Chevrolet Sonic Owner's Manual: Finish Damage
Quickly repair minor chips and scratches with touch-up materials available from your dealer to avoid corrosion. Larger areas of finish damage can be corrected in your dealer's body and paint shop.
Sheet Metal Damage
If the vehicle is damaged and requires sheet metal repair or replacement, make
sure the body repair shop applies anti-corrosion material to parts repaired or replaced
to restore corrosion protecti ...
Chemical Paint Spotting
Airborne pollutants can fall upon and attack painted vehicle surfaces causing
blotchy, ring-shaped discolorations, and small, irregular dark spots etched into
the paint surface. See “Finish Care ...
Other materials:
Hill Start Assist (HSA)
This vehicle has an HSA feature, which may be useful when the vehicle is stopped
on a grade. This feature is designed to prevent the vehicle from rolling, either
forward or rearward, during vehicle drive off. After the driver completely stops
and holds the vehicle in a complete standstill on a ...
Drum Brake System Description and Operation
System Component Description
The drum brake system consists of the following:
Drum Brake Shoes
Applies mechanical output force, from hydraulic brake wheel cylinders,
to friction surfaces of brake drums.
Brake Drums
Uses mechanical output force applied to fric ...
Power Steering Control Module Programming and Setup
The following service procedures require either a programming or a setup event
performed for a complete repair.
Power Steering Control Module Replacement
If the steering column power steering control module needs to be is replaced,
the power steering control module needs to be progra ...
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