When your vehicle needs car care, often recommended every 5,000 miles or 6 months, the best practice is to schedule a brake inspection. This is often a cheap means to prevent breakdown, which may be catastrophic.
When you brake, pads press against a rotor, a disk-shaped part that rotates at the speed of your wheels. The friction generated by this action converts motion to heat. Brake parts wear as they convert energy of motion to heat, dissipating within the airstream.
Whenever you brake, the pads and rotors lose a little amount of their material. Everyone's brakes wear at different rates concerning highway miles vs. stop-and-go driving, how aggressively you employ your brakes, and hill driving.
Due to these individual differences, frequent inspections should get on your radar. Incipient brake problems can sometimes be amid the subsequent symptoms:
- Squealing sound when braking
- Burning smell after braking
- Vibration during braking
- Brake light illuminated. (Like all red lights on your dashboard, this requires a quick trip to our workshop for remediation.)
- stopping distance extended from previously (as pads and rotors get thinner, they work less efficiently at converting your speed to heat and dissipating it. This is a warning sign that requires redress.)
