1993 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Owners Manual

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How to Use this Manual
Ushg Your 7993 Corvette
Owner’s 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.
There
are nine parts with color-tabbed
pages
in this manual. Each part begins
with
a brief list of contents, so you can
usually tell at a- glance if that part
contains the infomation you want.
You can bend the manual slightly to
reveal the color tabs that help-
you find a
Part.
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Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly.
Part 2: fleatures & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Corvette.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and com€ort controls, and
how to
operate your audio system.
Part 4 Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information an(
tips about the road and how to drive
under different conditions.
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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 Senrice & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep
your Corvette
running properly and
looking good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle maintenaxice
and what fluids
and hbricm‘ts to use.
Part 8: Customer Assistance
IHormation
This part tells you how to contact
Chevrolet for assistance and how to get
service publications. It also gives you
information on Reporting Safety
Defects.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost
every subject in this manual. You can
use it to quickly find something you
want to read.
Service Station Information
This is a quick re€erence of service
information.
You can find it on the last
page of this manual.

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Safety Warnings anal Symbok
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 3 you
were.to IgnGre the warning.
h CAUTION I
In the yeflow cautjon 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 OF others could be. hurt.
You will also find a red circle with a
slash through it in-this book; This safety
symbol means:
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Als.0, in this book-you will find these
blue
notices:
In the blue notice area, we tell you
>bout something that can damage your
vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered
by your warranty, and it
could be costly. But the notice
will tell
you 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. In this manual, we've
used the
familiar words and colors that
Chevrolet has
used for years.
You'll also see warning labels on.your
vehicle. They
use the same colors, and
the words CAUTION or NOTICE.

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find on your vehicle. For example, these
symboJs are used on an original battery:
Caution Possible injury
Protect Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you These symbols have to do with yow
and your passengers whenever your lights:
vehicle is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock 1 Master Lighting Switch
Turn
.--a Signal Direction
Hazard Warning flashers
Headlight High
Beam
Parking Lights
Fog Lamps

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These s~nrbob are on some.of your
controls:
Windshieid Wipers
Windshield
Washer
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Power Winduw
Here .are :some other symbols,you may
see:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Brake'
Fuse
Hatch Release
I Lighter
Horn
Spmker
Acceleiation Shp
Reguiaiiun
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H ere YOU’II find informatjon about
the seats in your Corvette, your
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
system (“air bag”) and how to use
your safety belts, properly.- You can
also learn about some things you
should not do with safety belts.
Part 1
Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and. SeRt Controls .. . ... ...... . . . , . . ... .. . . .. ... . . . .. , .. . . . . ... . . ..... .. .. ....... . . . . . . . ..-.. . ... .. . .... . .... . 14
Safety Belts ........................................................................\
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .....,..................................................................\
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Driver Posltmn .................................................. f .........................._....................,,....... 23
Supplemental E-datable Restraint System (Air Bag) ....... .... ..... . .. . , ..... . . . ...... ...... ., .... ,. 26
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
.... 31
Passenger Position. ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . .. . , ..........+.x.. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . ,v. 3 1
Children.. ... . . . ... . . .-. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .. . * .... . . . , . .. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . *. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .32
Smaller Children and Babies ..................l........................f............................\
........f.... 32
Child Restraints ... . .... . . . . . .. , .. .. . . ... . .... . .. ... . ... . . . . .. ,... . . . .. ... .. ... .:. . . ... . ._.. . . . . . ....*. . . ..... . . .. . . ... .. 33
Larger- Children .... , . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . , , . . . . . . -. . . , . , . . . . , . .. . . -. , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Safety Belt Extender .. ..... ...................... .. .... .. ... .. ,._.. ......._... ..... .. ... ................... .... .. .. ... 37
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ... . .. . . ._ ._.. . .. . .. . . ... . . ._&. .. .. ... . ... . . .. . . ... . ... . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. 38
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This section tells you about the seats
and how tu adjust them.
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YOU can lose controi 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 don't want to.
Adjust the driver's seat only when
the vehicle
is not moving.
/love the control lever under the front
f the seat to udocls. it. Slide the seat to
rhere you want
it. Then release the
:ver and try to move the seat with your
ody, to make sure it is locked into
lace.
Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seat:
Full Control: Move the seat forward or
rearward by
pushing the control to the
front or back.
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Front (A): Raise the front of the seat
by pushing the front of the switch
toward. the center
of the vehicle. Lower
the front of the sgat by pushing the
front
of the switch in the opposite
direction.
Center (B): Raise the entire seat
higher by pushing the control toward
the center
of the vehicle. Lower the ssat
by pushing the control in the opposite
direction.
Rem (C) : Raise the rear of the seat by
pushing the rear of the switch toward
the center
of- the vehicle. Lower the.rear
of the seat by pushing the rear of the
switch in the opposite direction.
Sport Seat (OPT/QNI
The Sport Seat Control allows you to
change
the contour of the driver and
passenger seats. It works independently
of the power seat control. Adjust your
seat €or the proper position first, then
adjust the contour.
Lumbar Support Adjustment:
Move the switch down to inflate the
area behind the small
of the back. Use
the-round buttons to deflate the
individual lumbar cushions, The
front
button deflates the bottom cushion, the
center button deflates the center
cushion,
and the rear button deflates
the
top cushion.
Side Bolster Support Adjustment:
Thisiswitch is-located on the corner of
-the front edge of both the driver's and
passenger's seat.
Press the outboard
edge
of the switch to open the bolsters.
Press the inboard edge to close
the
bolsters.
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