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Overview
The speed of the Passat depending on the version up to 190-240 km / h. The additional load on the brakes makes vehicle weight. When installed on the Passat modern powerful engines of its gross weight of 2200 kg - more than two tons. Front and rear wheels are equipped with disc brakes. To improve the thermal regime of the front brake discs provide internal ventilation. The brakes do not need to be adjusted, they set themselves. Power brakes and anti-lock braking system (ABS) increase brake performance. To optimize active safety is the Electronic Stability Program (ESP). The interaction of these systems achieve a high braking performance and minimum braking distance in critical situations, as "brake assist" in these cases increases the brake pedal until it stops. Passat is equipped with two diagonally opposite brake circuits. One circuit uses the front right and rear left wheel, and the second - the front left and rear right wheels. When using only one of the circuits have to press hard on the brake pedal, braking the car to reach. Thus pedal stroke increases, and the braking distance becomes longer. When you press the brake pedal pusher presses the two pistons of the master cylinder to the brake booster is formed by the pressure in the system. The main brake cylinder can not be repaired. If it fails, it must be replaced in the assembly. Pistons transmit force pedal through hydraulic line to the brake caliper. Caliper pushes the piston of the wheel cylinder, which in turn presses the lining to the brake disc. When the pedal is released the piston returns to its original position and cover away from the disc. The distance between the pads and the disk becomes about 1 mm, but this is enough to drive freely.
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