Driving your vehicle
Disc brakes wear indicator
Your vehicle has disc brakes.
CAUTION
Driving with the parking brake
•
When your brake pads are worn and new
pads are required, you will hear a high-
pitched warning sound from your front
brakes or rear brakes. You may hear this
sound come and go or it may occur
whenever you depress the brake pedal.
Please remember that some driving con-
ditions or climates may cause a brake
squeal when you first apply (or lightly
apply) the brakes. This is normal and
does not indicate a problem with your
brakes.
applied
will cause excessive
brake pad and brake rotor wear.
• Do not operate the parking brake
while the vehicle is moving except
in an emergency situation. It could
damage the vehicle system and
make endanger driving safety.
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Parking brake
Applying the parking brake
CAUTION
To avoid costly brake repairs, do
not continue to drive with worn
brake pads.
To engage the parking brake, first apply
the foot brake and then pull up the park-
ing brake lever as far as possible.
•
•
Always replace brake pads as
complete front or rear axle sets.
In addition it is recommended that when
parking the vehicle on a incline, the shift
lever should be in a low gear on manual
transaxle vehicles or in the P (Park) posi-
tion on automatic transaxle vehicles.
WARNING - Brake wear
This brake wear warning sound
means your vehicle needs service.
If you ignore this audible warning,
you will eventually lose braking
performance, which could lead to a
serious accident.
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| Document Type | Owners Manual |
| Language | English |
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