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There are many parts of your car you need to be aware of.  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 cars that were considered economic cars like Hyundai’s, are now state of the art machines, it’s not that hard to think nothing goes wrong.

That is a big 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 that is important for the life of your car, what most people neglect is their brakes.  Which is important to the life of themselves and their family.

So let’s take a look at your brakes and knowing when it is time to change them because 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 not a good sign and you want to have your brakes replaced as soon as possible.

Second symptom is when your brakes make a loud screeching or a high pitch noise.  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 are then burned.  

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

Vibrations are a third problem.  If your drums and rotors are warped, there will be a vibration when you brake.   This happens when too much heat cause them to lose their shape.  If this occurs, you have to replace your rotor.

The last problem to take notice of is when your brakes start to pull.  What happens is when you brake, your vehicle pulls in one direction.  This happens when your brakes caliper is not getting applied evenly.  This happens due to a fluid leak.  To determine which side the leak is coming from, a brake professional needs to take a look.  How you fix this is by replacing the caliper removing all the air out of the brakes.

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 consider your brakes are what prevents you from having accidents and running into things, this is a part of your car’s maintenance, you never want to neglect.

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