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Hydraulic Braking System

Fig 1: Identifying Primary Circuit, Secondary Circuit, Master Cylinder And Brake Control Module (BCM)
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Number  Designation  Number  Designation 
1 Primary circuit 3 Master cylinder
2 Secondary circuit 4 Brake control module (BCM)

The hydraulic brake system is a two-circuit diagonal brake system. The hydraulic brake system is divided into a primary and secondary circuits.

The primary circuit (1) includes:

The secondary circuit (2) includes:

Two cables run from the master cylinder (3) to the brake control module (BCM) (4), where the brake pipes then branch to the wheel brakes.