Your vehicle may be indicating that you need to have your brakes checked. To avoid serious brake failure and possible injury watch for these signs.
- Smelling a burnt odour coming from your brakes.
- Brake warning light comes on while you’re driving.
- Brake fluid is low.
- Brakes feel like they’re dragging (your car does not feel like it’s rolling freely).
- Your vehicle pulls to one side when you apply the brakes.
- The brake pedal goes down too far to the floor.
- You hear noise – of any kind – while braking (like screeching, grinding, squeaking).
- When you apply your brakes, the pedal feels too hard or too spongy.
- ABS warning light comes on while you’re driving.
- Your brake pedal pulsates and/or your vehicle vibrates or shudders when you apply the brakes (you’ll mainly feel this in the steering wheel).