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DrivingYourMazda
StartingandDriving
qBrakeSystemWarningLight
NOTE
Havingtoaddbrakefluidissometimesan
indicatorofleakage.ConsultanAuthorized
MazdaDealerassoonaspossibleevenifthe
brakelightisnolongerilluminated.
WARNING
Donotdrivewiththebrakesystem
warninglightilluminated.Contactan
AuthorizedMazdaDealertohavethe
brakesinspectedassoonaspossible:
Drivingwiththebrakesystem
Thiswarninghasthefollowingfunctions:
Parkingbrakewarning
Thelightilluminateswhentheparking
brakeisappliedwiththeignitionswitch
intheSTARTorONposition.Itturnsoff
whentheparkingbrakeisfullyreleased.
warninglightilluminatedis
dangerous.Itindicatesthatyour
brakesmaynotworkatallorthat
theycouldcompletelyfailatany
time.Ifthislightremains
Lowbrakefluidlevelwarning
Ifthelightstaysonaftertheparkingbrake
isfullyreleased,youmayhaveabrake
problem.
illuminated,aftercheckingthatthe
parkingbrakeisfullyreleased,have
thebrakesinspectedimmediately.
Drivetothesideoftheroadandparkoff
theright-of-way.
qParkingBrakeReminder
Iftheparkingbrakehasnotbeen
completelyreleasedandthevehicleis
drivenatabout5km/h(3mph)orfaster,a
continuousbeepsoundwillbeheardto
notifythedriverthattheparkingbrake
hasnotbeenreleased.
Youmaynoticethatthepedalisharderto
depressorthatitmaygoclosertothe
floor.Ineithercase,itwilltakelongerto
stopthevehicle.
1.
Withtheenginestopped,openthe
hoodandcheckthebrakefluidlevel
immediately,andthenaddfluidif
required(page8-24).
qAnti-LockBrakeSystem(ABS)
TheABScontrolunitcontinuously
monitorsthespeedofeachwheel.Ifone
isabouttolockup,theABSrespondsby
automaticallyreleasingandreapplying
thatwheel'sbrake.
2.
Afteraddingfluid,checkthelight
again.
Ifthewarninglightremainson,orifthe
brakesdonotoperateproperly,donot
drivethevehicle.Haveittowedtoan
AuthorizedMazdaDealer.
Thedriverwillfeelaslightvibrationin
thebrakepedalandmayhearachattering
noisefromthebrakesystem.Thisis
normalwhentheABSoperates.Continue
todepressthebrakepedalwithout
pumpingthebrakes.
Evenifthelightturnsoffhaveyourbrake
systeminspectedassoonaspossibleby
anAuthorizedMazdaDealer.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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