Avoid needless heavy braking. Sone people drive
in spurts
-
heavy acceleration followed by heavy
braking
-
rather than keeping pace with traffic. This is
a mistake. Your brakes may not have time to cool
between hard stops. Your brakes will wear out much
faster
if
you do a lot
of
heavy braking. If you keep pace
with the traffic and allow realistic following distances,
you will eliminate a
lot
of
unnecessary braking.
That means better braking and longer brake life.
If your engine ever stops while you’re driving, brake
normally but don’t pump your brakes.
If
you do,
the pedal may get harder to push down.
If
your engine
stops, you will still have some power brake assist.
But you will use it when you brake. Once the power
assist is used up, it may take longer to stop and
the brake pedal will be harder to push.
Your vehicle has anti-lock brakes.
ABS
is an advanced
electronic braking system that will help prevent a
braking skid.
When you start your engine, or when you begin to drive
away, your anti-lock brake system wiii check itself.
You may hear a momentary motor or clicking noise while
this test is going on, and you may even notice that
your brake pedal moves or pulses a little. This is normal.
If there’s a problem with
the anti-lock brake system,
this warning light will
stay on. See
Anti-Lock
Brake
System
Warning
Light on page
3-39.
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