Starting&Driving
BrakinginanEmergency
DONOTpumpthebrakepedalatanytime;
thiswillinterruptoperationoftheABSand
mayincreasebrakingdistance.
Ifanemergencysituationoccurs,thedrivershouldapply
fullbrakingeffortevenwhentheroadsurfaceisslippery.
Theanti-lockbrakingsystemwillconstantlymonitorthe
rotationalspeedofthewheelsandvarybrakingpressureto
eachwheelaccordingtotheamountoftractionavailable.
Thiswillensurethatthewheelsdonotlockandthatthe
carisbroughttoahaltintheshortestpossibledistancefor
theprevailingroadsurfaceconditions.
Note:Onsoftsurfacessuchaspowderysnow,sandor
gravel,thebrakingdistancerequiredbytheanti-lock
brakingsystemmaybegreaterthanfornon-ABS
braking,eventhoughimprovedsteeringwouldbe
experienced.Thisisbecausethenaturalactionof
lockedwheelsonsoftsurfacesistobuildupawedge
ofsurfacematerialinfrontwhichassiststhecarto
stop.
Nomatterhowhardyoubrake,youshouldbeableto
continuesteeringthevehicleasNORMAL.
IMPORTANT
ABScannotcompensateoperationmistakesorshort
ofexperience.
ABSWarningLight.
See‘ABSWarningLight’.
Note:Thenormal(non-ABS)brakingsystemremains
fullyoperationalandisnotaffectedbypartialor
fulllossoftheABS.However,brakingdistancesmay
increase.
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