When it comes to your safety, few things on your vehicle are more important than your Chevrolet Equinox brakes. You can have plenty of high-performance modification and great-looking bodywork built in to your vehicle, but if your Equinox brakes are not working in top form, you risk losing your investment-and possibly your life-in a collision. Of course, you do know how to tell when your Chevrolet Equinox brakes need work, don't you? Since your Equinox brakes are so important, they are designed to give you plenty of warning before they fail.

Various components of your Chevrolet Equinox brakes will exhibit signs that they must be replaced soon, enabling you to diagnose and repair the problem fast. A change in the feel of your brake pedal is often one of the signs that your Equinox brakes need help.

If your brake pedal is soft, or it sinks to the floor and you experience a loss in braking power, it is likely that you have a leak somewhere in your brakes, whether it is in the hoses, lines, or master cylinder that contain hydraulic brake fluid. Your brake pedal may also be hard or resistant to pressure. This typically means problems with your Equinox brakes such as a pinched line or frozen calipers. Noises from your brakes indicate trouble as well. A high-pitched squealing or squeaking is most often due to your brake pads, which means that you should change them as soon as possible. If your Equinox brakes are grinding or shuddering, you may have damaged brake rotors, and you will have to replace them as well as your brake pads. If your vehicle pulls to one side when you engage your brakes, look to your calipers or your brake rotors as the source of the problem.No matter what type of trouble you're having with your Equinox brakes, you will find all the parts you need in our extensive online catalogue.