Brake Symptoms Checklist

Brake Symptoms Check

Help our technicians help you.

1. Does your car stop OK?

Yes No Sometimes

2. The brake pedal seems:

To work OK Too high To pulsate or chatter
Hard Too low To work better when pumped
Soft Spongy To return too slowly

3. Does the vehicle:

Stop straight Pull left only when braking
Always pull in one direction Pull right only when braking

4. Do the brakes:

Grab Seem to be dragging Lock at times Make noise
Describe noise:________________________________________________________

5. The Emergency/Park Brake:

Is seldom used Works OK Doesn't work properly
Explain:_______________________________________________________________

6. Has the brake fluid been adding in the last 6 months?

Yes No

7. Have the brakes been flushed and bled in the last 6 months?

Yes No
Adjusted?  
Yes No

8. Is dash brake light on?

Yes No

9. Last time brakes were serviced and repaired?

3 Months 6 Months 9 Months Longer

10. Other problems:________________________________________________________________

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