Driving and operating, Driving and operating 9-1 – CHEVROLET 2011 Camaro User Manual

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Chevrolet Camaro Owner Manual - 2011

Driving and Operating

9-1

Driving and
Operating

Driving Information

Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-9
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-12
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-13

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-18
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Shifting Into Park (Automatic

Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Parking (Manual

Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

Parking Over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28

Active Fuel Management

®

. . . 9-28

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-30
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32

Manual Transmission

Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-34

Brakes

Antilock Brake

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control

System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38

StabiliTrak

®

System . . . . . . . . . 9-39

Competitive Driving Mode . . . 9-41
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-43

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43

Object Detection Systems

Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-46

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