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DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
qBrakeSystemWarningLight
NOTE
Havingtoaddbrakefluidissometimes
anindicatorofleakage.Consultan
AuthorizedMazdaDealerassoonas
possibleevenifthebrakelightisno
longerilluminated.
Thiswarninghasthefollowingfunctions:
WARNING
Parkingbrakewarning
Thelightcomesonwhentheparking
brakeisappliedwiththeignitionswitch
intheSTARTorONposition.Itgoesoff
whentheparkingbrakeisfullyreleased.
Donotdrivewiththebrakesystem
warninglightilluminated.Contactan
AuthorizedMazdaDealertohavethe
brakesinspectedassoonaspossible:
Drivingwiththebrakesystemwarning
lightilluminatedisdangerous.It
indicatesthatyourbrakesmaynot
workatallorthattheycould
completelyfailatanytime.Ifthislight
remainsilluminated,afterchecking
thattheparkingbrakeisfully
released,havethebrakesinspected
immediately.
Lowbrakefluidlevelwarning
Ifthelightstaysonaftertheparkingbrake
isfullyreleased,youmayhaveabrake
problem.
Drivetothesideoftheroadandparkoff
theright-of-way.
Youmaynoticethatthepedalisharderto
pushorthatitmaygoclosertothefloor.
Ineithercase,itwilltakelongertostop
thevehicle.
qAnti-LockBrakeSystem(ABS)í
TheABScontrolunitcontinuously
monitorsthespeedofeachwheel.Ifone
isabouttolockup,theABSrespondsby
automaticallyreleasingandreapplying
thatwheel'sbrake.
1.
Withtheenginestopped,checkthe
brakefluidlevelimmediatelyandadd
fluidasrequired(page8-22).
2.
Afteraddingfluid,checkthelight
again.
Thedriverwillfeelaslightvibrationin
thebrakepedalandmayhearachattering
noisefromthebrakesystem.Thisis
normalwhentheABSoperates.Don't
pumpthebrakes,continuetopressdown
onthebrakepedal.
Ifthewarninglightremainson,orifthe
brakesdonotoperateproperly,donot
drivethevehicle.Haveittowedtoan
AuthorizedMazdaDealer.
Evenifthelightgoesouthaveyourbrake
systeminspectedassoonaspossibleby
anAuthorizedMazdaDealer.
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íSomemodels.
FormNo.8V66-EA-06F
| Categories | Mazda 3 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2007 |
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