Braking and parking (VAZ-21011)

The brakes are designed to provide effective braking. However, try to brake smoothly and moderately in all cases, avoiding sudden braking.

Do not turn off the ignition or turn the key to the Park position while the vehicle is moving. Turning the key to the Park position may lock the steering shaft with the anti-theft device and the vehicle will become uncontrollable.

If one of the brake system circuits fails, the second circuit provides the vehicle's braking. In this case, the brake pedal travel increases and the braking efficiency decreases, which at first may be assessed by you as a complete brake failure. In this case, do not release the pedal and do not press it multiple times, which only increases the braking time and distance, but press the pedal until the maximum possible braking effect is achieved.

When stopping on an uphill or downhill slope, apply the parking brake and, accordingly, first or reverse gear.

To prevent the brake shoes from freezing to the drums after driving on wet roads with sudden temperature fluctuations, do not leave the car in an open area with the parking brake applied without drying the brakes by braking smoothly as you move toward the parking lot.

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