SERVICE AND EMERGENCY BRAKES
Front:
– disc, floating shoe, self-ventilated.
Rear:
– drum, self-centering calipers.
Crossed hydraulic circuit control.
Vacuum brake booster.
ABS system with four sensors and EBD.
Automatic take-up of friction liner wear.
Lacking the ABS, there is the brake force distributor that acts on rear brake circuit according to load on rear axle
HANDBRAKE
Controlled by a lever, it works mechanically on the rear brake shoes.
See also:
ASR - wheel antiskid system
Messages are displayed (on certain versions) when the ASR function is activated/deactivated
manually (see “ASR system” in the “Dashboard and controls” section).
ASR system switching off is indicate ...
Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag (SAB)Inflator Units
The Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags (SAB) are designed to activate only
in certain side collisions.
The ORC determines if a side collision requires the side air bags to inflate,
based on ...
Diesel engines
If the outside temperature is very low, the diesel thickens due to the formation
of paraffins and could clog the diesel fuel filter.
In order to avoid these problems, different types of diesel are ...