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Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
12032182) - 2019 - crc - 5/8/18
Driving and Operating 157
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 172
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 173
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 175
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 179
Front Air Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . 179
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Active Fuel Management
(Except ZR1/LT5) . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 187
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 192
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 195
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 197
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 200
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 203
Limited-Slip Differential
(Stingray without
Z51 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Limited-Slip Differential (ZR1,
Z06, Grand Sport, and
Stingray with Z51) . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Driver Assistance Systems
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Recommended Fuel (LT1 6.2L
V8 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Recommended Fuel (LT4 and
LT5 6.2L Supercharged
V8 Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 213
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
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