Saab 9 5 I 1 YS3E owners manual page 167

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Starting and driving 167 Braking ABS brakes To avoid the brakes becoming overheated, WARNING WARNING (e.g. when negotiating long descents with a • It is prudent to try your brakes from drop of several hundred feet), select a low time to time, especially when driving in • The additional safety afforded by the gear to use the braking effect of the engine. heavy rain, through water collected on ABS system is not designed to allow If the car has automatic transmission, move the road, in snow, on a wet road sur- drivers to drive faster but to make the selector lever to position 1 or 2. face or in salty slush. In such condi- normal driving safer. When driving fast, you can help to prolong tions, the brakes may take longer than the life of the brakes by thinking ahead and normal to take effect. To rectify this, • To stop as quickly as possible, without braking harder for short periods, rather than touch the brake pedal periodically to loss of directional stability, whether braking more moderately over long dry the brakes out. the road surface is dry, wet or slippery, stretches. press the brake pedal down hard- Brake pad wear indicators • The same applies after the car has without letting up, declutching The outboard brake pads on the front been washed or when the weather is simultaneously, and steer the car to wheels incorporate pad-wear indicators. very humid. safety. When the lining is down to 3 mm, the pad • Avoid parking the car with wet brakes. ABS (antilock braking system) modulates will produce a screeching, squealing or Before parking, and if the traffic condi- the brake pressure to the respective scraping noise when the brakes are applied. tions allow, brake quite heavily so that wheels. Wheel sensors detect if a wheel is New pads should be fitted without delay. the brake discs and pads warm up and about to lock, and the control module Brake pads should only be replaced by dry. reduces the pressure to that wheel and then an authorized Saab dealer. • The brakes are power assisted and it increases it once more until the tendency is To ensure optimum brake performance, should be kept in mind that the servo detected again. it is recommended that you use only unit only provides the power assis- The brake system is equipped with an Elec- Saab original brake pads. tance when the engine is running. tronic Brake-force Distribution device (EBD), which distributes the brake pressure • The brake pressure required when the between the front and rear wheels, in such engine is off,(e.g. when the car is on a way as to achieve optimum braking perfor- tow) is roughly four times the normal mance irrespective of the car’s speed and pedal force required. The pedal also load. feels hard and unresponsive. The ABS system has a built-in diagnostic function which will switch on the Anti-lock brake warning light if a fault is detected in the system (see page 50).

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