Avoid needless heavy braking. Some 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.
Anti-Lock
Brakes
(ABS)
Your Chevrolet has an advanced electronic braking
system that will help prevent
a
braking skid.
This light on
the
instrument panel
will
come
on
briefly when
you
start your vehicle.
When you start
your
vehicle, or when you begin to drive
away,
you
may hear
a
momentary motor or clicking
noise. And you may even notice that
your
brake pedal
moves
a
little while this is going on. This
is
the
ABS
system testing itself. If there’s a problem with the
anti-lock brake system,
the
anti-lock brake system
warning light will stay
on
or
flash.
See “Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light”
in
the
Index.