System Check

Features and Controls

Keys Doors and Locks Windows Theft-Deterrent Systems Starting and Operating Your Vehicle Mirrors OnStar Universal Home Remote System Storage Areas Roof Panel Convertible Top

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System

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Instrument Panel

Instrument Panel Overview Climate Controls Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators Driver Information Center (DIC) Audio System(s)

Driving Your Vehicle

Your Driving, the Road, and Your

Vehicle Towing

Service and Appearance Care

Service Fuel Checking Things Under the Hood Rear Axle Bulb Replacement Windshield Replacement

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Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement Tires Appearance Care Vehicle Identiﬁcation Electrical System Capacities and Speciﬁcations

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Maintenance Schedule

Customer Assistance Information

Customer Assistance and Information Reporting Safety Defects

Index

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, the names CORVETTE and Z06 and the CORVETTE Emblem are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation.

This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after that time without further notice. For vehicles ﬁrst sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual.

This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not have all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats.

Keep this manual the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed when on the road. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in it.

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from:

Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207

Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15865975 A First Printing

How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they ﬁrst receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn about the features and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found.

Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.

{CAUTION:

These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people.

In the caution 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 do not, you or others could be hurt.

You will also ﬁnd a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means “Do Not,” “Do Not do this” or “Do Not let this happen.”

Vehicle Damage Warnings

Vehicle Symbols

Also, in this manual you will ﬁnd these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage.

When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a speciﬁc component, control, message, gage, or indicator.

If you need help ﬁguring out a speciﬁc name of a component, gage, or indicator, reference the following topics:

• Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1

• Features and Controls in Section 2

• Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3

• Climate Controls in Section 3

• Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in

Section 3

• Audio System(s) in Section 3

• Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5

These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

Front Seats ..................................................... 8

Manual Seats ................................................ 8

Power Seats ................................................. 8

Power Lumbar and Side Bolsters .................. 9

Heated Seats .............................................. 10

Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering

Wheel ...................................................... 10

Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 13

Seatback Latches ........................................ 15

Safety Belts .................................................. 16

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 16

Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts ............................................. 20

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 21

Driver Position ............................................. 22

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 29

Passenger Position ...................................... 30

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 30

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 30

Child Restraints ............................................ 31

Older Children ............................................. 31

Infants and Young Children ......................... 34

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 37

Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children

(LATCH) (Z06 Models Only) .................... 42

Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children

(LATCH) (Coupe and Convertible

Models Only) ........................................... 45

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Passenger Seat Position .......................... 46

Airbag System .............................................. 50

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 53

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 56

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 57

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 57

What Will You See After an Airbag

Inﬂates? ................................................... 58

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 59

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 64

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 65

Restraint System Check ............................... 66

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 66

Replacing Restraint System Parts After

a Crash ................................................... 67

Front Seats

Manual Seats

To move a manual passenger seat, pull up the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Then try to move the seat forward with your body to make sure it is locked into place.

Power Seats

The control for the driver’s power seat is located on the outboard side of the seat cushion. Your vehicle may also have a passenger power seat.

• Move the seat forward or rearward by

sliding the control forward or rearward.

• Raise or lower the front part of the seat

cushion by moving the front of the control up or down.

• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat

cushion by moving the rear of the control up or down.

Your preferred seat position can be stored and recalled if you have the memory option. See

Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel on page 10.

Power Lumbar and Side Bolsters

Your vehicle may have power lumbar and side bolsters. The switches are located on the outboard side of the seat cushion.

Use the power seat control to move the seat to the proper position. See Power Seats on page 8.

Use the vertical lumbar switch (A) to adjust support in the seatback. Press the switch forward to increase support. Press the switch rearward to decrease support.

Use the horizontal switch (B) to adjust the side bolsters. Pull up the switch to move the wings of the seatback in closer to your body. Push down the switch to move the wings away from your body.

Keep in mind that as your seating position changes, as it may during long trips, so should the position of your lumbar support. Adjust the seat as needed.

Heated Seats

If your vehicle has heated seats, the buttons are located on the center console.

Each seat has two settings: high and low.

To turn on the heated seats, press the top button once. The seat will heat to the high setting. Press the top button again to switch to the low setting. The lights on the top button will indicate which setting it is in. Press the bottom button to turn the system off.

The heated seats can only be used when the ignition is on. When the vehicle is off, the heated seats will turn off.

Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel

If your vehicle has this feature, memory can program and recall the settings for the driver’s seating position. The controls for this feature are located on the driver’s door.

The numbers on the back of the keyless access transmitters, 1 and 2, correspond to the numbers on the memory buttons.

To program each button, use the following steps:

1. Adjust the settings for the driver’s seat position, both outside mirrors, and the telescopic steering column position to a comfortable driving position.

2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps are heard, then release the button.

Your settings are now programmed.

A second seating, mirror, and telescopic steering column position can be programmed by repeating the above steps and pressing button 2 for driver 2.

To recall a memory position, do one of the following:

• If you have an automatic transmission vehicle,

press and release the desired button 1 or 2 while the vehicle is in PARK (P).

A single beep will sound and the memory position will be recalled after a brief delay.

If the vehicle is not in PARK (P), three beeps will sound and the memory position will not be recalled.

• If you have a manual transmission vehicle,

press and release the desired button 1 or 2. If the vehicle is on, the parking brake needs to be set to recall the memory position.

A single beep will sound and the memory position will be recalled after a brief delay.

If the vehicle is on and the parking brake is not set, three beeps will sound and the memory position will not be recalled.

If your vehicle has the Auto Memory Recall feature and it is turned on in the Driver Information Center (DIC), the seat, mirrors, and telescopic steering column position will automatically adjust to their programmed positions when the engine is started. See “Auto Memory Recall” under DIC Vehicle Personalization on page 232 for more information.

To stop recall movement of the memory feature at any time, press one of the power seat controls, power mirror control buttons, memory buttons, or the telescopic steering column switch.

Easy Exit Seat

Two personalized exit positions can also be programmed to allow for an easy exit or entry into the vehicle. The controls for this memory function are located on the driver’s door.

B (Easy Exit Seat): This button is used to

program and recall the desired driver’s seat exit position.

To program an exit position, use the following steps:

1. Recall the desired driving position by pressing button 1 or 2.

The seat will move to the programmed memory position.

2. Position the seat and the telescopic steering column position to a comfortable exit position.

3. Press and hold the exit button until two beeps sound.

Your exit position is now programmed.

A second exit position can be programmed by repeating the above steps and pressing the other memory button.

To recall an exit position, do one of the following:

• If you have an automatic transmission vehicle,

press and release the exit button while the vehicle is in PARK (P).

One beep will sound and the exit position for the currently identiﬁed driver will be recalled.

• If you have a manual transmission vehicle,

press and release the exit button. The parking brake needs to be set to recall the memory position.

One beep will sound and the exit position for the currently identiﬁed driver will be recalled.

If your vehicle has the Auto Exit Recall feature and it is turned on in the DIC, automatic seat and telescopic steering column movement to the exit position will occur when you use the keyless access transmitter to unlock your vehicle or when you turn the engine off and open the driver’s door. See “Auto Exit Recall” under DIC Vehicle Personalization on page 232 for more information.

Reclining Seatbacks

{CAUTION:

You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving.

The seats have manual reclining seatbacks. The lever used to operate them is located on the outboard side of the seats.

{CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked.

To adjust the seatback, lean slightly forward to lift your weight off the seatback. Pull completely up on the lever until it stops, and lean back to position the seatback to where you want it. Release the lever to lock the seatback into place.

{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you are reclined like this.

The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries.

The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries.

For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.

Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving.

Seatback Latches

Both seatbacks fold forward to give you access to the rear area. To fold a seatback forward, lift this latch, which is located on top of the backside of the seat, and pull the seatback forward. The seatback will lock down in this position.

To unlock, lift up on the latch and push the seatback rearward. When you return the seatback to its original position, make sure the seatback is locked in place.

{CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked.

Safety Belts

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone

This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts.

{CAUTION:

Do not let anyone ride where he or she can not wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you are not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passenger’s belt is fastened properly too.

{CAUTION:

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and using a safety belt properly.

Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. See Safety Belt

Reminder Light on page 188.

In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here is why: They work.

You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you do not know if it will be a bad one.

A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even buckled up, a person would not survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.

After more than 40 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter... a lot!

Why Safety Belts Work

When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.

Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels.

Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The

rider does not stop.

The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...

or the instrument panel...

or the safety belts!

With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That is why safety belts make such good sense.

Questions and Answers About Safety Belts

Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle after an

accident if I am wearing a safety belt?

A: You could be — whether you are wearing a

safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.

Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I

have to wear safety belts?

A: Airbags are supplemental systems only; so

they work with safety belts — not instead of them. Every airbag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even if you are in a vehicle that has airbags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That is true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions.

Q: If I am a good driver, and I never drive far

from home, why should I wear safety belts?

A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you are

in an accident — even one that is not your fault — you and your passenger can be hurt. Being a good driver does not protect you from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers.

Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of home. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of less than 40 mph (65 km/h).

Safety belts are for everyone.

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly

This part is only for people of adult size.

Be aware that there are special things to know about safety belts and children. And there are different rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be riding in your vehicle, see

Older Children on page 31 or Infants and Young Children on page 34. Follow those rules for

everyone’s protection.

First, you will want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has.

We will start with the driver position.

Driver Position

Lap-Shoulder Belt

The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here is how to wear it properly.

1. Close and lock the door.

2. Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see how, see “Seats” in the Index.

3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Do not let it get twisted.

The lap-shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across you more slowly.

4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.

Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.

If the belt is not long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 30.

Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.

5. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the shoulder belt.

It may be necessary to pull stitching on the safety belt through the latch plate to fully tighten the lap belt on smaller occupants.

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 at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. 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. The safety belt locks if there is a sudden stop or crash.

Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It will not give

nearly as much protection this way.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a crash, you would move forward too much, which could increase injury. The shoulder belt should ﬁt against your body.

Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The lap belt is too loose. It will not give nearly

as much protection this way.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously hurt if your lap belt is too loose. In a crash, you could slide under the lap belt and apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The lap belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs.

Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously injured if your belt is buckled in the wrong place like this. In a crash, the belt would go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at the pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. Always buckle your belt into the buckle nearest you.

Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It

should be worn over the shoulder at all times.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously injured if you wear the shoulder belt under your arm. In a crash, your body would move too far forward, which would increase the chance of head and neck injury. Also, the belt would apply too much force to the ribs, which are not as strong as shoulder bones. You could also severely injure internal organs like your liver or spleen.

Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The belt is twisted across the body.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously injured by a twisted belt. In a crash, you would not have the full width of the belt to spread impact forces. If a belt is twisted, make it straight so it can work properly, or ask your dealer to ﬁx it.

To unlatch the belt, push the button on the buckle. The belt should go back out of the way.

Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam the door on it, you can damage both the belt and your vehicle.

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy

Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant women. Like all occupants, they are more likely to be seriously injured if they do not wear safety belts.

A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion should be worn as low as possible, below the rounding, throughout the pregnancy.

The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it is more likely that the fetus will not be hurt in a crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is wearing them properly.

Passenger Position

Safety Belt Extender

The passenger’s safety belt works the same way as the driver’s safety belt. To learn how to wear the passenger’s safety belt properly, see Driver Position on page 22.

Safety Belt Pretensioners

Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for the driver and right front passenger. Although you cannot see them, they are part of the safety belt assembly. They help tighten the safety belts during the early stages of a moderate to severe frontal and near frontal crash if the threshold conditions for pretensioner activation are met. And, if your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a side crash.

Pretensioners work only once. If they activate in a crash, you will need to get new ones, and probably other new parts for your safety belt system. See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 67.

If the vehicle’s safety belt will fasten around you, you should use it.

But if a safety belt is not long enough, your dealer will order you an extender. When you go in to order it, take the heaviest coat you will wear, so the extender will be long enough for you. To help avoid personal injury, do not let someone else use it, and use it only for the seat it is made to ﬁt. The extender has been designed for adults. Never use it for securing child seats. To wear it, just attach it to the regular safety belt. For more information see the instruction sheet that comes with the extender.

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