BRAKE FEATURES


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Improved safety
•  Intrusion minimizing brake pedal adopted
•  Antilock brake system (ABS) adopted
•  Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) control adopted
•  Dynamic stability control (DSC) adopted (with DSC)
•  Electrical brake assist control has been adopted (with DSC)
Improved braking force
•  Large diameter front disc brakes adopted
•  Large diameter rear disc brakes adopted
•  Large diameter power brake unit adopted
Improved serviceability
•  Enhanced malfunction diagnosis system for use with Mazda Modular Diagnostic System (M-MDS)
•  Combined sensor integrating the yaw rate and lateral-G sensors adopted (with DSC)
•  Steering angle sensor that uses controller area network (CAN) adopted (with DSC)
Improved operability
•  Center lever type parking brake, adjustable from vehicle interior, adopted
Size and weight reduction
•  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
Improved durability
•  Plunger type master cylinder adopted
Improved reliability
•  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 (with DSC)
•  Specialized CAN communication adopted for communications between the combined sensor and the DSC HU/CM (with DSC)