How Often Should Your Toyota Get Brake Service From Your Toyota Dealer?

Regular brake service from the qualified technicians at your Toyota dealer is essential for your safety on the road. The skilled Toyota technicians perform comprehensive brake system inspections, replacements, and repairs that guarantee proper vehicle control, stopping power, and long-lasting braking performance.

Brake Inspection Intervals

Your brakes must be tested, serviced, and repaired at regular intervals to prevent brake failure and to keep you safe on the road. Every Toyota model comes equipped with a service schedule that includes brake inspections, brake pad measurements, brake fluid changes, and brake part replacements at factory-recommended maintenance intervals.

Generally, the factory recommends a thorough brake inspection with an oil change every 5,000 miles or 6 months, whichever comes first. Once a year, at the 10,000-mile interval, the technician will check the brake lines and hoses, and at the 20,000-mile maintenance interval, replace the brake fluid if required. Check your owner’s manual for the brake inspections, brake fluid changes, and brake part replacement intervals for your specific model, or ask your Toyota technician for information.

Expert Toyota Brake Inspections, Tests, and Repairs

When you bring your Toyota to us for service, the qualified Toyota technicians perform top-quality maintenance and repair work you can rely on to keep your vehicle performing at its best. During a brake inspection and service, the skilled technicians perform thorough brake inspections, tests, and repairs using cutting-edge equipment and advanced technology.

Quality Genuine Toyota Brake Components

If your Toyota requires brake replacement parts, the technician will expertly install quality Genuine Toyota Brake Components. The brake components are tested and approved to fit your Toyota perfectly and guarantee reliability and long-lasting braking performance.

Signs It’s Time For a Brake Repair

In addition to bringing your vehicle to us for routine brake system maintenance, also look out for the following signs that will warn you when it’s time for a brake repair.

• High-Pitched Squealing Sounds

When you step on the brakes and hear shrill squealing sounds, it’s the wear indicators built into the pads warning you that the brake pads are thin. New brake pads are eight to twelve millimeters, but it’s best to replace them ASAP when they reach 3 millimeters or less.

• Horrible Grinding Noises

If you don’t get the brake pads replaced in time, they will wear down entirely, and the bare metal will scrape against and damage the rotors. That’s when you’ll hear that horrible grinding noise.

• Brake Pedal Vibrations

If you feel vibrations through your brake pedal, it could be due to warped or thin rotors. Rotors warp due to age or from hard braking.

• Slow Brake Response

If you apply the brakes and your car is slow to respond, check the ground under your vehicle for brown puddles that are not as slick as oil. It could be that your car is leaking brake fluid. There could also be an air leak in the brake hose. Our technicians will pinpoint the leak and repair it in no time.

• Your Car Pulls to the Side

When you step on the brake pedal and your car pulls to the left or right, the brake linings are worn unevenly, or the brake fluid is dirty. A service from one of our qualified Toyota technicians will quickly sort out the problem.

With routine brake inspections and services from skilled Toyota technicians at the factory-recommended maintenance intervals, your brakes will have the stopping power you need to be safe on the road. Ready to schedule a brake service in Baltimore, MD? Easily do so online today!

We look forward to serving you at DARCARS Toyota of Baltimore.

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