1996 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 154

Avoid needless heavy braking. Some people drive in spurts -- heavy accelerationfollowed by heavy braking -- rather than keeping pace with traffic. This is a mistake. Your brakes may not have time cool between to hard stops.Your brakes will wear much fasterif you out do a lot of heavy braking.If you keep pace with the traffic and allow realistic following distances, you will eliminate a lot unnecessary braking. That means of better braking and longer brake life. 5: ' If your engine ever stops while you're driving, brake normally hut don't pump your brakes.If you do, the pedal may get harder to push down. If your engine stops, you will still have some power brake assist. But is you will use it when you brake. Once the power assist used up,it m'ay take longer stop and the brake pedal to will be harder to push. , AntbLsck Brakes Your vehicle has anti-lock brakes (ABS). ABS is an advanced electronic braking system that will help prevent a brakingskid. When you start your engine, or when you begin to drive away, your anti-lock brake system will check itself. You may hear a momentary motor or clicking while noise this test is going and you may even notice that your on, brake pedal moves little. This isa normal. () e If there's aproblem with the anti-lock brake system,this warning light will stayon.' See "Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light" in the Index. 4-6