2010 CHEVROLET CAMARO automatic transmission fluid

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Service and Maintenance 10-9
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Hydraulic Clutch System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 88862806,
in Canada 88862807).
Windshield Washer Optikleen
®Washer Solvent.
Hydraulic Power Steering System DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Parking Brake Cable Guides Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. U.S. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or
lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC‐LB.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Manual Transmission (V6 Engine) SAE 75W-90 GL5 Gear Oil (GM Part No. U.S. 88862475,
in Canada 88862476).
Manual Transmission (V8 Engine) Manual Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 88861800,
in Canada 88861801).
Rear Axle (V6 Engine with Automatic Transmission) Rear Differential Fluid 75W-90 (GM Part No. U.S. 89021677,
in Canada 89021678).

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Technical Data 11-3
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Fuel Tank 71.0 L 18.8 gal
Rear Axle Fluid
V6 Engine 6–Speed Automatic 0.9 L 1.0 qt
V6 Engine 6–Speed Manual* 0.9 L 1.0 qt
V8 Engine* 0.9 L 1.0 qt
Transmission Fluid (Pan Removal and Filter Replacement) V6 Engine 6–Speed Automatic** 6.3 L 6.7 qt
V8 Engine 6–Speed Automatic** 6.3 L 6.7 qt
V6 Engine 6–Speed Manual 1.8 L 1.9 qt
V8 Engine 6–Speed Manual 3.9 L 4.2 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 ft lb
*Add 2.5 oz. (75 mL) of friction modifier to the specified quantity of axle lubricant.
**See Automatic Transmission Fluid
on page 9‑14for information on checking fluid level.
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Active Fuel Management™ . . . . 8-25
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-34
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . 9-15
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Passenger Sensing
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
What Will You See After
an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 2-24 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 4-19
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Alarm System Anti-Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Antenna
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Alarm System Messages . . . . . 4-36
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-95 Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Audio System Backglass Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 6-1
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . 8-26 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Shiftlock Control SystemCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

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i-4 INDEX
E
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . 9-6
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Engine (cont.)
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Cooling System Messages . . . 4-33
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 8-26
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 12-15
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 5-1
F
Filter Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 5-4
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Flat Tire, Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 9-14
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

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INDEX i-7
LocksDoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
Maintenance Schedule
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 10-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 4-20
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . 8-30 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14 Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . 4-36
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 4-33
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Object Detection System . . . . . 4-35
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
O
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

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i-10 INDEX
SeatsAdjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 2-4
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50, 2-52
Security Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Maintenance Records . . . . . . 10-12
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 11-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 12-8
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-34 Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
StabiliTrak
®System . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79 Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
System Check
Automatic TransmissionShiftlock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Taillamp Indicator Light . . . . . . . . 4-27
TaillampsTurn Signal, and
Stoplamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 12-4
Theater Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 1-11 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Tires Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67

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INDEX i-11
Tires (cont.)If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Inflation Monitor System . . . . . . 9-60
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 9-58
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49 Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 8-49
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25 Control OFF/StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 8-34
Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 8-38
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
U
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . . . 8-41
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Universal Remote System . . . . . 4-44 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
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