Keeping your Chevy Lumina brakes in good working order is critical to your driving safety. Easily the most important system on your vehicle, your Lumina brakes can keep you from damaging your vehicle, and can even save your life. In order to maintain your brakes, it is a good idea to be familiar with the various warning signs that something is about to go wrong.

You may have seen it happen in movies, but in real life your Chevy Lumina brakes will rarely fail without warning. The symptoms of brake problems can usually either be heard or felt as you are driving.

If your Lumina brakes are making any sort of noise, you should check them out right away, since they are designed to operate soundlessly. Squeaking or squealing brakes can mean that your brake pads are worn and need to be replaced. This sound usually comes from your brake pad sensors, which warn you when the lining depth of the pads falls below a quarter of an inch. A loud grating or grinding noise from your Chevy Lumina brakes is more serious, and means that your rotors are damaged. In this case you will have to replace both rotors and pads. If your Lumina brakes feel soft, you may be low on hydraulic brake fluid, which often indicates a leak in the hoses, lines or master cylinder. Hard brakes can indicate bad power boosters, frozen calipers, or pinched brake lines, while shuddering brakes mean damaged rotors, calipers, or both.Find all the components you need to repair your brakes here in our extensive online catalogue, and enjoy our fast, reliable shipping and deep discount prices on all our auto parts and accessories.