Sentences with phrase «brake pedal»

The steering loads up to indicate what the front tires are doing, the manual transmission's throws are light enough for two - fingered shifting, and the brake pedal reassures with its heft.

We also appreciate the firmer brake pedal with a better modulation that ultimately builds driver confidence.

The mechanical brakes at the wheels only engage when you step very hard and deeply on the brake pedal.

2012 Cadillac CTS The Problem: A nut that was not properly torqued could loosen and cause the push rod to separate from the brake pedal.

The brake pedal was too spongy for my tastes, although with repeated applications it seemed to warm up and pedal travel was reduced.

No, but your brake pedal is to far to the left and there is very little pedal overlap.

A good performance car will have a brake pedal that's a bit firm, so it's easier to feel how you're stopping the car.

Dab the brake pedal, pull back on the right - hand paddle and we're away, chuntering slightly as the e-gear software shuffles the clutch and engine revs, and the V10's torque fights against the all - wheel - drive viscous differentials as we peel away from our parking space.

You use the ball of your foot under your big toe on the edge of the brake pedal and the edge of your foot near your pinky on the gas.

The Niro PHEV's brake pedal applies force smoothly and progressively, however, and nothing unusual happens when it transitions from regen to friction braking.

Before I am off the brake pedal completely, I begin my corner turn - in.

Is more brake pedal travel normal for a Toyota or is there something else I should be checking for?

The driver - selectable system automatically shuts off the car's engine when stopped and restarts it when the driver lifts off the brake pedal.

When the brake pedal is released, this re-engages drive.

While driving in the rain some water will come in above the brake pedal, approximately 5 or 6 drops during an average local journey (~ 10 km).

Despite a maximum brake recuperation of 0.5 g, the brake pedal feel always remains the same.»

Meanwhile, the brake pedal feels wooden, and the transition between regenerative braking and mechanical braking feels clumsy.

Use a torch (a head - mounted lamp works great here) to see the business end of the brake pedal.

You simply select Track mode, push hard on the brake pedal, floor the throttle, watch the revs build to about 2200rpm at which point a message will appear in the dials and you release the brake pedal.

The Toyota gains a little back on the way into corners — it has fantastic brake pedal feel and that confidence - inspiring turn - in feedback — but across the Welsh countryside the RF finds easy pace where the GT86 requires maximum driver commitment.

We push hard on the Maxima's brake pedal, slowing way down for a sharp right turn on the streets of Los Angeles, and backfires spill out of the Nissan's Ansa Marmitte - tipped exhaust.

We'd like more brakes, though, as despite an upgrade to a new brake booster and big front brakes from Brembo, the brake pedal still went soft after a couple laps.

Aside from the continued complaints about the amount of brake pedal needed to scrub off speed, there are no issues with the QX's ride or handling.

Basically this means that your brake pad is stuck pressing on your rotor just like if you had your foot on the brake pedal constantly.

However, the brake pedal has been misbehaving only in the last two weeks and I am getting really...

A little dab of the brake pedal, very little pitch or dive, and the car rotates fluidly through another corner.

I would never drive my car with a suspect brake pedal.

With this done, you can then move this out of the way and gain side access to the brake pedal.

Is there any problem in the brake pedal switch?

However, the brake pedal has been misbehaving only in the last two weeks and I am getting really concerned about this.

The brake pedal is firm and stays that way even after repeated hard stops.

If your vehicle or steering wheel «pulls» to one side or the other when you press the brake pedal, it could indicate that your brake linings are wearing unevenly.

The key problem is the floor - hinged brake pedal.

Is the pulsing brake pedal necessarily an ABS issue?

Four - wheel disc brakes offer good bite and a firm brake pedal.

Nice brake pedal modulation, decent steering feel.

Throttle response, brake pedal modulation, brake performance, clutch pedal take - up, gearshift action, steering precision and feel: all I can say is yum, yum, yum, and double yum again.

And while it doesn't feel like a big car once you're up to speed, the brake pedal lacks feel and bite mid-travel, just when you want a reassuring grab of retardation.

The Countryman's brake pedal response is so severe that you invariably slow the car down more than you want for a given corner.

That is all just wild guessing, I haven't read anything on that but I could see there being something behind better fuel mileage by having the vehicle better maintain its own speed and requiring the input of the brake pedal to do the stopping.

Finally, brake pedal feel is pretty wooden, but modulation is not bad for a hybrid.

The brake pedal of the GTI is a little soft by comparison and needs more effort to deliver.

The brake pedal is stiff and won't move and I can't get the gear down from park.

Vibration in your brake pedal is not normal, and it is something that should be checked out right away.

After several admittedly sloppy laps, only the brakes remind you that you're driving a heavy vehicle as the brake pedal begins to soften.

The brake pedal gets hard because you have to provide all force yourself without any braking assistance from the vacuum powered servo.

The only way to prod the throttle is to rotate my ankle so that my toes can poke around the brake pedal.

You should see the brake pedal switch as something that interacts with the brake pedal lever, which should look something like this:

The brake pedal only needs light pressure to engage the brakes, which are easily controlled.

Then the brake pedal sometimes is pulsing and the braking distance seems to increase quite dramatically.