Chevrolet 1996 Lumina Owner's Manual page 157

ANTI
-
LOCK
And
this
warning light on
the instrument panel will
c.o.me
on
briefly when y0.u
start
your vehicle.
When you start your engine, or when you begin tu drive
:away, your anti-lock-brake -aystefn will check itself. You
may hear a momen@ry motor or clicking noise while
this
twt
is going on, and you may even notice that your
brake pedal moves a little. This is normal.
If there's a:pro.bdern with the anti-lock brake system,
the
anti-lock brake system warning light will stay an: ai-
ffash.
See
"Anti-Lock Brake .System Warning Light"
in the Index.
Here's how anti-lock works. Let's say the mad is wet.
You're driving safely. Suddenly an animai j-umps out
in
You slam on the. brakes. Here"$ what hap.pens with ABS
-
A computer senses that wheels are siowing down. K'0pn-e
of the wheels. is about
to- stop rolling, the-camputer will
separately wurk-the
brakes at
eq&.frg&wheel and at-the
rear wbe.ds..
front of.
you.