Driving And Operating - Chevrolet spark 2017 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 169
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 170
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 172
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 175
Ignition Positions (Key
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 185
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 187
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 190
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Driver Assistance Systems
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . 195
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Driving and Operating
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 202
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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