Chevrolet camaro 2002 User Manual

Remember: Anti

-

lock doesn’t change the time you need

to get your foot up to the brake pedal or always decrease
stopping distance. If you get too close to the vehicle in
front of you, you won’t have time to apply your brakes
if that vehicle suddenly slows or stops. Always leave
enough room up ahead to stop, even though you have
anti

-

lock brakes.

Don’t pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down
firmly and let anti

-

lock work for you. You may feel a

slight brake pedal pulsation or notice some noise, 
but this is normal.

When your anti

-

lock system

is adjusting brake pressure
to help avoid a braking skid,
this light will come on. 
See “Low Traction Light”
in the Index.

With anti

-

lock, you can steer and brake at the same

time. In many emergencies, steering can help you 
more than even the very best braking.

Your vehicle may have a traction control system called
ASR that limits wheel spin. This is especially useful in
slippery road conditions. The system operates only if it
senses that one or both of the rear wheels are spinning 
or beginning to lose traction. When this happens, the
system reduces engine power (and works the rear brakes
on V8 engine vehicles) to limit wheel spin.

This light will come on
when your ASR system 
is limiting wheel spin. 
See “Low Traction Light”
in the Index. You may feel
or hear the system working,
but this is normal.

The ASR system may operate on dry roads under 
some conditions, and you may notice a reduction in
acceleration when this happens. This is normal and
doesn’t mean there’s a problem with your vehicle.
Examples of these conditions include a hard acceleration
in a turn, or an abrupt upshift or downshift.