2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE towing

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Customer Information 13-15
able to recommend a collision repair
center that has GM-trained
technicians and comparable
equipment.
Insuring the Vehicle
Protect your investment in the GM
vehicle with comprehensive and
collision insurance coverage. There
are significant differences in the
quality of coverage afforded by
various insurance policy terms.
Many insurance policies provide
reduced protection to the GM
vehicle by limiting compensation for
damage repairs through the use of
aftermarket collision parts. Some
insurance companies will not
specify aftermarket collision parts.
When purchasing insurance, we
recommend that you ensure that the
vehicle will be repaired with GM
original equipment collision parts.
If such insurance coverage is not
available from your current
insurance carrier, consider switching
to another insurance carrier.If the vehicle is leased, the leasing
company may require you to have
insurance that ensures repairs with
Genuine GM Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) parts or
Genuine Manufacturer replacement
parts. Read the lease carefully, as
you may be charged at the end of
the lease for poor quality repairs.
If a Crash Occurs
If there has been an injury, call
emergency services for help. Do not
leave the scene of a crash until all
matters have been taken care of.
Move the vehicle only if its position
puts you in danger, or you are
instructed to move it by a police
officer.
Give only the necessary information
to police and other parties involved
in the crash.
For emergency towing see
Roadside Assistance Program
(Mexico) on page 13‑7
orRoadside
Assistance Program (U.S. and
Canada) on page 13‑10. Gather the following information:
.Driver name, address, and
telephone number.
.Driver license number.
.Owner name, address, and
telephone number.
.Vehicle license plate number.
.Vehicle make, model, and
model year.
.Vehicle Identification
Number (VIN).
.Insurance company and policy
number.
.General description of the
damage to the other vehicle.
Choose a reputable repair facility
that uses quality replacement parts.
See “Collision Parts” earlier in this
section.
If the airbag has inflated, see What
Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? on page 3‑19.

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INDEX i-5
FusesEngine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Gauges Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 11-1
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 6-4
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 6-2
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Twilight Sentinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . 10-62
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 9-9
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
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Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

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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

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INDEX i-11
Tires (cont'd)Sport Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-55
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-70
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-72
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-67
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-79
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Traction Active Handling System . . . . . . 9-35
Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 9-34
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 9-40
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 9-40 Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
One-to-Four Shift Light . . . . . . . 5-21
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Twilight Sentinel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
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Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-70
Universal Remote System . . . . . 5-60 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
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Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
IdentificationNumber (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 13-18
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16