SAIC MG 6 - Brake System; Foot Brake

Starting&Driving
BrakeSystem
FootBrake
Foraddedsafety,thehydraulicbrakingsystemoperates
throughdualcircuits.Ifonecircuitshouldfail,theother
willcontinuetofunction,butgreaterpedalpressurewill
beneeded,andincreasedbrakepedaltravel,andlonger
stoppingdistanceswillbeexperienced.Intheeventof
abrakefailurewhereonlyonecircuitisoperational,
thecarshouldbebroughttoahaltassoonastrafc
conditionssafelyallow.DONOTcontinuedriving-seek
MGAuthorisedRepairer.
ServoAssistance
Thebrakingsystemisservoassisted,alwaysbeawareof
thefollowing:
•Neverallowthecartofreewheelwiththeengineturned
off.
•Alwaystakeparticularcarewhenbeingtowedwiththe
engineturnedoff.Iftheengineshouldstopforany
reasonwhiledriving,bringthecartoahaltasquickly
astrafcconditionssafelyallow,anddonotpumpthe
brakepedalasthebrakingsystemwillloseanyremaining
servoassistance.
•Oncetheenginestopandthebrakingsystemlose
remainingservoassistance,applybrakepedaltostop
thecarwithtrafcconditionssafelyallowandseekMG
AuthorisedRepairer .
•Asaresultoftheenginelosespeedorotherreasons
(atmosphericpressurei.e),brakingeffeciencyof
boosterlow,moreforceisneededtopressdownthe
brakepedaltostopthecar .
WetConditions
Drivingthroughwaterorheavyrainmayadverselyaffect
brakingefciency.Keepthesafedistancewithother
vehicles,pressbrakepedalintermittentlytomakebrake
discdry.
ElectronicBrakeForceDistribution(EBD)
Y ourcarisequippedwithElectronicBrakeForce
Distribution,which,inordertomaintainbrakingefciency,
distributesbrakingforcesbetweenfrontandrearwheels,
underallloadconditions.
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