2007 CHEVROLET CORVETTE steering wheel
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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.............................. 37Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH) (Z06 Models Only)......... 42
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH) (Coupe and
Convertible Models Only).......................... 46
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Passenger Seat Position.......................... 46
Airbag System.............................................. 50
Where Are the Airbags?.............................. 53
When Should an Airbag In ate?.................. 55
What Makes an Airbag In ate?................... 57
How Does an Airbag Restrain?................... 57
What Will You See After an Airbag In ates? ... 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
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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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. SeePower 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.
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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.
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7. If your child restraint manufacturer
recommends using a top tether and your
vehicle is a Z06 model, attach and tighten the
top tether to the top tether anchor. Refer to
the instructions that came with the child
restraint and toLower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH) (Z06 Models Only)
on page 42orLower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH) (Coupe and Convertible
Models Only) on page 46.
8. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
9. If the airbag is off, the off indicator in the
inside rearview mirror will be lit and stay lit
when the vehicle is started.
If a child restraint has been installed and the on
indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off. Remove
the child restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the
child restraint.
If, after reinstalling the child restraint and restarting
the vehicle, the on indicator is still lit, check to
make sure that the vehicle’s seatback is not
pressing the child restraint into the seat cushion.
If this happens, slightly recline the vehicle’s
seatback and adjust the seat cushion if possible.If the on indicator is still lit, do not secure a child
restraint in this vehicle and check with your dealer.
To remove the child restraint, if the top tether is
attached to the top tether anchor, disconnect
it. Unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt and let it go
back all the way. The safety belt will move
freely again and be ready to work for an adult or
larger child passenger.
Airbag System
Your vehicle has the following airbags:
A frontal airbag for the driver.
A frontal airbag for the right front passenger.
Your vehicle may have the following airbags:
A seat-mounted side impact airbag for
the driver.
A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the
right front passenger.
All of the airbags in your vehicle will have the
word AIRBAG embossed in the trim or on
an attached label near the deployment opening.
For frontal airbags, the word AIRBAG will
appear on the middle part of the steering wheel
for the driver and on the instrument panel for
the right front passenger.
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There is an airbag
readiness light on
the instrument panel,
which shows the
airbag symbol.
The system checks the airbag electrical system
for malfunctions. The light tells you if there is
an electrical problem. SeeAirbag Readiness
Light on page 191for more information.Where Are the Airbags?
The driver’s frontal airbag is in the middle of the
steering wheel.
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{CAUTION:
If something is between an occupant and
an airbag, the airbag might not in ate
properly or it might force the object into
that person causing severe injury or even
death. The path of an in ating airbag
must be kept clear. Do not put anything
between an occupant and an airbag,
and do not attach or put anything on the
steering wheel hub or on or near any
other airbag covering.
Do not use seat accessories that block
the in ation path of a seat-mounted
side impact airbag.
When Should an Airbag In ate?
The driver’s and passenger’s frontal airbags are
designed to in ate in moderate to severe frontal or
near-frontal crashes. But they are designed to
in ate only if the impact exceeds a predetermined
deployment threshold. Deployment thresholds
take into account a variety of desired deployment
and non-deployment events and are used to
predict how severe a crash is likely to be in time
for the airbags to in ate and help restrain the
occupants. Whether your frontal airbags will or
should deploy is not based on how fast your
vehicle is traveling. It depends largely on what you
hit, the direction of the impact, and how quickly
your vehicle slows down.
In addition, your vehicle has “dual-stage” frontal
airbags, which adjust the restraint according
to crash severity. Your vehicle has electronic
frontal sensors which help the sensing system
distinguish between a moderate frontal impact
and a more severe frontal impact. For moderate
frontal impacts, these airbags in ate at a level
less than full deployment. For more severe frontal
impacts, full deployment occurs.
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What Makes an Airbag In ate?
In an impact of sufficient severity, the airbag
sensing system detects that the vehicle is
in a crash. The sensing system triggers a release
of gas from the in ator, which in ates the
airbag. The in ator, the airbag and related
hardware are all part of the airbag modules.
Frontal airbag modules are located inside
the steering wheel and instrument panel. For
seating positions with side impact airbags, there
are also airbag modules in the side of the
seatbacks closest to the door.
How Does an Airbag Restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal
collisions, even belted occupants can contact the
steering wheel or the instrument panel. In moderate
to severe side collisions, even belted occupants
can contact the inside of the vehicle. Airbags
supplement the protection provided by safety belts.Airbags distribute the force of the impact more
evenly over the occupant’s upper body, stopping
the occupant more gradually. But the frontal airbags
would not help you in many types of collisions,
including rollovers, rear impacts, and many side
impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is
not toward the airbag. Side impact airbags would
not help you in many types of collisions, including
many frontal or near frontal collisions, rollovers, and
rear impacts.
Airbags should never be regarded as anything
more than a supplement to safety belts, and then
only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal
collisions for the driver’s and right front
passenger’s frontal airbags, and only in moderate
to severe side collisions for vehicles with side
impact airbags.
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What Will You See After an Airbag
In ates?
After an airbag in ates, it quickly de ates, so
quickly that some people may not even realize the
airbag in ated. Some components of the airbag
module — the steering wheel hub for the driver’s
frontal airbag, the instrument panel for the
right front passenger’s frontal airbag, and for
seating positions with side impact airbags, the side
of the seatback closest to the door — may be
hot for a short time. The parts of the airbag that
come into contact with you may be warm, but
not too hot to touch. There may be some smoke
and dust coming from the vents in the de ated
airbags. Airbag in ation does not prevent the driver
from seeing out of the windshield or being able
to steer the vehicle, nor does it prevent people
from leaving the vehicle.
{CAUTION:
When an airbag in ates, there may be
dust in the air. This dust could cause
breathing problems for people with a
history of asthma or other breathing
trouble. To avoid this, everyone in the
vehicle should get out as soon as it is
safe to do so. If you have breathing
problems but cannot get out of the vehicle
after an airbag in ates, then get fresh air
by opening a window or a door. If you
experience breathing problems following
an airbag deployment, you should seek
medical attention.
Your vehicle has a feature that may automatically
unlock the doors, turn the interior lamps on,
and turn on the hazard warning ashers when the
airbags in ate. You can lock the doors, turn the
interior lamps off, and turn the hazard warning
ashers off by using the controls for those
features.
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