Chevrolet's factory owner's guide for the 1962 Corvette convertible, the booklet that explained controls, maintenance and care of the first 327-powered roadster to original buyers. The downloadable manual is listed here as coming soon.
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Free Corvette Owner’s Manuals: Every Model Year
The owner’s manual that came in the glovebox of every Corvette from 1953 to 2023, free to read: how the car was meant to be started, driven, broken in and maintained, the fluids and capacities, the fuse charts and tire pressures, the warranty and the dealer’s service schedule, in Chevrolet’s own words for that year. This page explains what is in a Corvette owner’s manual and how it changed over seventy years, and links the manual for every model year.
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The Basics
What This Is: The owner’s manual (Chevrolet called it the Owner’s Guide from the 1950s and the Owner Manual in the modern era) issued with each model year, presented in full
Years Covered: 1953 to 2023, every model year except 1983, which had no production
What’s Inside: Starting and driving, the controls and instruments, break-in, the maintenance schedule, lubrication and fluid capacities, tire pressures and sizes, fuse and bulb charts, the convertible top or removable roof, the warranty and the service record
How It Grew: A pocket booklet of a few dozen pages in the 1950s and 1960s; a hundred pages by the 1980s; 400 to 500 pages for the C6, C7 and C8, with the infotainment, the Driver Mode Selector and the Performance Data Recorder each getting a chapter
Why Read One: It settles how a given year’s car was meant to be operated and serviced, which parts the factory considered wear items, what the original tire pressures and fluids were, and what the warranty promised
Related Research: The sales brochures, the order guides and RPO codes, the dealer playbooks, the specs pages and the year pages, where each manual sits with its year
The Overview
The owner’s manual is the one factory document every Corvette came with, and the one most owners lost. It is the only place Chevrolet wrote down, for the car’s first owner, how the fuel injection was meant to be started cold, what the break-in limits were, when the oil, the coolant and the differential lubricant were due, what pressure the tires ran, which fuse fed what, and what the dealer was obliged to fix and for how long. For an owner it is the service reference; for a restorer it is the evidence of what the car was delivered with; for a buyer it tells you what a seller’s maintenance claims should look like.
The manuals also record how the car changed. The 1953 guide covers a six-cylinder car with a Powerglide and side curtains in a few dozen pages; the 1957 guide adds a page on the fuel injection and the four-speed; the 1963 guide the Sting Ray’s independent rear suspension and the coupe’s split window; the 1970s guides the emission controls, the unleaded-fuel requirement and the catalytic converter; the 1984 manual the digital instruments and the 4+3 gearbox; the C5 manual Active Handling and the tire-pressure monitor; the C6 keyless access; the C7 the Driver Mode Selector, the Performance Data Recorder and the eight-speed; the C8 the dual-clutch, the Front Lift and the mid-engine car’s service points, which moved the engine oil, the coolant and the battery to places a seventy-year habit would not look.
Each manual is linked from its generation’s table below, with the year it belongs to and a line on what that year’s car was; the generation hubs and the year pages put the manual beside the brochure, the order guide and the specifications. The explainer walks through what a manual contains and what to look for in each era.
What Is in a Corvette Owner’s Manual
The manuals follow the same order for seventy years: how to operate the car, how to look after it, and what the factory promised. What changes is the detail, and the detail is the history.
Operation: starting, driving and the controls
The early guides spend their first pages on things no modern manual needs: how to start a carbureted engine cold and hot, how to use the choke, when to shift a Powerglide or a three-speed, how to fit the side curtains and raise the folding top. The 1957–65 fuel-injection cars have their own starting procedure, which owners ignored at their cost. The C3 manuals explain the T-tops and the 1978 glass hatch; the C4 the digital dash and the Bosch anti-lock brakes from 1986; the C5 the head-up display and Active Handling; the C6 the keyless entry and push-button start; the C7 the Driver Mode Selector and the Performance Data Recorder; the C8 the dual-clutch’s modes, launch control, the Front Lift and its memory of up to a thousand locations.
Maintenance: the schedule, the fluids and the wear items
The maintenance pages are the ones a restorer and a mechanic want. They give the oil grade and capacity (which the dry-sump C8 and the Z06 raise well above the old small block’s), the coolant, the gearbox and differential lubricants, the brake fluid, the service intervals (lubrication every 1,000 miles on a 1950s car; oil by the monitor on a modern one), the tire sizes and pressures, the belt and filter numbers and, in the modern manuals, the fuse and relay charts for both the engine bay and the cabin. The break-in instructions changed from a few hundred gentle miles to the C8’s 500-mile limit on full throttle and its first-oil-change note.
The warranty and the service record
At the back is what Chevrolet promised: the short mileage-and-months warranties of the 1950s, the longer terms of the 1960s that peaked with the five-year, 50,000-mile powertrain cover of the late 1960s, the shorter terms that followed in the 1970s, and the modern three-year, 36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper and five-year, 60,000-mile powertrain cover, with the maintenance record pages a careful owner filled in. On an original car those pages, with the dealer’s stamps, are the provenance.
What to look for in each era
C1 (1953–62): the starting and choke instructions, the Powerglide and the fuel injection, the side curtains and the removable hardtop. C2 (1963–67): the independent rear suspension’s lubrication, the four-wheel discs from 1965, the big-block’s fuel. C3 (1968–82): the emission equipment, the unleaded-fuel requirement from 1975 and the catalytic converter, the T-tops, the 85-mph speedometer of 1980–82. C4 (1984–96): the digital instruments, the 4+3 overdrive, the ZR-1’s valet key, the ZF six-speed’s skip-shift. C5 (1997–2004): Active Handling, the run-flat tires and the tire-pressure monitor, the head-up display. C6 (2005–13): keyless access, navigation, the Z06’s dry sump and the ZR1’s supercharger service. C7 (2014–19): the Driver Mode Selector, the Performance Data Recorder, the eight-speed and the 4LT-era options. C8 (2020–23): the dual-clutch, the Front Lift, the mid-engine service points and the Z06’s flat-plane engine.
A note on the copies
The manuals are presented as issued; later printings of the same year sometimes differ in a page or two, and Chevrolet published supplements for the ZR-1, the Z06 and the ZR1 that we include with the year where we have them. Where a manual is missing or a year has more than one printing, the year page says so.
MORE: SALES BROCHURES, EVERY YEAR / RPO CODES & ORDER GUIDES / DEALER PLAYBOOKS
The Manuals by Generation
What each generation’s manuals cover and the things in them worth reading first, with the generation’s manual tag beside each row for the whole set.
MORE: THE GENERATIONS / THE BUYER’S GUIDES
| GENERATION | YEARS | WHAT THE MANUALS COVER | WORTH READING FIRST | ALL OF THEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 Corvette | 1953–1962 | A six-cylinder roadster with a Powerglide, then the V-8, the fuel injection and the four-speed; side curtains until 1956, roll-up windows and a removable hardtop after | The cold-start and choke procedures; the fuel-injection pages of 1957–62; the 1,000-mile lubrication schedule | C1 manuals |
| C2 Corvette | 1963–1967 | The Sting Ray: independent rear suspension, the coupe, four-wheel discs from 1965, the 396 and 427 big blocks | The rear-suspension lubrication points; the big-block fuel and break-in notes; the 1963 split-window coupe’s rear visibility note | C2 manuals |
| C3 Corvette | 1968–1982 | Fifteen years from the 435-horsepower L71 to the 200-horsepower Cross-Fire 1982; T-tops, the 1978 glass hatch, emission controls and unleaded fuel | The 1975-on unleaded and catalytic-converter pages; the T-top care notes; the 1980–82 speedometer and the 1982 four-speed automatic | C3 manuals |
| C4 Corvette | 1984–1996 | The digital-dash car: 4+3 and ZF six-speed gearboxes, anti-lock brakes from 1986, the ZR-1 and its supplement, the 1992 LT1 with reverse-flow cooling | The 4+3 overdrive and the skip-shift notes; the ZR-1 supplement and valet key; the LT1’s coolant procedure | C4 manuals |
| C5 Corvette | 1997–2004 | The LS1 car with the rear transaxle, run-flat tires with no spare, Active Handling from 1998, the head-up display and the Z06 | The run-flat and tire-pressure-monitor pages; Active Handling’s competitive mode; the Z06 supplement | C5 manuals |
| C6 Corvette | 2005–2013 | Keyless access and push-button start, navigation, the Z06’s dry-sump LS7 and the ZR1’s supercharged LS9 with carbon-ceramic brakes | The keyless and remote-start pages; the Z06 and ZR1 supplements; the dry-sump oil-level procedure | C6 manuals |
| C7 Corvette | 2014–2019 | The Driver Mode Selector, the Performance Data Recorder, MyLink, the seven-speed with rev-matching and the eight-speed automatic, the Z06 and ZR1 | The PDR and Valet Mode pages; the Driver Mode Selector and Performance Traction Management; the LT4 and LT5 cooling notes | C7 manuals |
| C8 Corvette | 2020–2023 | The mid-engine car: eight-speed dual-clutch, Front Lift with location memory, launch control, the Z06’s flat-plane LT6 and the Z07 package | The dual-clutch modes and launch-control procedure; the Front Lift memory; the break-in limits and the mid-engine service points | C8 manuals |
The Other Factory Documents
The manual is one of four documents the factory produced for each year. The others, each with an index page of its own:
Free Corvette Sales Brochures — the showroom brochure for every year
Corvette RPO Codes & Order Guides, All Years — the equipment, codes and prices for every year
Free Corvette Dealer Playbooks — Chevrolet’s sales guides for 2017–2020
Corvette Specs & Performance — the factory figures and the tests for every year
C1 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1953–1962
Ten pocket guides for the first Corvettes, from the six-cylinder 1953 with its Powerglide and side curtains to the 1962 with the 327 and the fuel injection. The starting procedures, the lubrication charts and the break-in pages are the ones a C1 owner needs; the 1957–62 fuel-injection pages are the ones most owners wish they had read.
MORE: THE C1 HUB / C1 MANUALS / C1 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C1 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1953 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first Corvette: 300 hand-built cars in Flint, Polo White with red interiors, a 150-hp Blue Flame six and a Powerglide | Year page |
| 1954 | 1954 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first Corvette built to sell: 3,640 cars from a new St. Louis plant, four colors, a 155-hp Blue Flame… | Year page |
| 1955 | 1955 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The year the V-8 saved the Corvette: 700 cars, 693 of them with Ed Cole’s new 265-ci small block, Zora… | Year page |
| 1956 | 1956 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first real Corvette: a new body with the side coves, roll-up windows, a 210-hp V-8 as standard, a… | Year page |
| 1957 | 1957 Corvette Owner’s Manual | One horsepower per cubic inch: the 283 V-8, Ramjet fuel injection, the first four-speed, Positraction and a… | Year page |
| 1958 | 1958 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Quad headlights, fake hood louvers, chrome trunk spears and the first Corvette over 3,000 pounds, with the… | Year page |
| 1959 | 1959 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The 1958 with the chrome taken off: no hood louvers, no trunk spears, a better interior with the first black… | Year page |
| 1960 | 1960 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first Corvette to pass 10,000 cars: a 1959 body with the fuelies raised to 275 and 315 hp, an aluminum… | Year page |
| 1961 | 1961 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Bill Mitchell’s ducktail: the Sting Ray racer’s rear end on the C1 body, four round taillights for the first… | Year page |
| 1962 | 1962 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last C1 and the first 327: four engines from 250 to 360 hp, a four-speed in nearly eight of ten cars,… | Year page |
C1 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1953–1962: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C2 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1963–1967
Five guides for the Sting Ray, with the independent rear suspension’s service points, the disc brakes from 1965 and the big blocks from 1965. The 1967 guide is the last of the small pocket format.
MORE: THE C2 HUB / C2 MANUALS / C2 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C2 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1963 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first Sting Ray: a new chassis with independent rear suspension, the one-year-only split-window coupe,… | Year page |
| 1964 | 1964 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Sting Ray’s second year: one-piece rear window, hood vents gone, a 375-hp fuelie, Muncie four-speeds,… | Year page |
| 1965 | 1965 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Four-wheel disc brakes, the 396 Mark IV big block at mid-year, the new 350-hp L79, side exhaust, knock-offs… | Year page |
| 1966 | 1966 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The 427 arrives in two strengths, the small-block list shrinks to two, the grille goes egg-crate and the… | Year page |
| 1967 | 1967 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last and cleanest Sting Ray: five fender louvers, Rally wheels, Tri-Power 427s with 400 and 435 hp, and… | Year page |
C2 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1963–1967: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C3 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1968–1982
Fifteen manuals that record the emissions era as it happened: the 1968–71 guides for the big-block and LT-1 cars, the 1972–74 net-horsepower years, the 1975 unleaded and catalytic-converter pages, the T-top and glass-hatch care notes and the 1982 Cross-Fire car with its four-speed automatic.
MORE: THE C3 HUB / C3 MANUALS / C3 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C3 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1968 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Shark arrives: Mako Shark II styling, T-tops, hidden wipers and a three-speed automatic on a carried-over… | Year page |
| 1969 | 1969 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Stingray name returns, the 327 becomes a 350, side pipes and 8-inch wheels arrive, and the all-aluminum… | Year page |
| 1970 | 1970 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The 454 arrives, the solid-lifter LT-1 small block and the first ZR1 debut, and the Shark gets its egg-crate… | Year page |
| 1971 | 1971 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The year the compression came out: 91-octane rules cut the base 350 to 270 hp and the LT-1 to 330, while the… | Year page |
| 1972 | 1972 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last chrome-bumper Corvette: the last LT-1 and ZR1, the last removable rear window and egg-crate grille,… | Year page |
| 1973 | 1973 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Shark gets a body-color urethane nose, a fixed rear window, radial tires and door beams for its 20th… | Year page |
| 1974 | 1974 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The body-color tail arrives in two pieces with a seam only the 1974 has, and the 454 bows out. The last… | Year page |
| 1975 | 1975 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last convertible for eleven years, the first catalytic converter, HEI ignition and unleaded fuel, two… | Year page |
| 1976 | 1976 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Coupe only for the first time, the Stingray badge for the last, aluminum wheels back after three years, a… | Year page |
| 1977 | 1977 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Stingray script came off the fenders and crossed flags went back on, the 500,000th Corvette left St.… | Year page |
| 1978 | 1978 Corvette Owner’s Manual | A fastback glass roof for the Corvette’s 25th birthday, a Silver Anniversary paint scheme that one buyer in… | Year page |
| 1979 | 1979 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The record year: 53,807 Corvettes, more than Chevrolet has built in any year since. The 25th-anniversary… | Year page |
| 1980 | 1980 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Shark goes on a diet: 250 pounds off with an aluminum differential housing and crossmember, thinner hood… | Year page |
| 1981 | 1981 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last St. Louis Corvette and the first from Bowling Green were built in the same summer, so 1981 is the… | Year page |
| 1982 | 1982 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last Shark got the first C4 parts: a 200-hp Cross-Fire Injection 350, the first fuel-injected Corvette… | Year page |
C3 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1968–1982: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C4 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1984–1996
Thirteen manuals for the digital-dash car, including the years of the 4+3 gearbox, the ZF six-speed and its skip-shift, the anti-lock brakes, the ZR-1 (with its supplement and valet key) and the LT1 and LT4. The 1984 manual explains the Cross-Fire engine and the instruments that confused a generation of owners.
MORE: THE C4 HUB / C4 MANUALS / C4 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C4 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1984 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first all-new Corvette in fifteen years and the first ever to skip a model year: a 96.2-inch uniframe… | Year page |
| 1985 | 1985 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The year the C4 got its engine: Tuned-Port Injection turned the 350 into the 230-hp, 330-lb-ft L98, good for… | Year page |
| 1986 | 1986 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The convertible came back after eleven years, reinforced by ASC until it was stiffer than the coupe, priced… | Year page |
| 1987 | 1987 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The year the Corvette got a twin-turbo option from the factory order form: RPO B2K sent 184 cars from Bowling… | Year page |
| 1988 | 1988 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The 35th Anniversary year: 2,050 white-over-black Z01 coupes with white leather, white 17-inch wheels and a… | Year page |
| 1989 | 1989 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The ZF six-speed replaced the 4+3, the Z52’s 17-inch wheels and Bilsteins became standard, FX3 Selective Ride… | Year page |
| 1990 | 1990 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The King of the Hill arrives: 3,049 ZR-1s with the 375-hp, 32-valve LT5 designed by Lotus and built by… | Year page |
| 1991 | 1991 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The facelift: every 1991 got a slimmer nose with wraparound lamps, body-color side moldings, horizontal… | Year page |
| 1992 | 1992 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The LT1: a new 300-hp small-block for every Corvette, with reverse-flow cooling, 10.5:1 compression,… | Year page |
| 1993 | 1993 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Forty years on: 6,749 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary cars with Ruby Red leather and embroidered headrests across… | Year page |
| 1994 | 1994 Corvette Owner’s Manual | A quiet year with two headlines: the National Corvette Museum opened across the road from the plant on… | Year page |
| 1995 | 1995 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last ZR-1 | Year page |
| 1996 | 1996 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The C4’s send-off: 1,000 Admiral Blue Grand Sports with a white stripe, two red hash marks, black ZR-1-size… | Year page |
C4 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1984–1996: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C5 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1997–2004
Eight manuals for the LS1 car: the run-flat tires with no spare, the tire-pressure monitor, Active Handling from 1998, the head-up display and the Z06 from 2001. The 1998 manual exists in two printings; the first is linked and both are on the grid.
MORE: THE C5 HUB / C5 MANUALS / C5 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C5 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1997 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first all-new Corvette in thirteen years and the one that nearly didn’t happen: hydroformed frame rails,… | Year page |
| 1998 | 1998 Corvette Owner’s Manual; Owners Manual | The convertible returns, with a trunk for the first time since 1962, and paces the Indianapolis 500: 1,163… | Year page |
| 1999 | 1999 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The hardtop arrives: a fixed-roof convertible body with the six-speed and Z51 standard, black leather only… | Year page |
| 2000 | 2000 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The quiet year before the Z06: new forged thin-spoke wheels with a polished option, Millennium Yellow and… | Year page |
| 2001 | 2001 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Z06 arrives: the hardtop body with a 385-hp LS6, a close-ratio six-speed, FE4 suspension, 17 x 9.5 and 18… | Year page |
| 2002 | 2002 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Z06 gets its 405 horsepower: a higher-lift cam, hollow-stem valves, a freer intake and exhaust, a… | Year page |
| 2003 | 2003 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Fifty years on: the 50th Anniversary Edition in Anniversary Red over Shale with champagne wheels and Magnetic… | Year page |
| 2004 | 2004 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last C5: the Commemorative Edition in Le Mans Blue with Shale leather on the coupe and convertible and,… | Year page |
C5 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 1997–2004: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C6 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 2005–2013
Nine manuals, now several hundred pages each, covering keyless access and push-button start, the navigation system, the Z06’s dry-sump LS7 from 2006, the ZR1’s supercharged LS9 and carbon-ceramic brakes from 2009 and the Grand Sport from 2010.
MORE: THE C6 HUB / C6 MANUALS / C6 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C6 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2005 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first C6: five inches shorter and an inch narrower on a longer 105.7-inch wheelbase, the first exposed… | Year page |
| 2006 | 2006 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Z06 returns as the fastest Corvette yet: a hand-built 505-hp 427-cubic-inch LS7 with dry-sump oiling and… | Year page |
| 2007 | 2007 Corvette Owner’s Manual | A carryover year with two collectibles: the Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Z06, 399 Arctic White cars with red… | Year page |
| 2008 | 2008 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The LS3 arrives: 6.2 liters and 430 horsepower | Year page |
| 2009 | 2009 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The ZR1: a 638-hp supercharged LS9, carbon-fiber bodywork, carbon-ceramic brakes, 205 mph and the first… | Year page |
| 2010 | 2010 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Grand Sport returns: the LS3 in the Z06’s wide body, brakes and wheels, as a coupe or a convertible, with… | Year page |
| 2011 | 2011 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Chevrolet’s centennial year and the Z06’s turn: the Z07 Ultimate Performance Package brought the ZR1’s… | Year page |
| 2012 | 2012 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Chevrolet’s hundredth birthday on every Corvette: the Centennial Edition in Carbon Flash Metallic with… | Year page |
| 2013 | 2013 Corvette Owner’s Manual | Sixty years of Corvette and the end of the C6: the 427 Convertible Collector Edition put the Z06’s 505-hp LS7… | Year page |
C6 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 2005–2013: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C7 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 2014–2019
Six manuals for the C7 Stingray, Grand Sport, Z06 and ZR1: the Driver Mode Selector, Performance Traction Management, the Performance Data Recorder and Valet Mode, the seven-speed with Active Rev Match and the eight-speed automatic from 2015.
MORE: THE C7 HUB / C7 MANUALS / C7 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C7 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The seventh generation and the Stingray name back after 37 years: an aluminum frame built at Bowling Green, a… | Year page |
| 2015 | 2015 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Z06 came back with 650 supercharged horsepower, a convertible body and an eight-speed automatic, the… | Year page |
| 2016 | 2016 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The C7’s peak year: 40,689 cars, 14,275 of them Z06s, the Z06 C7.R Edition in Corvette Racing Yellow or Black… | Year page |
| 2017 | 2017 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Grand Sport came back for the C7: the Z06’s wide body, brakes, Magnetic Ride and eLSD with the 460-hp… | Year page |
| 2018 | 2018 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The 65th-anniversary year, and the shortest of the C7: 9,686 cars built between June 5, 2017 and January 28,… | Year page |
| 2019 | 2019 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The last front-engine Corvette and the fastest: the 755-hp ZR1 | Year page |
C7 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 2014–2019: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
C8 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 2020–Present
Manuals for 2020 through 2023, the first mid-engine Corvettes: the eight-speed dual-clutch and its modes, launch control, the Front Lift and its location memory, the break-in limits and the service points that moved with the engine, and the Z06 and its flat-plane LT6 from 2023. Later manuals are posted as we obtain them; the year pages for 2024 on carry the in-depth guides.
MORE: THE C8 HUB / C8 MANUALS / C8 BUYER’S GUIDE / ALL C8 OWNER’S MANUALS
| YEAR | THE MANUAL | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2020 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The first mid-engine Corvette: a 495-hp LT2 behind the seats, a dual-clutch and no manual, 2.9 seconds to 60… | Year page |
| 2021 | 2021 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The second mid-engine Stingray: 26,216 cars, 42 percent of them convertibles, built around six weeks of chip… | Year page |
| 2022 | 2022 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The third C8 and the shortest model year: eight months, 25,831 cars, nearly half of them convertibles | Year page |
| 2023 | 2023 Corvette Owner’s Manual | The Z06 arrives — 670 naturally aspirated horsepower at 8,600 rpm, 3.6 inches wider, 6,413 built — in the… | Year page |
| 2024 | Manual not yet posted; see the year page | Three Corvettes for the first time: the E-Ray arrives — the first hybrid and the first all-wheel-drive… | Year page |
| 2025 | Manual not yet posted; see the year page | Four Corvettes: the ZR1 returns with 1,064 turbocharged horsepower, 233 mph and a split rear window above the… | Year page |
| 2026 | Manual not yet posted; see the year page | Five Corvettes and a new cockpit: the ZR1X arrives — the ZR1’s twin-turbo LT7 plus the E-Ray’s electric front… | Year page |
| 2027 | Manual not yet posted; see the year page | Six Corvettes and a new engine: the 6.7-liter, 535-horsepower LS6 replaces the LT2 in the Stingray and in the… | Year page |
C8 Corvette Owner’s Manuals, 2020–Present: the pages
One manual per model year. Click through to read it in full.
FAQs
Where can I read the owner’s manual for my Corvette?
Here: every model year from 1953 to 2023 is linked from the generation tables above, one post per manual, free to read in full. The year pages carry the same manual beside that year’s brochure, order guide and specifications.
What is in a Corvette owner’s manual?
How to operate the car (starting, the controls and instruments, the top or roof panels), how to maintain it (the service schedule, oil and fluid grades and capacities, tire sizes and pressures, fuses and bulbs), the break-in instructions, and the warranty and service record. Modern manuals add chapters on the infotainment, the drive modes and, on the C7 and C8, the Performance Data Recorder and launch control.
Which years are missing?
1983, because no 1983 Corvettes were sold. The 2024 and later manuals are posted as we obtain them. Where a year had more than one printing or a supplement (the ZR-1, the Z06, the ZR1), the year page says what we have.
Are these the original manuals or reprints?
Original factory manuals, presented as issued for that year. Later printings of the same year can differ in a page or two; where we know of a difference, the post says so.
What were the original tire pressures and fluid capacities for my year?
They are in the manual’s maintenance section for every year, with the tire sizes, the oil grade and capacity, the coolant and the lubricants. The specs page summarizes the engine and gearbox for each year, and the year page carries the full sheet.
What warranty did a Corvette come with?
It changed with the era and is printed in each manual: short mileage-and-months terms in the 1950s, longer ones in the 1960s peaking with five years or 50,000 miles on the powertrain in the late 1960s, shorter terms again in the 1970s and 1980s, and three years or 36,000 miles bumper-to-bumper with five years or 60,000 miles on the powertrain for the modern cars. The manual for your year has the terms as written.
Can I download the manuals?
They are posted to read on the site, each in full. The copyright is General Motors’; we present them as reference and do not sell or redistribute them.
What other factory documents are there?
The sales brochure (the showroom piece), the order guide (the equipment, codes and prices) and, for 2017–2020, the dealer playbook (the sales guide). Each has an index page linked above, and the year pages gather all of them for each model year.
