Softstop and SBC
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Softstop and SBC
Has anyone actually felt the soft stop feature work? I've got 1000 miles and I still can't seem to make a smooth stop. The sbc brakes are pretty touchy and I always seem to cause a slight jerk right before I stop. Is there a trick to stopping smooth in this thing? Maybe I'm just used to my other car with normal brakes, but if anyone can enlighten me, please feel free...
Rob
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Have the car for a little more than 3 months, the feeling is: smooth stop is achievable, it just takes time to get use to the SBC nature; however, the SBC is too effective, once your car is full stop, then you release the brake, it will not like other auto-shift cars that start to roll without stepping on the gas-paddle. It just stop there even you relesae the brake. (just need to get use to it)
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Strange, but I haven't noticed that the brakes are much different than normal. Maybe smoother. Others that have driven my car have had the same problems you are describing. I don't think that I changed anything when braking.
What do you mean when you say you can take your foot off from the brake after you come to a complete stop?
Ed
What do you mean when you say you can take your foot off from the brake after you come to a complete stop?
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From: Fort Myers, FL
'23 EQE 350 4MATIC
Originally posted by mb_newbie
..... however, the SBC is too effective, once your car is full stop, then you release the brake, it will not like other auto-shift cars that start to roll without stepping on the gas-paddle. It just stop there even you relesae the brake. (just need to get use to it)
-- mb_newbie
..... however, the SBC is too effective, once your car is full stop, then you release the brake, it will not like other auto-shift cars that start to roll without stepping on the gas-paddle. It just stop there even you relesae the brake. (just need to get use to it)
-- mb_newbie
When I took delivery of my car, it had the usual 'creep' that you find in any car with an auto transmission. I think this is normal and I don't know why your car does not do so.
Back to the original question:
The soft stop feature works and it works quite well. The brakes modulate a few times just before coming to a complete stop. It takes some getting used to but I find that I still need to lift my foot off the pedal just before the spot where I want to make a full stop.
Last edited by saintvir; Dec 17, 2002 at 01:06 AM.
