1993 CHEVROLET CAMARO service

1993 Owner’s Manual
Carnaro Table of Contents
Introduction HOW to Use This Manual. - 61
Part I Seats & Safety Belts m 11 I
Part 2 Features & Controls m 47 I
Part 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems A09
Part 4 Your Driving and the Road 131
Part 5 Problems on the Road 183
Part 6 Service & Appearance Care 217
Part 7 Maintenance Schedule. . m 285
Part 8 Customer Assistance Information 313
including “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 318.
Part9 Indexm= mm....................... 329
Service Station Information Last Page
Part No. 101 93571 B Second Printing
Printed in U.S.A.
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Please keep this manual in your Chevrolet, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it
so the new owner can use it.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it was\
printed. We reserve the right to make changes in
the product after that time without further notice. For vehicle\
s first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors
of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it appe\
ars in this manual.
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For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual
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ou au
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Published by
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General Motors Corporation General
Motors, GM and the GM emblem,
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0 Copyright 1992 General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Motor Division. All Rights Reserved.
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How to Use This Manual
How to Use This
Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual
from beginning to end when they first
receive their new vehicle. This will help
you learn about the features and controls
for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll
find that pictures and words work
together to explain things quickly.
Index: A good place to look for what
you need is
the Index in back of the
manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all
that’s
in the manual, and the page
number where you’ll find it.
Parts 1-8: Each part of this manual
begins with a brief list of its contents,
so
you can often find at a glance if a part
contains the information you want.
How to Use This Manual
This part tells you how to use your
manual and includes safety and vehicle
damage warnings and symbols.
Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Chevrolet.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and
how to operate your sound system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and
tips about the road and how to drive
under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you
have a problem while driving, such as a
flat tire or engine overheating.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep
your Chevrolet running properly and
looking
good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells when to perform vehicle
maintenance and what fluids and
lubricants to use.
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Part 8: Customer Assistance
Information
This part includes important information
about reporting safety defects and gives
you details about the “Roadside
Assistance” program.
You will also find
customer satisfaction phone numbers
(including customer satisfaction numbers
for the hearing and speech impaired), as
well as the mediation/arbitration
procedure. We’ve
also included ordering
information for service publications in
this part.
Service Station Information
This is a quick reference of service
information.
You can find it on the last
page of this manual.
1 These mean there is something
people.
- :hat could hurt you or other
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety
cautions in this book. We use yellow
and the word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could
hurt you if you
were to ignore the warning.
In the yellow 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 don’t, you or others could be hurt.
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If the air bag readiness light
d b doesn’t come on when you
start your vehicle, or stays on, or
comes on when you are driving,
your air bag system may not work
properly. Have your vehicle
serviced right away.
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How the Air Rag System Works
Where is the air bag?
The driver’s air bag is
in the middle of the
steering wheel.
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The right-front passenger’s air bag is located
in the instrument panel on the
passenger’s side.
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Seats & Safety Belts
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on’t attach anything to
~ :e steering wheel pad. It
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might injure thedriver if the
air bag inflates.
Don’t set anything on or attach
anything
to the instrument
panel.
It might injure the
passenger
if the air bag
inflates.
The air bags are designed
to
inflate only once. After they
inflate, you’ll need some new
parts for your air bag system.
If you don’t get them, the air
bag system won’t be there
to
help protect you in another
crash.
A new system will
include air bag modules and
possibly other parts.
Let only qualified technicians
work on you# air bag system.
Improper service can mean
that your air bag system
won’t
work properly. See your dealer
for service.
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may not work properly. You may
have
to replace both the air bag a
%ak the air bag cover.
: instrument panel. Don’ pen or
Servicing Your Chevrolet with the Air
Bag System
Please tell or remind anyone who works
on your Chevrolet that it has the air bag
system. There are parts of the air bag
system
in several places around your
vehicle. You don’t want the system to
inflate while someone is working on your
vehicle. The air bag system does not need regular maintenance.
Your Chevrolet
dealer and the
1993 Camaro Service
Manual have information about the air
bag system, including repair
or disposal.
I A For up to 2 minutes after the
L ignition key is turned off and
the battery disconnected, an air bag
can still inflate during improper
service.
You can be injured if you
are close to an air bag when it
inflates. Be sure to follow the proper
service procedures.
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Features & Controls
the engine. If someone tries to start your
vehicle again or uses another key during
this time, the vehicle
will not start. This
discourages someone from randomly
trying different keys
with different
resistor pellets
in an attempt to make a
match.
The ignition key must be clean and dry
before it’s inserted
in the ignition or the
engine may not start. If the engine does
not start and the
SECURITY light stays
on when you try to start the vehicle, the
key may be dirty or wet. Turn the
ignition off.
Zlean and dry the key. Wait about three
ninutes and try again. The
SECURITY
ight will remain on during this time. If the
starter still won’t work, and the key
appears to be clean and dry, wait about three minutes and
try the other ignition
key.
At this time, you may also want to
check the fuses (see “Fuses and Circuit
Breakers”
in the Index). If the starter
won’t work with the other key, your
vehicle needs service. If your vehicle
does start, the first ignition key may
be faulty. See your Chevrolet dealer
or a locksmith who can service the
PASS-Key
II@.
[f you accidentally use a key that has a
lamaged or missing resistor pellet, the
;tarter won’t work and the security light
will flash. But you don’t have to wait
hree minutes before trying one of the
Ither ignition keys. See your Chevrolet
dealer or a locksmith
who can service the PASS-Key II@ to
have a new key made.
If you’re ever driving and the
SECURITY light comes on and stays on,
you
will be able to restart your en ine if
you turn it off. Your PASS-Key I1 %
;ystem, however, is not working properly
md must be serviced by your Chevrolet lealer. Your vehicle
is not protected by
:he PASS-Key 11’ system.
:f you lose or damage a PASS-Key 11’
gnition key, see your Chevrolet
lealer or a locksmith who can service
’ASS-Key 11’ to have a new key made.
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NOTICE:
I. If your key seems stuck in LOCK 1
and you can’t turn it, be sure it is all 5
the way in. If it is, then turn the
steering wheel left and right whil
you turn the key hard. But turn
tt
key only with your hand. Usir
tool
to force it could break the key
or
the ignition switch. If none of thi:
works,
then your vehicle nvAr
service.
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ietained Accessory Power (RAP)
f you have power door locks, your
lehicle
has a feature called Retained
kcessory Power (RAP). With RAP your power
door locks, electric mirrors, power
windows, audio system and remote hatch
release will continue
to work up to 10
minutes after the ignition key is turned to
Off and neither door is opened.
If a door is opened, the audio system and
power windows will shut off. The power
door locks, electric mirrors and remote
hatch release will work
until you shut the
door. Once you have shut the
door, these
accessories
will continue to work for
approximately
35 seconds. After this
time you
will not be able to use these
accessories
until the next time you open
a
door or turn on the ignilion.
Starting Your Engine
Automatic Transmission: Move your
shift lever to P (Park) or N (Neutral).
Your engine won’t start
in any other
position
- that’s a safety feature. To
restart when you’re already moving,
use
N (Neutral) only.
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Don‘t try to shilt to P (Park) if your
Chevrolet is moving.
If you do, vou
could damage the transmission,
Shift
to P (Park) o
V
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