1995 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual - Page 152

Avoid needless heavy braking. Some people drive in Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) spurts heavy acceleration followed by heavy Your Buick has an advanced electronic braking system braking -- rather than keeping pace with traffic. Thisa is that will help prevent a braking skid. mistake. Your brakes may have time to not cool between hard stops.Your brakes will wear out much faster if you This light on the do alot of heavy braking. If you keep pace with the instrument panel will traffic and allow realistic following distances, you will come on briefly when eliminate a lot of unnecessary braking. That means you start your vehicle. better braking and longer brake life. -- If your engine ever stops while you're driving, brake normally but don't pump your brakes.you do, the If pedal may get harder to push down. If your engine stops, you will still have some power brake assist. But you will useit 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. ANTI LOCK When you start your vehicle and begin to drive away, you may hear a momentary motor or clicking noise. And you may even notice that your brake pedal moves a little while this is going on. This is the ABS system testing itself. If there's a problem with the anti-lock brake system, the anti-lock brake system warning light will stay on. See "Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light" in the Index. 4-6