2021 CHEVROLET CAMARO Owner's Manual

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.If the vehicle battery is low, the power
top operation may be disabled. Try to
start the vehicle. A DIC message displays.
.If the battery has recently been
reconnected or if the vehicle has been
jump started, the top may not operate
until the power windows have been
indexed. Complete the power window
indexing procedure. SeePower Windows
0 26.
Other features may be affected while
operating the convertible top:
.The trunk can only be opened with the
key until the convertible top is
completely opened or closed.
.The windows cannot close while the top
is moving.
.When driving with the top not fully
secured, chimes can be heard above
80 km/h (50 mph).
If the vehicle battery has been disconnected
and reconnected, the fuses were pulled or
replaced, or a jump start was performed, the
TOP NOT SECURE message may display.
Press and hold
Mto open/close the top
until this message is cleared. Partial Top Cycling
If the convertible top operation is stopped
before completion, the top will temporarily
hold its position. If the ignition is on or in
ACC/ACCESSORY, the top will be held for up
to five minutes, then pulse down. If the
vehicle is moving or off, the amount of time
will vary from a few seconds to about a
minute.
Beeps and DIC messages will be displayed
before the top will move. When this occurs,
immediately finish the convertible top
operation by pressing
Magain until it
completes.
If the top cannot be secured, keep clear of
the top components. In some conditions the
top may move quickly.
Do not drive with the convertible top in an
unsecured position. The top components
may move unexpectedly. In some cases the
top may not be able to be power operated.
If this occurs, follow the DIC messages
displayed. If the tonneau cover is not secured and
latched, and the vehicle is moving above
10 km/h (6 mph), the tonneau cover may
automatically move to a stable position.
Manual Movement of Top
If the DIC displays the ONLY MANUAL
OPERATION OF TOP POSSIBLE message:
1. Press
Mto either open or close the
top. Press the switch in the opposite
direction if one does not work.
2. If the top moves, continue pressing the switch in that direction for at least
five seconds. The top should then work
normally.
If the top does not respond in either
direction, take it to your dealer for service.
If the top is retracted but not latched, use
the following procedure to manually close
the convertible top and tonneau cover if
needed. This requires more than one person.

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1. On each side of the tonneau cover, liftand pivot rearward into the fully open
position. Hold the front and rear of the
tonneau cover at the same time.
2. Lift and move the convertible topforward by pulling on both sides of the
front bow into the fully closed position.
3. Lock the front of the convertible top tothe frame by popping out the small
cover, inserting a hex wrench, and
turning clockwise until it stops.
4. Lift up the tension bow on both sides and raise the tonneau cover to
approximately the half raised position,
and then allow it to slide into the closed
position.
5. Lower the tension bow. The vehicle can now be driven to your
dealer for service. The convertible top will
not be completely waterproof and should
not be driven over 80 km/h (50 mph) in this
position.
Cleaning the Convertible Top
The convertible top should be cleaned often.
Do not use high-pressure car washes as
these may cause water to enter the vehicle.
Hand wash the convertible top in partial
shade. Use mild soap, lukewarm water, and
a soft sponge. A chamois or cloth may leave
lint on the top, and a brush can chafe the
threads in the top fabric. Do not use
detergents, harsh cleaners, solvents,
or bleaching agents.
Wet the entire top and let the soap remain
on the fabric for a few minutes. Wash
evenly to avoid spots or rings. When the
top is very dirty, use a mild foam-type
cleaner. Thoroughly rinse the entire vehicle,
then let the top dry in direct sunlight.
To protect the convertible top:
.Make sure the convertible top is
completely dry before lowering it.
.Do not get any cleaner on the vehicle's
painted finish; it could leave streaks.

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Seats and Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Seatback Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . 39
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . 42
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 45
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 50 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 51
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 51
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Head Restraints
The vehicle’s front seats have adjustable
head restraints in the outboard seating
positions.
{Warning
With head restraints that are not
installed and adjusted properly, there is a
greater chance that occupants will suffer
a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not
drive until the head restraints for all
occupants are installed and adjusted
properly.

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Adjust the head restraint so that the top of
the restraint is at the same height as the
top of the occupant's head. This position
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a
crash.
To raise or lower the head restraint, press
the button located on the side of the head
restraint, and pull up or push the head
restraint down, and release the button. Pull
and push on the head restraint after the
button is released to make sure that it is
locked in place.
The front outboard head restraints are not
removable.
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the vehicle if you
try to adjust a driver seat while the
vehicle is moving. Adjust the driver seat
only when the vehicle is not moving.
To adjust the seat position:1. Pull up on the handle at the front of the seat cushion to unlock it.
2. Move the seat forward or rearward and release the handle. 3. Try to move the seat back and forth to
be sure it is locked in place.
Power Seat Adjustment
{Warning
The power seats will work with the
ignition off. Children could operate the
power seats and be injured. Never leave
children alone in the vehicle.
To adjust a power seat, if equipped:
.Move the seat forward or rearward by
sliding the horizontal control forward or
rearward.

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.Raise or lower the front part of the seat
cushion by moving the front of the
horizontal control up or down.
.Raise or lower the entire seat by moving
the entire horizontal control up or down.
Reclining Seatbacks
{Warning
Sitting in a reclined position when the
vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.
Even when buckled up, the seat belts
cannot do their job.
The shoulder belt will not be against
your body. Instead, it will be in front of
you. In a crash, you could go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there,
not at your pelvic bones. This could cause
serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is
in motion, have the seatback upright.
Then sit well back in the seat and wear
the seat belt properly.
Do not have a seatback reclined if the
vehicle is moving.
To adjust the seatback:
.Tilt the top of the control rearward to
recline.
.Tilt the top of the control forward to
raise.
Memory Seats
If equipped, memory seats allow two drivers
to save and recall their unique seat positions
for driving the vehicle, and a shared exit
position for getting out of the vehicle. Other
feature positions may also be saved, such as
power mirrors and power steering wheel,
if equipped. Memory positions are linked to
RKE transmitter 1 or 2 for automatic
memory recalls.

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Before saving, adjust all available memory
feature positions. Turn the vehicle on and
then press and release SET; a beep will
sound. Then immediately press and hold 1,
2, or
B(Exit) until two beeps sound. To
manually recall these positions, press and
hold 1, 2, or
Buntil the saved position is
reached. Follow the instructions under
“Saving Memory Positions.”
The vehicle identifies the current driver’s RKE
transmitter number (1–8). See Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation 07.
Only RKE transmitters 1 and 2 can be used
for automatic memory recalls. A Driver
Information Center (DIC) welcome message
indicating the transmitter number may
display for the first few ignition cycles
following a transmitter change. For Seat
Entry Memory to work properly, save the
positions to the memory button (1 or 2)
matching the RKE transmitter number
displayed in the DIC welcome message.
Carry the linked RKE transmitter when
entering the vehicle.
Vehicle Personalization Settings
.To have the Seat Entry Memory
movement begin when the vehicle is
started, select the Settings menu, then Vehicle, then Seating Position, and then
Seat Entry Memory. Select On or Off. See
“Seat Entry Memory”
later in this section.
.To begin Seat Exit Memory movement
when the vehicle is turned off and the
driver door is opened, or when the vehicle
is turned off with the driver door already
opened, select the Settings menu, then
Vehicle, then Seating Position, and then
Seat Exit Memory. Select On or Off. See
“Seat Exit Memory”later in this section.
.SeeVehicle Personalization 0104 for
additional setting information.
Identifying Driver Number
To identify the driver number: 1. Move your RKE transmitter away from the vehicle.
2. Start the vehicle with another key or RKE transmitter. The DIC should display the
driver number for the other RKE
transmitter. Turn the vehicle off and
remove the key or RKE transmitter from
the vehicle.
3. Start the vehicle with the initial key or RKE transmitter. The DIC should display
the driver number of your RKE
transmitter. Saving Memory Positions
Read these instructions completely before
saving memory positions.
To save preferred driving positions 1 and 2:
1. Turn the vehicle on or to ACC/ ACCESSORY.
A DIC welcome message may indicate
driver number 1 or 2.
2. Adjust all available memory features to the desired driving position.
3. Press and release SET; a beep will sound.
4. Immediately press and hold the 1 or 2 memory button matching the above
DIC welcome message until two beeps
sound.
If too much time passes between
releasing SET and pressing 1, the
memory position will not be saved and
two beeps will not sound. Repeat
Steps 3 and 4.
1 or 2 corresponds to the driver number.
See “Identifying Driver Number”
previously in this section.
5. Repeat Steps 1–4 for a second driver using 1 or 2.

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To save the position forBand Seat Exit
Memory features, repeat Steps 1–4 using
B. This saves the position for getting out
of the vehicle.
Save preferred memory feature positions to
both 1 and 2 if you are the only driver.
Manually Recalling Memory Positions
Press and hold 1, 2, or
Bto recall the
previously saved memory positions if you
are driver 1 or 2 identified in the DIC
welcome message.
To stop Manual Memory recall movement,
release 1, 2, or
Bor press any of the
following controls:
.Power seat
.Memory SET
.Power mirror, with the driver or
passenger side mirror selected
.Power steering wheel, if equipped
If equipped with an automatic transmission,
Manual Memory recall movement for 1, 2,
or
Bbuttons may be initiated and will
complete to the saved memory position if
the vehicle is in or out of P (Park). Seat Entry Memory
The vehicle identifies the number of the
current driver’s RKE transmitter (1–8). See
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation
07. If the RKE transmitter is 1 or
2, and Seat Entry Memory is enabled in
vehicle personalization, the positions saved
to the same memory button number 1 or 2
are automatically recalled when the vehicle
is turned on, or turned from off to ACC/
ACCESSORY. RKE transmitters 3–8 will not
provide automatic memory recalls.
To turn Seat Entry Memory on or off, see
“Vehicle Personalization Settings” previously
in this section and Vehicle Personalization
0 104.
If equipped with an automatic transmission,
the shift lever must be in P (Park) to start
Seat Entry Memory recall. Seat Entry
Memory recall will complete if the vehicle is
shifted out of P (Park) prior to reaching the
saved memory position.
If equipped with a manual transmission, the
parking brake must be set to start Seat
Entry Memory recall. Seat Entry Memory
recall will complete if the parking brake is
released prior to reaching the saved memory
position. To stop Seat Entry Memory recall
movement, turn the vehicle off or press any
of the following controls:
.Power seat
.Memory SET, 1, 2, orB
.Power mirror, with the driver or
passenger side mirror selected
.Power steering wheel, if equipped
If the saved memory seat position does not
automatically recall or recalls to the wrong
positions, the driver’s RKE transmitter
number (1 or 2) may not match the memory
button number that positions were saved to.
Try storing the position to the other
memory button or try the other RKE
transmitter.
Seat Exit Memory
Seat Exit Memory is not linked to an RKE
transmitter. The position saved to
Bis
used for all drivers. To turn Seat Exit
Memory on or off, see "Vehicle
Personalization Settings" previously in this
section and Vehicle Personalization 0104.
If turned on, the position saved to
Bis
automatically recalled when one of the
following occurs:

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.The vehicle is turned off and the driver
door is opened within a short time.
.The vehicle is turned off with the driver
door open.
If equipped with a manual transmission, the
parking brake must be set to start Seat Exit
Memory recall. Seat Exit Memory recall will
complete if the parking brake is released
prior to reaching the saved memory
position.
To stop Seat Exit Memory movement, press
any of the following memory controls:
.Power seat
.Memory SET, 1, 2, orB
.Power mirror, with the driver or
passenger side mirror selected
.Power steering wheel, if equipped
Obstructions
If something has blocked the driver seat
while recalling a memory position, the recall
may stop. Remove the obstruction and try
the recall again. If the memory position still
does not recall, see your dealer.
Seatback Latches
To access the rear seats, pull up on the latch
on the top of the driver or front passenger
seatback. Fold the seatback forward.
{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 return the seatback to the upright
position, lift the seatback and manually
push it rearward until it locks in place. Push
and pull on the seatback to make sure it is
locked.
Do not use the power recline control on the
outboard side of the seat to raise the
seatback. See
Reclining Seatbacks 036.
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats
{Warning
If temperature change or pain to the skin
cannot be felt, the seat heater may cause
burns. To reduce the risk of burns, use
care when using the seat heater,
especially for long periods of time. Do
not place anything on the seat that
insulates against heat, such as a blanket,
cushion, cover, or similar item. This may
cause the seat heater to overheat. An
overheated seat heater may cause a burn
or may damage the seat.