Vehicle care, Vehicle care 10-1 – CHEVROLET 2012 Camaro User Manual

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Chevrolet Camaro Owner Manual (Include Mex) - 2012 - 2nd - 11/16/11

Vehicle Care

10-1

Vehicle Care

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
California Proposition

65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

California Perchlorate

Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3

Accessories and

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Vehicle Checks

Doing Your Own

Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Engine Compartment

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

Engine Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-16
Automatic Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Manual Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter

(Except ZL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Engine Air Cleaner/Filter

(ZL1 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

Cooling System (Except ZL1

Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20

Cooling System (ZL1

Engine Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22

Cooling System

(Intercooler) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23

Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-30
Power Steering Fluid

(Except ZL1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Power Steering Fluid

(ZL1 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-36
Automatic Transmission Shift

Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

Ignition Transmission Lock

Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

Park Brake and P (Park)

Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-37

Wiper Blade

Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

Windshield Replacement . . . 10-38

Headlamp Aiming

Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

Bulb Replacement

Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
High Intensity Discharge

(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42

Headlamps, Front Turn

Signal and Parking Lamps
(Base Vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42

Headlamps, Front Turn

Signal and Parking Lamps
(Uplevel Vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . 10-43

Daytime Running

Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44

Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and

Stoplamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45

License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-46
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-46

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