Chevrolet Cruze Owners Manual: Braking
Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. Deciding to push the brake pedal is perception time. Actually doing it is reaction time.
Average driver reaction time is about three-quarters of a second. In that time, a vehicle moving at 100 km/h (60 mph) travels 20m (66 ft), which could be a lot of distance in an emergency.
Helpful braking tips to keep in mind include: • Keep enough distance between you and the vehicle in front of you.
• Avoid needless heavy braking.
• Keep pace with traffic.
If the engine ever stops while the vehicle is being driven, brake normally but do not pump the brakes. Doing so could make the pedal harder to push down. If the engine stops, there will be some power brake assist but it will be used when the brake is applied.
Once the power assist is used up, it can take longer to stop and the brake pedal will be harder to push.
Control of a Vehicle
Braking, steering, and accelerating are important factors in helping to control
a vehicle while driving. ...
Steering
Electric Power Steering
The vehicle has electric power steering. It does not have power steering fluid.
Regular maintenance is not required.
If power steering assist is lost due to a system malfun ...
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Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA)
The vehicle may have a Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) system. Read this entire
section before using the system.
WARNING
SBZA does not detect vehicles rapidly approaching outside of the side blind
zones, pedestrians, bicyclists, or animals. Failure to use proper care when changing
lanes may res ...
Interior Lamps Dimming
This group includes lamps which may dim. This group may use a combination of
vacuum fluorescent illumination, LEDs and incandescent
lamps
HVAC control module, head assembly
Rear HVAC control module, head assembly
Radio
Rear seat audio
The instrument panel cluster
The PRNDL lamp, wit ...
Maps
This section includes basic information about the map database.
The data is stored in the internal flash memory that is used in the navigation
system.
Detailed Areas
Road network attributes are contained in the map database for detailed areas.
Attributes include information such as street nam ...
