Brake - SSANGYONG MUSSO Owner's Manual

BRAKE

Your vehicle is equipped with disc brakes
at all 4 wheels.
• If one brake circuit should fail, the ve-
hicle can still be stopped with the sec-
ond remaining circuit. If this happens, the
brake pedal must be fully depressed
with greater pedal pressure. The brak-
ing distance is increased. Have the brak-
ing system checked and repaired by a
Ssangyong Dealer or Ssangyong Autho-
rized Service Operation before continu-
ing your journey.
• After being parked, check to be sure the
parking brake is not engaged and that
the parking brake indicator light is out
before driving away.
• Do not coast down hills with the vehicle
out of gear. This may be extremely haz-
ardous. Keep the vehicle in gear at all
times, use the brakes to slow down.
• If a tyre goes flat while driving, apply the
brakes gently and keep the vehicle
pointed straight ahead while you slow
down. When you are moving slowly
enough for it to be safe to do so, pull
off the road and stop in a safe place.
WARNING
Brakes can have temporary loss of
performance due to overheating.
• On descents shift to a low gear.
• Do not continually apply brakes.
WARNING
Do not drive with your foot resting
on the brake pedal. This could result
in the brakes overheating and losing
their effectiveness, wear out the
brake pads.
STARTING AND OPERATING 2–15
WARNING
Brakes can have temporary loss of
performance due to wet brake com-
ponents.
• After checking the rear for other
vehicles, lightly apply brakes for
performance loss.
• Keep safe forward speed.
• Keep plenty of space ahead, to the
rear and to the sides.
• Lightly apply brakes until perfor-
mance is normal.
• Always apply this procedure after
driving through water deep
enough to wet brake components
or having the vehicle washed, to
help reduce the risk of personal
injury.