July 5th, 2009

There are a lot of parts to your car you need to keep an eye on.  In this day and age of cars having everything automated, a lot of times maintenance of your car gets neglected.  Believe me I have seen it all owning a San Diego auto repair shop.

After all, even cheap cars are considered state of the art driving machines like the Hyundai, so it is easy to believe nothing goes wrong.

That is a huge mistake.  There are still going to be parts of your car that need to be paid attention to and maintained.  Most people take care of oil changes and things like that.  Although for the life of your car that is important, a lot of people forget their brakes.  Which is important to the life of themselves and their family.

So let’s find out how to know when it is time to change your brakes when they have become unsafe.

First symptom of brakes that need to be changed are when they are grinding or scratching.  Usually this is an indicator that the metal plate that holds the brake pad is gone and now you have it rubbing against the rotor.  This is a bad sign and you definitely need to replace your brakes immediately.

Second sign is when you have high pitch noises or loud screeching made by your brakes.  This happens by a condition they call glazed.  This occurs when someone always brakes too much and casues the rotors to heat up.  The rotors then are burned.  

You fix this by going to a brake shop like my San Diego brake shop.

A third condition that happens to your brakes is vibrations.  When your rotors or drums are warped, when you are braking this will cause a vibration.   This happens when too much heat cause them to lose their shape.  When it occurs, your rotor has to be replaced.

The last problem to take notice of is when your brakes start to pull. What occurs when you are braking is your vehicle want to pull in one direction.  This happens when your brakes caliper is not getting applied evenly.  This is caused by a fluid leak.  To know which side is leaking, you need to have a professional look at it.  You can fix this by removing the air out of the brakes and replacing the caliper.

These are the usual problems that brakes have.  When this does happen you need a shop that fixes brakes like we fix San Diego brakes.

When you realize it’s your brakes that stop you from accidents, you never want to neglect this part of your car’s maintenance.

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