Remember: Anti-lock doesn’t change the time you need
to get your foot up to the brake pedal.
If
you get too
close to the vehicle in fiont of you, you won’t have time
to apply your brakes if that vehicle suddenly slows or
stops. Always leave enough room up ahead to stop, even
though you have anti-lock brakes.
To
Use
Anti-Lock
Don’t pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down
and let anti-lock work for you. You may feel the system
working, or you may notice some noise, but this
is
normal. When your anti-lock system is adjusting brake
pressure to help avoid a braking skid,
the
LOW TRAC
light
will
come on. See
“LOW
Traction Light” in the
Index.
Traction Control System
(Option:
LT1
V8
Engine)
Your vehicle may have a traction control system that
limits wheel spin. This is especially useful in slippery
road conditions: The system operates only if it senses
that one or both of the rear wheels are spinning or
beginning to lose traction.
When
this
happens, the system works the rear brakes
and reduces engine power
(by
closing the throttle and
managing engine spark) to limit wheel spin.
The LOW
TRAC
light
will
come on when your traction
control system is limiting wheel spin. See “Low Traction
Light” in the Index.
You
may
feel
the system working, or
you may notice some noise, but this
is
normal.
The
traction control system may operate on
dry
roads
under some conditions, and
you
may notice a reduction
in acceleration when
this
happens.
This
is normal and
doesn’t mean there’s a problem with your vehicle.
Examples of these conditions include a hard acceleration
in a
turn,
or an abrupt upshift or downshift.
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