DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
qBrakeSystemWarningLight
NOTE
Havingtoaddbrakefluidissometimes
anindicatorofleakage.Consultan
AuthorizedMazdaDealerassoonas
possibleevenifthebrakelightisno
longerilluminated.
Thiswarninghasthefollowingfunctions:
WARNING
Parkingbrakewarning
Thelightcomesonwhentheparking
brakeisappliedwiththeignitionswitch
intheSTARTorONposition.Itgoesoff
whentheparkingbrakeisfullyreleased.
BrakeWarningLight:
Drivingwiththebrakesystemwarning
lightonisdangerous.Itindicatesthat
yourbrakesmaynotworkatallor
thattheycouldcompletelyfailatany
time.Ifthislightremainson,after
checkingthattheparkingbrakeis
fullyreleased,havethebrakes
inspectedimmediately.Don'tdrive
withthislighton,andcontactan
AuthorizedMazdaDealertohavethe
brakesinspectedassoonaspossible.
Lowbrakefluidlevelwarning
Ifthelightstaysonaftertheparkingbrake
isfullyreleased,youmayhaveabrake
problem.
Drivetothesideoftheroadandparkoff
theright-of-way.
Youmaynoticethatthepedalisharderto
pushorthatitmaygoclosertothefloor.
Ineithercase,itwilltakelongertostop
thevehicle.
qAnti-LockBrakeSystem(ABS)
TheABScontrolunitcontinuously
monitorsthespeedofeachwheel.Ifone
isabouttolockup,theABSrespondsby
automaticallyreleasingandreapplying
thatwheel'sbrake.
1.
Withtheenginestopped,checkthe
brakefluidlevelimmediatelyandadd
fluidasrequired(page8-17).
Thedriverwillfeelaslightvibrationin
thebrakepedalandmayhearachattering
noisefromthebrakesystem.Thisis
normalwhentheABSoperates.Don't
pumpthebrakes,continuetopressdown
onthebrakepedal.
2.
Afteraddingfluid,checkthelight
again.
Ifthewarninglightremainson,orifthe
brakesdonotoperateproperly,donot
drivethevehicle.Haveittowedtoan
AuthorizedMazdaDealer.
Evenifthelightgoesouthaveyourbrake
systeminspectedassoonaspossible.
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Product Specification
Categories | Mazda 5 Manuals |
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Model Year | 2006 |
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