MG ZS - Brake System; Foot Brake

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:
•Theservoassistancefunctionswiththeenginestarted
uponly.Neverallowthecartocoastwiththeengine
turnedoff.
•Alwaystakeparticularcarewhenbeingtowedwithfour
wheelsonthegroundandtheengineturnedoff.Ifthe
engineshouldstopforanyreasonwhiledriving,bring
thecartoahaltasquicklyastrafcconditionssafely
allow,anddonotpumpthebrakepedalasthebraking
systemwillloseanyremainingservoassistance.
•Oncetheenginehasstoppeditwillloseanyremaining
servoassistance,usesuitableforcetoapplythebrake
pedaltostopthecarsafelyinthecurrenttrafc
conditions.ContactanMGAuthorisedRepairer.
•Efciencyofthebrakeservoboostercanbeaffected
bynumerousconditions,suchasenginespeedloss.
Theseconditionscouldresultinextraforcerequired
tooperatethebrakepedaltostopthecar.
WetConditions
Drivingthroughwaterorheavyrainmayadverselyaffect
brakingefciency.TheSCS(StabilityControlSystem)
includesaBrakeDiscWipingfunctionwhichisactivated
whenthewindscreenwipersareused.However,always
keepasafedistancefromothervehiclesandintermittently
applythebrakepedalinconditionswherethewipersare
notused.
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