Video: Caring for Your Brakes

SUNNYVALE — Host, Sarah Rutan: Depending on the type of car you have, there are a couple of ways to tell when its time for new brakes. Today we’re in Sunnyvale with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Cliff Do of A1 Performance Auto Repair to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Cliff Do: Yeah, we talk about the brakes. So, here the brake disc and the brake pad inside. And some car, they have like more than pads and discs; they have the sensor. So, if you want to know the brake pad is worn out, they have the sensor inside. So, when the sensor lit up at the dash, you know that a brake is worn out.

But somehow, like a Japanese car, they do have the sensor in the brake pad. They don’t have the light. So, some sensors is attached to the brake pad right here. So, and then when the brake pad is worn out, you know, low like this, the sensor will touch and will make a noise. Here, that the new pad. You can see the difference on the brake pad. So, that one new and one old.

So, when the brake pad worn out like this, so you need the new brake pad replaced and make the car safe running on the road. And beside [the] brake pad, [a worn out [unintelligible] disc], it get into very dangerous [points]. So, the brake pad can be malfunction and brake system could be malfunction and get, you know, [out order] on the brake. So, please check the brake out and make sure that they’re safe.

Host, Sarah Rutan: To learn more from local top-rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified Expert Reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.