System Components: Brakes: Notes

The brake system is a hydraulic dual-circuit brake system with "front/rear split", vacuum boost power assist and EBV. One brake circuit each for the front and rear axles. The parking brake actuating unit is located in the center console and is equipped with an automatic cable adjuster (ASZE) and a compensating element.

The advantages of the parking brake with automatic cable adjuster are:

• The 2 cables no longer have to be adjusted during installation.
• Cable extensions (cable conduit) contractions over the operating time are automatically compensated so that the parking brake lever travel is consistent.
• Prestretching of the cables is no longer necessary.
• The parking brake does not have to be adjusted at the end of the assembly line and in the service department.
NOTE: color coded handbrake cables (left/right different part numbers).