CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1993 4.G User Guide

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Safety Warnings anal Symbok
You will find .a number of safety
cautions in this book. We:use yellow
and. the-
word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could -hurt you 3 you
were.to IgnGre the warning.
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In the yeflow cautjon area, we tell you
what the hazard is. Then we tell you
what to do to help avoid or-reduce the
hazard. Please-read these cautions, If
you don't, you OF others could be. hurt.
You will also find a red circle with a
slash through it in-this book; This safety
symbol means:
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Als.0, in this book-you will find these
blue
notices:
In the blue notice area, we tell you
>bout something that can damage your
vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered
by your warranty, and it
could be costly. But the notice
will tell
you what to do to help avoid the
damage.
When you
read other manuals, you
might see CAUTION and NOTICE
warnings in different colors or in
different
words. In this manual, we've
used the
familiar words and colors that
Chevrolet has
used for years.
You'll also see warning labels on.your
vehicle. They
use the same colors, and
the words CAUTION or NOTICE.

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find on your vehicle. For example, these
symboJs are used on an original battery:
Caution Possible injury
Protect Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you These symbols have to do with yow
and your passengers whenever your lights:
vehicle is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock 1 Master Lighting Switch
Turn
.--a Signal Direction
Hazard Warning flashers
Headlight High
Beam
Parking Lights
Fog Lamps

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These s~nrbob are on some.of your
controls:
Windshieid Wipers
Windshield
Washer
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Power Winduw
Here .are :some other symbols,you may
see:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Brake'
Fuse
Hatch Release
I Lighter
Horn
Spmker
Acceleiation Shp
Reguiaiiun
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H ere YOU’II find informatjon about
the seats in your Corvette, your
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
system (“air bag”) and how to use
your safety belts, properly.- You can
also learn about some things you
should not do with safety belts.
Part 1
Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and. SeRt Controls .. . ... ...... . . . , . . ... .. . . .. ... . . . .. , .. . . . . ... . . ..... .. .. ....... . . . . . . . ..-.. . ... .. . .... . .... . 14
Safety Belts ........................................................................\
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .....,..................................................................\
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Driver Posltmn .................................................. f .........................._....................,,....... 23
Supplemental E-datable Restraint System (Air Bag) ....... .... ..... . .. . , ..... . . . ...... ...... ., .... ,. 26
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
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Passenger Position. ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . .. . , ..........+.x.. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . ,v. 3 1
Children.. ... . . . ... . . .-. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .. . * .... . . . , . .. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . *. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .32
Smaller Children and Babies ..................l........................f............................\
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Child Restraints ... . .... . . . . . .. , .. .. . . ... . .... . .. ... . ... . . . . .. ,... . . . .. ... .. ... .:. . . ... . ._.. . . . . . ....*. . . ..... . . .. . . ... .. 33
Larger- Children .... , . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . , , . . . . . . -. . . , . , . . . . , . .. . . -. , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Safety Belt Extender .. ..... ...................... .. .... .. ... .. ,._.. ......._... ..... .. ... ................... .... .. .. ... 37
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ... . .. . . ._ ._.. . .. . .. . . ... . . ._&. .. .. ... . ... . . .. . . ... . ... . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. 38
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This section tells you about the seats
and how tu adjust them.
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YOU can lose controi of the
vehicle ;if you try to adjust a
manual
driver's seat while the
vehicle
is moving. The sudden
movement could startle
and
confuse you, or make ,you push a
pedal when you don't want to.
Adjust the driver's seat only when
the vehicle
is not moving.
/love the control lever under the front
f the seat to udocls. it. Slide the seat to
rhere you want
it. Then release the
:ver and try to move the seat with your
ody, to make sure it is locked into
lace.
Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seat:
Full Control: Move the seat forward or
rearward by
pushing the control to the
front or back.
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Front (A): Raise the front of the seat
by pushing the front of the switch
toward. the center
of the vehicle. Lower
the front of the sgat by pushing the
front
of the switch in the opposite
direction.
Center (B): Raise the entire seat
higher by pushing the control toward
the center
of the vehicle. Lower the ssat
by pushing the control in the opposite
direction.
Rem (C) : Raise the rear of the seat by
pushing the rear of the switch toward
the center
of- the vehicle. Lower the.rear
of the seat by pushing the rear of the
switch in the opposite direction.
Sport Seat (OPT/QNI
The Sport Seat Control allows you to
change
the contour of the driver and
passenger seats. It works independently
of the power seat control. Adjust your
seat €or the proper position first, then
adjust the contour.
Lumbar Support Adjustment:
Move the switch down to inflate the
area behind the small
of the back. Use
the-round buttons to deflate the
individual lumbar cushions, The
front
button deflates the bottom cushion, the
center button deflates the center
cushion,
and the rear button deflates
the
top cushion.
Side Bolster Support Adjustment:
Thisiswitch is-located on the corner of
-the front edge of both the driver's and
passenger's seat.
Press the outboard
edge
of the switch to open the bolsters.
Press the inboard edge to close
the
bolsters.
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To adjust the seatback:
Slide the lever back to- release
the
seatback, then tilt the seatback forward
or backward, as desired. Release the
lever to lock the seatback in place.
Don't have, a seatback reclined,
however,
if your vehicle is moving.
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Sitting in :a reclined po&on wh~~.your.vehicle~~-in;motion-can.be " ': , , . .. . ...
0 dangerous. Even :if y~~'b~c~~.~~p,?j~~~ .s&ty;b&S:,&t, ,do theh-jobi", ' , ..
when you're .reclined like this.
The shoulder belt .can't do its.job.because-it won't beagainst your:,boi?y,' ,
Instead, it will ,be in front of you-,'In .a crash you could ga into it, receiving neck
or other injuries.
The
lap belt can't do its job either. -1.n a crash the belt-could gu up over your
abdomen.
The belt forceswould be there, not at your-pelvkbone-s. 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 your safety belt properly.
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Seatback Latches
Both seats fold forward to provide you
access to the rear area. To fold a
seatback forward, lift this latch and fold
the seatback forward. The seatback will
lock in the forward position.
To return the seatback to the upright
position,
just pull up on the latch and
then push the seatback rearward. After
you return the seatback to its original
position,
check to make sure the
seatback is locked.
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If the seatback isn't locked, it
could move forward in a
sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting
there.
Always press rearward on the
seatback
to be sure it is locked.
9 Safety Belts:
ney're For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you now to
use safety belts properly. It also teils
you some things you should not do with
safety belts.
And
it explains the Supplemental
Inflatable Restraint,
or "air bag"
system.
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Seats & Safety Belts
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let ahyone.--d& kh&ie’, .
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. they -can’t wear a .sdcty
properly:
.If you care in a.crash and . .’
you!re not yearing a safety.belt.,
your iajuries can ,ibe..much worse.
You
can hit things,inside the
vehicle
or be ejected from it. You
can be seriously injured or killed. In
t’hesame crash, you might not be if
you are :buckled up. Always fasten
your
.safety belt, and check that
your -passenger’s.belt is fastened
properly t
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This figure lights up when you turn the
key to Run or Start when your safety
belt isn’t buckled,
and you’ll hear a
chime,
too. It’s the reminder to buckle
up.
In many states and Canadian provinces,
the law says
to wearsafety belts. Here’s
why: They work.
You never lnow- if you’ll be in a crash.
If you do have a crash, you don’t know
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are very mild. In them,
you won’t get hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes m be
so serious, 1ike.being-hit by a train, that
even buckled
up a person wouldn’t
survive.
But most crashes are in
between.
In many of them, people who
buckle-up can survive and someti-mes
walk
away. Without belts they could be
badly hurt or killed.
After 25 years of safety :belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear.
In most crashes
buckling up does matter ... a lot!

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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride-in or on anything, you
go -as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
-mpfi (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going!
3. Take the simplest "car." Suppose
it's just- a seat on wheels.
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