Excessive Pedal Travel Check
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Suzuki Vitara. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Remove foot rest and displace carpet and dash silencer(s).
- Start engine.
- Depress brake pedal a few times.
- With brake pedal depressed with approximately 300 N (30 kg, 66 lbs) load, measure pedal to asphalt sheet clearance "c".
If clearance "c" is less than specification, the most possible cause is either rear brake shoes are worn out beyond limit or air is in lines.
Should clearance "c" remain less than specification even after replacement of brake shoes and bleeding of system, other possible but infrequent cause is malfunction of rear brake shoe adjusters or booster push rod length out of adjustment.
Clearance "c" between brake pedal (with depressed) and asphalt sheet
"c": Over 115 mm (4.53 in.)