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Chevrolet Aveo Owner Manual - 2011

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Engine Compartment

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-12
Automatic Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Manual Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15

Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-16
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-21
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 10-23
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-28
Automatic Transmission Shift

Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Ignition Transmission Lock

Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Park Brake and P (Park)

Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-29

Wiper Blade

Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Headlamp Aiming

Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Bulb Replacement

Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Front Turn Signal,

Sidemarker, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Taillamps, Turn Signal,

Sidemarker, Stoplamps,
and Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . 10-33

Center High-Mounted

Stoplamp (CHMSL)
(Hatchback) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Center High-Mounted

Stoplamp (CHMSL)
(Sedan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-35
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-35

Electrical System

Electrical System

Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Fuses and Circuit

Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Engine Compartment Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

Instrument Panel Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40

Wheels and Tires

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . 10-42
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Tire Terminology and

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45

Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48

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