1994 Chevrolet Camaro Owners Manual

94 Warning Lights and Indicators . . . 93 Gasolines for Cleaner Air . . . . . . . . 182 Glass (Cleaning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 GloveBox .................... 86 GM Participation in BBB Auto Line -

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Program .................. 259 H a l o g e n Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Hatch Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 I ... 270

.......... 52 Hatch Release. Remote Hazard Warning Flashers ......... 148 Headlight Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 . . . . . . . 74 Headlight High/Low Beam Heater Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Heater. Engine Coolant (Block) . . . . 59 Heating ....................... 108 Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 . . . . . . . . . 138 Hill and Mountain Roads Hitches ....................... 144 Hood Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Hood. Checking Things underthe . . I84 . . . . . . . . . 154 Hook.Ups. Front Towing . . . . . . . . . 156 Hook.Ups. Rear Towing Horn ......................... 72 How to Add Coolant to the

. . . . . . . . 160 Coolant Recovery Tank How to Add Coolant to the Radiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1. 163 Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Hydroplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Hypnosis. Highway Identification Number. Vehicle . . . . 227 Identification. Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 If You’re Stuck: In Sand. Mud. Ice or Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Ignition Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Inflatable Restraint System. Supplemental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Mirror ......................

Inflation . Tire Pressure .......... 2 15 Inside Daymight Rearview 82 Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Instrument Panel ............... 91 Instrument Panel. Cleaning the 222 Interior Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 J u m p Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 K e y Release Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Keys ......................... 46

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Topof

L a b e l , Service Parts

Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Lane Change Indicator, Turn Signal and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Lap-Shoulder Belt (Safety Belts) . . . 21 Larger Children (Safety Belts) . . . . . 42 Latches, Front Seatback . . . . . . . . . . 14 Leaving Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Leaving Your Vehicle with the Engine Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Lighter. Ashtray and Lighter, Cigarette ............... 89 Lights Air Bag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Anti-Lock Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 ASR ....................... 96

Lights

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . 94 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 I Check Gages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I00 8 1 Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daytime Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Front Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Gages and Indicators. Warning . . 93 Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Low Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1 Low Oil 100 Low Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Main Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 98 Operation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Safety Belt Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 20 Service Engine Soon . . . . . . . . . . 98 Skip Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Lights On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . 66 Loading Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12 Lock Control. Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Locks. Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Locks. Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Low Coolant Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 1 Low Oil Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Low Traction Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Lubricant. Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Lubricants. Recommended . . . . . . . 25 1

M a i n Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Main Light Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Maintenance

Inspections. Periodic . . . . . . . . . . 249 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Services . Scheduled . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Underbody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 When Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . 146 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . 98 Manual

Adjust Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Remote Control Mirror . . . . . . . . 82 1 2 Seat. Four-Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transmission (Five-Speed) . . . . . 62 Transmission (Six-Speed) . . . . . . 63 Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Map Lights. Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 MapPocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Master Cylinder. Brake . . . . . . . . . . 202 Mirrors

Control. Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Convex Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Inside Day/Night Rearview . . . . . 82 Manual Adjust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Manual Remote Control . . . . . . . . 82 Visor Vanity. Covered . . . . . . . . . 89 Mountain Roads. Hill and . . . . . . . . 138

N e w Vehicle “Break-In” . . . . . . 55 Night Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i34 Night Vision Nuts . Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Odometer . Speedometer and . . . . 92 Odometer. Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Oil. Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Operation of Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Overheating. Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Owner Checks and Services . . . . . . . 246

P (Park) Shifting into . . . . . . . . . 67

P (Park). Shifting out of . . . . . . . . . . 69 Paint

Chemical Spotting . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Finish Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Finish Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Foreign Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Parking

Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 On Hills (Trailer Towing) . . . . . . 146 Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . 70 Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Parts. Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 PASS-Key I1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Passenger Positions (Safety Belts) . . 31 Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Right Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 271 . .

Passengers. Rear Seat

(Safety Belts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 I Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Pedal Travel. Brake Periodic Maintenance Inspections . . 249 Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Retained Accessory Seat. Six-Wdy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Windows .................... 7 1 during ......................

Pregnancy. Safety Belt Use 31 Pressure Cap. Radiator . . . . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Problems on the Road Publications. Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Questions Many People Ask about

Safety Belts - and the Answers.

Here are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Radiator Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . 200 Radiator. How to Add Coolant to the .................... 16 1. 163 . . . 120

Radio Reception. Understanding Radio. To Play the

AM/FM Stereo with Cassette

Tape Player

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 13

Disc Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I6

AM/FM Stereo with Compact ... 272

Rain. Driving in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Rainy Weather Tips. Some Other . . . I36 Rear

Axle ....................... 197 Axle. Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Seat Passengers (Safety Belts) . . . 31 Seat. Securing a Child Restraint in the .....................

37 Seatback. Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Towing Hook-Ups . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . I I 1 Window Defogger

Rearview Mirror? Inside

Day/Night ....................

82 Reclining Front Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . 13 Recommended Fluids

and Lubricants

Recovery. Off-Road Release

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1

Hatch ...................... 51 Hatch. Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Hood ....................... 184 . . . . . . 20 Reminder Light. Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Reminder. Lights On . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Remote Hatch Release Remote Lock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Replacement

Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 . . . 50 Battery. Remote Lock Control Bulbs (Part Numbers) . . . . . . . . . . 23 1 Bulbs (Service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Parts ....................... 233

Replacement

Retained Accessory Power Right Front Passenger Position

Wheel ...................... Wheels. Used

219 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Replacing Brake System Parts . . . . . 204 Replacing Safety Belts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . 259 Restraint Systems. Seats and . . . . . . 11 Restraints Checking Your System . . . . . . . . . 43 Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Where to Put the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . 36 (Safety Belts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Restraint in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Road. Problems on the . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Road. Your Driving and the . . . . . . . 123 . . . . . . . . 138 Roads. Hill and Mountain . . . . 261 Roadside Assistance. Canadian Roadside Assistance. Chevrolet . . . . 260 Rocking Your Vehicle to Get 177 Roof Panels. Twin Lift-off . . . . . . . 83 Rotation. Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Running Lights. Daytime . . . . . . . . . 80 Running Your Engine while . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

It out ......................

Right Front Seat. Securing a Child

You’re Parked

Index

T T o p Sunshades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Tachometer .................... 93 Tank. Filling Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Temperature Control Knob . . . . . . . 108 Theft ......................... 53 Theft Deterrent Feature/ THEFTLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 18 Theft-Deterrent. PASS-Key I1 . . . . . 53 Thermostat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Tilt Wheel ..................... 72 Tips. Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Tips. Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 12 Tire Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Tires ......................... 214 Balance. Wheel Alignment and . . 219 Buying New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I7 Chains ..................... 220 Changing a Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Inflation Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 15 Inspection and Rotation . . . . . . . . 2 16 Temperature Grades . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I8 Traction Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18 Treadwear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18 Uniform Quality Grading . . . . . . . 2 18 . . . . . . . 2 17 When It’s Time for New

Tone. Setting the

AM/Fl\/I Stereo with Cassette Tape Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AM/FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player .................... ... 274

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I I7

Top Strap (Child Restraints) . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Torque Lock Towing

A Trailer .................... 142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Front Hook-Ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Rear Hook-Ups Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Trailer Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Trailer. Towing a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Transmission

Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Fluid. Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Fluid. Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Manual. Five-Speed Manual. Six-Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Transmitters. Matching to Your Vehicle (Remote Lock Control) . . 49 Transportation. Courtesy . . . . . . . . . 26 1 Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Trip. Before Leaving on a Long . . . . 137 Turn Signal and Lane Change

Indicator ....................

73

Turn SignaVHeadlight

Beam Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Twin Lift-off Roof Panels . . . . . . . . 83

Underbody Maintenance . . . . . . . 225 Underhood Electrical Center . . . . . . 230 Understanding Radio Reception . . . 120 Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . 218 . . . . . . . 191 Used Oil. What to Do With

Used Replacement Wheels . . . . . . . .

Vehicle

Control of a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Damage Warnings Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Environment and Your . . . . . . . . . 238 Identification Number (VIN) . . . . 227 Leaving Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Loading Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Parking Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Rocking .................... 177 Storage ..................... 204 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Towing Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Washing Your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 109

Ventilation .................... Ventilation System.

Flow-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 . . . . . . 89 88 98

Ventilation Tips Vision. Night Visor Vanity Mirror. Covered .................... Visors. Sun Voltmeter .....................

Warning

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Devices. Other 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Hazard Flashers Lights. Gages and Indicators . . . . 93 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle Damage

Washer Fluid. Windshield . . . . . . . . 201 Washers. Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Washing Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Water. Driving Through

Deep Standing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Weatherstrips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Weight of the Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Wheel Nut Torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Wheel s

Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 219 Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Tilt ........................ 72 Used Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Where to Put the Restraint

(Child Restraints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Why Safety Belts Work . . . . . . . . . . 17 Windows ..................... 71 Defogging and Defrosting . . . . . . 109 Manual ..................... 71 Power ...................... 71 Rear Defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Cleaning Washer ..................... 75 Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Wipers ..................... 74 Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Wipers. Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

x u r Driving and the Road . . . . . . 123

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287. . .

Service Station Information

Hood Release See Page 184

See Page 201

Engine Oil Dipstick and-

Fill Cap (3.4L L32 (Code S) Engine) See Page 188 Engine Oil Dipstick and /

Fill Cap (5.7L LTl (Code P) Engine) See Page 188 Cold Tire Pressure See Tire-Loading Information label on the inside of the rear edge of the driver’s door. See Page 212

Fuel\ Capacity 15.5 U.S. Gal. (58.7 L). Use unleaded gas only, 87 octane or higher for the 3.4L L32 (Code S) engine, 9 1 octane or higher for the 5.7L LT 1 (Code P) engine. See Page 181

The Delco Freedom@ battery needs no water. See Page 204

\Battery

Cooling System Reservoir Check coolant at the coolant recovery tank by using the dipstick. Add coolant at the coolant recovery tank. The fluid should be at or a little above the “FULL HOT” mark on the dipstick when the engine is warm. If the engine is cool, the level should be at ”FULL COLD” on the dipstick. See Page 199

‘Spare

Tire Pressure

Compact Spare: 60 psi (420 kPa). See Page 176

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