2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE seat adjustment

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Seats and Restraints 3-3
Lumbar Adjustment
Power Lumbar and Side
Bolsters
A. Lumbar Support Control
B. Side Bolster Support Control
To adjust the support, if equipped:
.Move control (A) forward or
rearward to adjust lumbar
support.
.Move control (B) up or down to
adjust the side bolsters.
Reclining Seatbacks
{WARNING
If either 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
seatbacks to be sure they are
locked.
To recline the seatback:
1. Lift the lever.2. Move the seatback to the
desired position, and then
release the lever to lock the
seatback in place.
3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked.
To return the seatback to the upright
position:
1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the
seatback, and the seatback will
return to the upright position.
2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked.

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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Active Handling System . . . . . . . 9-35 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-21
Air Dam, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-16
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-17
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Antenna Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Appearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-83
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7, 13-10
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Audio System Diversity Antenna System . . . . 7-12
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 7-2
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Shift Lock ControlFunction Check . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

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i-6 INDEX
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-75
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 5-40
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . 2-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . 10-55
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . 6-2
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Lamps (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Latches, Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . 10-3
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Lighting Entry/Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Lights Active Handling System . . . . . . 5-23
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 5-20
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Lights (cont'd)
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 6-2
One-to-Four Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 5-16
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

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i-8 INDEX
OrderingService Publications . . . . . . . . 13-16
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Overview, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
P
Panel, Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
ParkShifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-39
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-23
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-20 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . 10-3
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-21
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Pregnancy, Using Safety
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-20
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . 13-12
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
R
Racing or Other CompetitiveDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 13-20
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20
Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Recording Vehicle Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-15

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INDEX i-9
Recreational VehicleTowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2, 2-3
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-14
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-26
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . 3-13
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-18
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Ride Control Systems Active Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Limited Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 9-40
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40 Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7, 13-10
Roof Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-66
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-5
Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-13
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-12 Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-18
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-12
Seatback Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-3
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-2
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . 3-37
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . . 9-40