1993 Pontiac Sunbird Owner's Manual - Page 106

Avoid needless heavy braking. Some SHIFT people drivein spurts - heavy acceleration followed by heavybraking ANTI- rather than keeping pace with traffic. This is a mistake. Your brakes not may have timeto cool between hard stops. Your brakes will wear much faster if out you do a lotof heavy braking.If you keep pace with traffic and allow the realistic following distances, will you of eliminate a lot unnecessary braking. Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) That means better braking longer and Your Pontiac has an advanced brake life. electronic braking system will help that prevent skidding. If your engine ever stops while you're driving, brake normally but don't pump This lighton the instrument panel will your brakes.If you do, the pedal may go on when you start your vehicle. get harderto push down.If your engine When you start your vehicle,or when stops, you will still have some power you begin to drive away, you may a hear brake assist. But you willuse it when momentary motor or clicking noise. you brake. Oncethe power assistis And you may evennotice that your used up, it may take longer to stop and brake pedal moves a little while this is the brake pedal will be harder push. to going on. This is the ABS system testing itself. If there's a problemwith the anti-lock brake system, the anti-lock brake systemwarning light will stay on or flash. See Anti-lock Brake System Warning Light in the Index. L B 0 Here's howanti-lock works. Let's say the road is wet. You're driving safely. Suddenly an animal jumps out in front of you. You slam on the brakes. Here's what happens with ABS. A computer senses that wheels are slowing down. If one of the wheels is about to stop rolling, the computer will separately workthe brakes at each front wheel and at therear wheels. The anti-lock system can change the brake pressure faster than any driver could. The computer is programmed to make the most of available tire and road conditions.