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Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
12470550) - 2020 - CRC - 4/23/20
Driving and Operating 145
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Track Events and Competitive
Driving (Z51 Only) . . . . . . . . . . 150
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 156
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 157
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 163
Front Air Dam (and
Splitter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . 164
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Active Fuel Management . . . . . 169
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Dual Clutch Transmission
Dual Clutch Transmission . . . . 171
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . 179
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 179
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 181
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hill Rollback Control . . . . . . . . . . 184
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 184
Front Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 192
Limited-Slip Differential
(without Z51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Limited-Slip Differential
(with Z51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 199
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 200
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 204
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 205
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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