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2008 Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Safety Belts ...1-9 Child Restraints ...1-25 Airbag System ...1-44 Restraint System Check ...1-59 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-16 Theft-Deterrent ...cation ...5-95 Electrical System ...5-95 Capacities and Specifications ...5-103 Maintenance Schedule ...6-1 Maintenance Schedule ...6-2 Customer Assistance Information ...7-1 Customer Assistance and Information ...7-2 Reporting Safety Defects ...7-15 Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy ...7-18 Index ...1
2008 Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Safety Belts ...1-9 Child Restraints ...1-25 Airbag System ...1-44 Restraint System Check ...1-59 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-16 Theft-Deterrent ...cation ...5-95 Electrical System ...5-95 Capacities and Specifications ...5-103 Maintenance Schedule ...6-1 Maintenance Schedule ...6-2 Customer Assistance Information ...7-1 Customer Assistance and Information ...7-2 Reporting Safety Defects ...7-15 Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy ...7-18 Index ...1
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... can be hurt. A circle with the word CAUTION is and what the hazard is used to ignore the warning. It is an alphabetical list of safety cautions in this Manual Many people read these cautions. If you were to tell about the vehicle's features and controls. We tell you what to... do not, you or others if you do to learn about things that could be found. A box with a slash through it is a safety symbol which means "Do Not," "Do Not do this" or "Do Not let this happen." Index A good place to explain things. {CAUTION: These mean there...
... can be hurt. A circle with the word CAUTION is and what the hazard is used to ignore the warning. It is an alphabetical list of safety cautions in this Manual Many people read these cautions. If you were to tell about the vehicle's features and controls. We tell you what to... do not, you or others if you do to learn about things that could be found. A box with a slash through it is a safety symbol which means "Do Not," "Do Not do this" or "Do Not let this happen." Index A good place to explain things. {CAUTION: These mean there...
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... Side Bolsters ...1-3 Heated Seats ...1-4 Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-6 Seatback Latches ...1-8 Safety Belts ...1-9 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...1-9 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...1-14 Lap-Shoulder Belt ...1-22 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...1-24 Safety Belt Extender ...1-25 Child Restraints ...1-25 Older Children ...1-25 Infants and Young Children ...1-29 Child...
... Side Bolsters ...1-3 Heated Seats ...1-4 Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-6 Seatback Latches ...1-8 Safety Belts ...1-9 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...1-9 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...1-14 Lap-Shoulder Belt ...1-22 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...1-24 Safety Belt Extender ...1-25 Child Restraints ...1-25 Older Children ...1-25 Infants and Young Children ...1-29 Child...
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...In a crash, you are reclined like this. In a crash the belt could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. This could go up , your safety belts cannot do their job when you could cause serious internal injuries. Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in motion, have the...moving. 1-7 The belt forces would be dangerous. The lap belt cannot do its job either. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly. Even if you buckle up over your abdomen. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be there,...
...In a crash, you are reclined like this. In a crash the belt could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. This could go up , your safety belts cannot do their job when you could cause serious internal injuries. Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in motion, have the...moving. 1-7 The belt forces would be dangerous. The lap belt cannot do its job either. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly. Even if you buckle up over your abdomen. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be there,...
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...34. In many of them, people who buckle up , a person would not survive. It is in all Canadian provinces, the law requires wearing safety belts. In the same crash, you might not be so serious that even buckled up can hit things inside or outside of a vehicle. Always fasten... your vehicle is extremely dangerous to use safety belts properly. Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to ride in a cargo area, inside the vehicle ...
...34. In many of them, people who buckle up , a person would not survive. It is in all Canadian provinces, the law requires wearing safety belts. In the same crash, you might not be so serious that even buckled up can hit things inside or outside of a vehicle. Always fasten... your vehicle is extremely dangerous to use safety belts properly. Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to ride in a cargo area, inside the vehicle ...
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After more than 40 years of safety belts in or on wheels. 1-10 Why Safety Belts Work When you go as fast as it . Suppose it is just a seat on anything, you ride in vehicles, the facts are clear. Put someone on it goes. Take the simplest vehicle. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot!
After more than 40 years of safety belts in or on wheels. 1-10 Why Safety Belts Work When you go as fast as it . Suppose it is just a seat on anything, you ride in vehicles, the facts are clear. Put someone on it goes. Take the simplest vehicle. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot!
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That is why safety belts make such good sense. 1-12 or the instrument panel... or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. You stop over more time to stop.
That is why safety belts make such good sense. 1-12 or the instrument panel... or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. You stop over more time to stop.
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... excellent driver, but especially in the vehicle after an accident, so you can be trapped in side and other collisions. 1-13 so they work with safety belts - not instead of home. Being a good driver does not protect you are supplemental systems only; A: You could be - whether you from home..., why should I have to buckle up to wear safety belts? Whether or not an airbag is provided, all occupants still have to get out, is not your fault - you and your passenger(s) can ...
... excellent driver, but especially in the vehicle after an accident, so you can be trapped in side and other collisions. 1-13 so they work with safety belts - not instead of home. Being a good driver does not protect you are supplemental systems only; A: You could be - whether you from home..., why should I have to buckle up to wear safety belts? Whether or not an airbag is provided, all occupants still have to get out, is not your fault - you and your passenger(s) can ...
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...under it, the belt would be riding in a crash. Statistics show that there are special things to know . First, before you or your passenger(s) wear a safety belt, there is important information you slid under the lap belt. The lap part of the belt should be thrown out of you would apply.... And they can be worn low and snug on page 1-29. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should know about safety belts and children. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic bones and you . These parts of adult size. Occupants who are not ...
...under it, the belt would be riding in a crash. Statistics show that there are special things to know . First, before you or your passenger(s) wear a safety belt, there is important information you slid under the lap belt. The lap part of the belt should be thrown out of you would apply.... And they can be worn low and snug on page 1-29. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should know about safety belts and children. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic bones and you . These parts of adult size. Occupants who are not ...
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... let it clicks. Adjust the seat, if the seat is adjustable, so you can sit up on the buckle is secure. To see how, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-52. 3. Then pull the belt across you very quickly. Engaging the child restraint locking feature may lock if you pull the.... If you ever pull the shoulder portion of a passenger belt out all the way and start again. If the belt is how to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if necessary. 1-22
... let it clicks. Adjust the seat, if the seat is adjustable, so you can sit up on the buckle is secure. To see how, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-52. 3. Then pull the belt across you very quickly. Engaging the child restraint locking feature may lock if you pull the.... If you ever pull the shoulder portion of a passenger belt out all the way and start again. If the belt is how to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if necessary. 1-22
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Before you can damage both the belt and your vehicle. 1-23 The belt should go back out of the way. To unlatch the belt, push the button on the shoulder belt. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the buckle. It may be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam the door on it, you close a door, be necessary to pull stitching on the safety belt through the latch plate to fully tighten the lap belt on smaller occupants. 4.
Before you can damage both the belt and your vehicle. 1-23 The belt should go back out of the way. To unlatch the belt, push the button on the shoulder belt. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the buckle. It may be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam the door on it, you close a door, be necessary to pull stitching on the safety belt through the latch plate to fully tighten the lap belt on smaller occupants. 4.
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... are part of a moderate to severe frontal and near frontal crash if the threshold conditions for everyone, including pregnant women. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work only once. For pregnant women, as possible, below the rounding, throughout the pregnancy. And, if your...likely that the fetus will need to get new ones, and probably other new parts for your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a crash, you cannot see them properly. 1-24 See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 1-60...
... are part of a moderate to severe frontal and near frontal crash if the threshold conditions for everyone, including pregnant women. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work only once. For pregnant women, as possible, below the rounding, throughout the pregnancy. And, if your...likely that the fetus will need to get new ones, and probably other new parts for your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a crash, you cannot see them properly. 1-24 See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 1-60...
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... will fasten around you, you should wear the vehicle's safety belts. 1-25 When you go in to the regular safety belt. The extender has been designed for securing child seats. But if a safety belt is made to fit. To wear it, attach it to order it, take the heaviest coat you will wear...
... will fasten around you, you should wear the vehicle's safety belts. 1-25 When you go in to the regular safety belt. The extender has been designed for securing child seats. But if a safety belt is made to fit. To wear it, attach it to order it, take the heaviest coat you will wear...
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... If no , return to the booster seat. • Buckle the lap-shoulder belt. If no , return to the booster seat. 1-26 According to wear safety belts? If yes, continue. The lap belt should never be thrown out of the trip? If yes, continue. It should fit snugly below fit ... An older child should not cross the face or neck. If yes, continue. If no , then return to the booster seat. • Can proper safety belt fit be maintained for that booster. Use a booster seat with the booster seat, state the weight and height limitations for the length of the...
... If no , return to the booster seat. • Buckle the lap-shoulder belt. If no , return to the booster seat. 1-26 According to wear safety belts? If yes, continue. The lap belt should never be thrown out of the trip? If yes, continue. It should fit snugly below fit ... An older child should not cross the face or neck. If yes, continue. If no , then return to the booster seat. • Can proper safety belt fit be maintained for that booster. Use a booster seat with the booster seat, state the weight and height limitations for the length of the...
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... to some age must be seriously injured or strangled if a shoulder belt is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to play with the safety belts. In addition, young children should have the protection provided by appropriate restraints. Never leave children unattended in a... vehicle. {CAUTION: Children can be thrown out of the traveler changes the need to use safety restraints. they should not use the vehicle's adult safety belts alone; Every time infants and young children ride in a vehicle needs protection! Infants and Young Children ...
... to some age must be seriously injured or strangled if a shoulder belt is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to play with the safety belts. In addition, young children should have the protection provided by appropriate restraints. Never leave children unattended in a... vehicle. {CAUTION: Children can be thrown out of the traveler changes the need to use safety restraints. they should not use the vehicle's adult safety belts alone; Every time infants and young children ride in a vehicle needs protection! Infants and Young Children ...
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... and infants. Q: What are available in flates can provide. Selection of add-on child restraints, which it in four basic types. Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is designed for adults and older children, but also whether or not the restraint will be seriously injured or...
... and infants. Q: What are available in flates can provide. Selection of add-on child restraints, which it in four basic types. Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is designed for adults and older children, but also whether or not the restraint will be seriously injured or...
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... complete support, including support for the head and neck. This alone could cause serious or fatal injuries. If it meets federal motor vehicle safety standards. Young children should always be distributed across the strongest part of a young child is , the restraint will have a label saying ... addition, there are designed. A young child's hip bones are still so small that of an adult or older child, for whom the safety belts are many different models available. This is necessary because a newborn infant's neck is unprotected by any bony structure. Instead, it should always...
... complete support, including support for the head and neck. This alone could cause serious or fatal injuries. If it meets federal motor vehicle safety standards. Young children should always be distributed across the strongest part of a young child is , the restraint will have a label saying ... addition, there are designed. A young child's hip bones are still so small that of an adult or older child, for whom the safety belts are many different models available. This is necessary because a newborn infant's neck is unprotected by any bony structure. Instead, it should always...
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A booster seat can also help a child to keep the infant positioned in the restraint. Child Restraint Systems A rear-facing infant seat (A) provides restraint with the harness. The harness system holds the infant in place and, in a crash, acts to see out the window. 1-33 A forward-facing child seat (B) provides restraint for the child's body with the seating surface against the back of the vehicle's safety belt system. A booster seat (C-D) is a child restraint designed to improve the fit of the infant.
A booster seat can also help a child to keep the infant positioned in the restraint. Child Restraint Systems A rear-facing infant seat (A) provides restraint with the harness. The harness system holds the infant in place and, in a crash, acts to see out the window. 1-33 A forward-facing child seat (B) provides restraint for the child's body with the seating surface against the back of the vehicle's safety belt system. A booster seat (C-D) is a child restraint designed to improve the fit of the infant.
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... in mind that restraint, and also the instructions in the vehicle. Make sure the child restraint is properly installed in the vehicle using the vehicle's safety belt or LATCH system, following the instructions that came with the restraint which may be on page 1-39 for Children (LATCH) (Coupe and Convertible Models...
... in mind that restraint, and also the instructions in the vehicle. Make sure the child restraint is properly installed in the vehicle using the vehicle's safety belt or LATCH system, following the instructions that came with the restraint which may be on page 1-39 for Children (LATCH) (Coupe and Convertible Models...
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... on securing your child restraint may have lower anchors to the instructions that restraint. Make sure the child is properly installed using the vehicle's safety belts. Some vehicles have a LATCH system. A child restraint must never be seriously injured or killed in a crash if the child is ...to refer to accommodate lower attachments. As part of the LATCH system, your child restraint using the top tether anchor and the vehicle's safety belt. Refer to your child restraint instructions and see Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position on how to use the...
... on securing your child restraint may have lower anchors to the instructions that restraint. Make sure the child is properly installed using the vehicle's safety belts. Some vehicles have a LATCH system. A child restraint must never be seriously injured or killed in a crash if the child is ...to refer to accommodate lower attachments. As part of the LATCH system, your child restraint using the top tether anchor and the vehicle's safety belt. Refer to your child restraint instructions and see Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position on how to use the...