Opel Corsa: Active emergency braking / Brake preparation system

Opel Corsa 2020-2026 Owners Manual / Driving and operating / Driver assistance systems / Active emergency braking / Brake preparation system

When approaching a vehicle ahead or a pedestrian so quickly that a collision is likely, the brake preparation system slightly pressurises the brakes. This reduces the response time, when braking is requested.

Functionality

Depending on the vehicle configuration and the detected objects, there are several operational speed ranges. On vehicles equipped only with front camera, the active emergency braking operates from 5 km/h to 80 km/h when a vehicle has been detected...

Emergency automatic braking

After activation of brake preparation system and just before the imminent collision, this function automatically applies limited braking to reduce the impact speed of the collision or prohibit a crash...

Other information:

Opel Corsa 2020-2026 Owners Manual: Brakes. Brake fluid

Brakes In the event of minimum thickness of the brake lining, a squealing noise sounds during braking. Continued driving is possible but have the brake lining replaced as soon as possible. Once new brake linings are installed, do not brake unnecessarily hard for the first few journeys...

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