Braking - Suzuki NEXA BALENO Owner's Manual & Service Booklet

Activation conditions for the hill hold
control system
The hill hold control system activates to
prevent the vehicle from rolling downward
for about 2 seconds if your foot is moved
from the brake pedal when the following
conditions are all met.
• The gearshift lever is in the forward gear
or reverse position.
• The parking brake is released.
• The vehicle is on an upward slope.
• The brake pedal is depressed firmly.
For the vehicles with ENG A-STOP system
(if equipped), the hill hold control system is
activated when the engine is restarted
after being stopped automatically, even if
the previous conditions are not met.
NOTE:
When the hill hold control system is acti-
vated, you may hear a sound coming from
the engine, or you may feel hardness of
the brake pedal. These are normal and do
not indicate a malfunction.

Braking

The distance needed to bring any vehicle
to a halt increases with the speed of the
vehicle. The braking distance needed, for
example, at 60 km/h will be approximately
4 times greater than the braking distance
needed at 30 km/h. Start to depress the
brake pedal when there is plenty of dis-
tance between your vehicle and the stop-
ping point, and slow down gradually.
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
If water gets into the brake devices,
brake performance may become poor
and unpredictable.
through water or washing the under-
side of the vehicle, test the brakes
while driving at a slow speed to see if
they have maintained their normal
effectiveness. If the brakes are less
effective than normal, dry them by
repeatedly applying the brakes while
driving slowly until the brakes have
regained their normal effectiveness.
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Power-assisted Brakes
Your vehicle has power-assisted brakes. If
power assistance is lost due to a stalled
engine or other failures, the system is still
fully operational on reserve power and you
can bring the vehicle to a complete stop by
pressing the brake pedal once and holding
it down. The reserve power is partly used
up when you depress the brake pedal and
reduces each time the pedal is pressed.
Apply smooth and even pressure to the
pedal. Do not pump the pedal.
WARNING
After driving
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