Big Toyota, no brakes - no good, definitely not good! In order to be safe on road you have to take care of your car’s braking system. Periodical maintenance is the key and it includes checking the ...

Q: I am replacing brake pads on my car that are about 75% worn. The rotors look fine, and the car stops smoothly. Is there anything I need to do to the rotors or other components other than installing ...

In an ideal setting where the sky's the limit in terms of budget and labor costs, replacing the brake rotors or brake discs when changing the brake pads is highly recommended. The brake rotors in your ...

When it comes to car maintenance, there are some tasks that are better left for somebody else to tackle. An oil change, for example, doesn’t cost much more to have done at a shop than if you were to ...

If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak somewhere in your wheel cylinders or your brake lines, which are the lines that run underneath ...

Just as your gas mileage will vary depending on where and how you drive, so it goes with the life of brake pads (or brake shoes), the friction material that gets pressed against a metal disc (rotor) ...

Disc brakes work using a simple system: brake pads contained within the caliper (the clamp-like object around the brake rotor, or disc) apply pressure to the rotor and slow the car when you press the ...