Improved safety
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• Intrusion minimizing brake pedal adopted
• Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) control adopted
• Antilock brake system (ABS) adopted
• Dynamic stability control (DSC) adopted
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Improved braking force
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• Large diameter front disc brakes adopted
• Large diameter rear disc brakes adopted
• Large diameter power brake unit adopted
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Improved serviceability
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• Combined sensor integrating the yaw rate and lateral-G sensors adopted
• Steering angle sensor that uses controller area network (CAN) adopted
• Enhanced malfunction diagnosis system for use with Mazda Modular Diagnostic System (M-MDS)
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Improved operability
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• Center lever type parking brake, adjustable from vehicle interior, adopted
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Size and weight reduction
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• Integrated construction of the hydraulic unit (HU) and control module (CM) adopted for the ABS HU/CM and DSC HU/CM
• Integrated construction of the front wheel hub component and front ABS wheel-speed sensor adopted
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Improved durability
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• Plunger type master cylinder adopted
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Improved reliability
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• Semi-conductor element type front ABS wheel-speed sensor adopted
• Magnetic encoder type front ABS sensor rotor adopted
• DSC HU/CM with built-in brake fluid pressure sensor
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