Does the brake fluid need to be changed periodically?

It is impossible to determine based on color, smell, or touch when your brake fluid has become contaminated, although chemical tests are available. Change the brake fluid at 24,000- to 36,000-mile intervals, or anytime you have work done on the brake lines or cylinders.

Tips for Keeping Your Brakes in Working Order

The following tips can help assist you in making sure your brakes are taken care of on a day to day basis:

• Have your brake shoes and pads checked often for natural wear and tear. Replace when needed.
• Have your linings checked by a mechanic periodically.
• Flush and change your brake fluid every year.
• Bring your car in for repair if you notice the brakes are sticky or less sensitive than you are used to.
• Replace rotors at the same time, not one at a time.
• If you need a new brake part, make sure the new piece is compatible with your existing system.

Replacing brake pads

Brake pads play a crucial role in the proper functioning of the car. Brake pads might get worn out due to the excessive pressure working on it over time. With a worn brake pad, the ability of the car to respond to the braking reduces and the car will come to a halt only a little while later. This is a very dangerous fault as the car will not come to sudden halt in emergency situations. Such situations might arise at times when you have to avoid an accident or at the traffic lights. On facing such a problem with braking, one must promptly realize the need for replacing the brake pads.

You can understand the need for replacing the brake pads from certain signs like squealing brake pads, wheel grabs, soft brake pedals and sometimes the car will pull from one side to the other. There are the warning signs that one must understand the time for brake pad change. Sometimes, these problems might also require other car components to be changed. On noticing such signals one can check the brake pads by his own or take the car to a car mechanic. Most of the garages have free break checking provision, or at a meager amount. It is always good to have it checked by the experts, after all it concerns with your life.

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We had a loud sound - a humming that started as soon as we started moving and just got louder. I took it in at 11 - I called them at 4 (because I was on lunch) I was told it was on the rack and he would call back in a few min. They did just that. They said it was the wheel barings on one side. They said that they also recommended the roaters be replaced - which didn't suprise me. It was making some nasty sounds. They said that if they did it now there would be no labor because they already had the roater off. and was either going to put the new one on or the old one on. I went ahead and had it done.They had it done that night. It sounds great - I can actually hear my two kids arguing again in the back seat.It was about 400 - which I can't say if that was a lot or not - but it hurt my wallet. Good work though, fast and friendly.

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I had an oil change here & they were very friendly. The place looked busy, but I got right in for an oil chsnge & it was really the price posted on the sign $19.95!!!!!