Have you checked your Buick Park Avenue brake pads lately? If you haven't, you could be due for a change. Your Park Avenue brake pads are an important component of your disc braking system. Unfortunately, many drivers fail to maintain their Buick Park Avenue brake pads.

When your Park Avenue brake pads become too worn, you are not only risking your safety by driving with bad brakes. Faulty Buick Park Avenue brake pads cause a domino effect in your braking system, and will lead to inevitable damage to your brake rotors as well as your brake calipers.

Your Park Avenue brake pads are comprised of a metal backing plate onto which a thick frictional lining is either glued or riveted. The lining of your brake pads is applied to your brake rotors when you engage your brakes, which generates the friction your car uses to stop.

When the lining of your Park Avenue brake pads wears down past a certain point, your brake rotors begin to grind against the metal backing plate and become damaged themselves, which means you will have to replace your brake rotors along with your brake pads. There are two ways to check the thickness of your Park Avenue brake pads: visibly and audibly. If your brakes have begun to make a high-pitched squeaking or squealing sound, this means the sensors or shims built into them are warning you to change them. You can also check the depth of your Buick Park Avenue brake pad lining by looking through the front of your wheels.When the lining of your Park Avenue brake pads is between an eighth and a quarter of an inch, replace them with a new set of brake pads from our extensive online catalogue.