MG ZS Series - Brake System Overview; Foot Brake Operation; Braking Servo Assistance; Braking Performance in Wet Conditions

STARTING&DRIVING
BrakeSystem
FootBrake
Foraddedsafety,thehydraulicbrakingsystemoperates
throughdualcircuits.Ifonecircuitshouldfail,theother
willcontinuetofunction,butgreaterpedalpressurewill
beneeded,andincreasedbrakepedaltravel,andlonger
stoppingdistanceswillbeexperienced.Intheeventofa
brakefailurewhereonlyonecircuitisoperational,thecar
shouldbebroughttoahaltassoonastrafcconditions
safelyallow.DONOTcontinuedriving-seekanMG
AuthorisedRepairer .
ServoAssistance
Thebrakingsystemisservoassisted,alwaysbeawareof
thefollowingsduringtheoperation:
•Theservoassistancefunctionisreliantuponvacuum,
vacuumisonlyproducedwhilstthevehiclepower
systemisONorREAD Y/RUNNING.NEVERallowthe
cartocoastwhenthevehiclepowersystemisOFF .
•Vacuumtosupportthesystemisprovidedbyanelectric
vacuumpump.DONOTcontinuallypumpthebrake
pedal,thismayaffectthevacuumpumpefciency,the
brakingsystemmaybeunabletoprovidesufcient
brakeassistandthevehiclespeedwillbelimited.If
thissituationdoesoccurorisunavoidable,whenitis
safetodoso,pleasepulloverandallowtheelectric
vacuumpumptocooldownforawhile.Pleasepower
thevehicleagain,toreturntonormal.
•Ifthepromptmessage"VacuumSystemFault"is
displayedintheinformationmessagecentre,bring
thecartoahaltasquicklyastrafcconditionssafely
allowandcontactanMGAuthorisedRepairerassoon
aspossible.Atthistime,thebrakingsystemmaybe
unabletoprovidesufcientbrakingforce,DONOT
drivethevehicle.
•Theefciencyofthebrakeservoboostercanbe
affectedbynumerousconditions,suchaschangeof
atmosphericpressureduetoaltitudedifferences.These
conditionscouldresultinextraforcebeingrequiredto
operatethebrakepedaltostopthecar .
WetConditions
Drivingthroughwaterorheavyrainmayadverselyaffect
brakingefciency.TheSCS(StabilityControlSystem)
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