Pontiac 2006 manual Anti-Lock Brake System ABS, United States Canada

Avoid needless heavy braking. Some people drive in spurts — heavy acceleration followed by heavy braking — rather than keeping pace with traffic. This is a mistake. Your brakes may not have time to cool between hard stops. Your brakes will wear out much faster if you do a lot of heavy braking. If you keep pace with the traffic and allow realistic following distances, you will eliminate a lot of unnecessary braking. That means better braking and longer brake life.

If your engine ever stops while you are driving, brake normally but do not 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 you will use it when you brake. Once the power assist is used up, it may take longer to stop and the brake pedal will be harder to push.

Adding non-GM accessories can affect your vehicle’s performance. See Accessories and Modifications

on page 5-3.

Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS)

Your vehicle may have the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS), an advanced electronic braking system that will help prevent a braking skid.

United States Canada

If your vehicle has ABS, this warning light on the instrument panel will come on briefly when you start your vehicle.

When you start your engine, or when you begin to drive away, ABS will check itself. You may hear a momentary motor or clicking noise while this test is going on,

and you may even notice that your brake pedal moves or pulses a little. This is normal.

If there is a problem with ABS, the anti-lock brake system warning light will stay on. See Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light on page 3-33.

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