Ensure you can stop when you need to when you bring your car in for a brake inspection at Calgary's Lakeview Automotive. Our seasoned technicians can check out all systems in your vehicle, including the brakes. You can rely on us to go over your car, truck, or van with a fine-toothed comb so that you can drive away with a little more confidence.

We depend on our brake system to slow us down or stop us entirely in a hurry. The colder temperatures and hazardous road conditions do nothing to help. Here are three things that your brakes deal with during the winter:

1. Pads and Rotors Heat up Quicker: It sounds a bit ironic that your brakes would heat up faster in the cold temperatures than in the dead heat of summer, but it is true. Water and moisture from the snow and slush act as a lubricant. When this happens, you must apply extra pressure on the brake pedal to stop your vehicle. The extra pressure heats your pads quickly.
2. Brake Wear Increases Substantially: Consider the road conditions during winter. They are icy, snowy, and wet, causing the road to be a tricky place. What happens when you hit the brakes too quickly in fresh snow? You slide and sometimes end up in a ditch. To avoid this, you pump your brakes to prevent sliding. This added action speeds up your pads and rotors' wear and tear, including cracking from the excessive heat.
3.  Road Salt Corrodes Brakes: We appreciate that our municipal and city road crews get out in the dead of night to lay salt on the roads. The salt lowers the freezing point of water, which melts the ice on the streets. Your tires ride on the pavement and not on the frozen water. However, salt is corrosive. Your brakes are no match for the power of salt.

Beat Old Man Winter at his game by periodically removing salt off your car and having a complete brake inspection from Lakeview Automotive. Don't assume the squeaks you hear will go away in the summer. If you think you smell some excessive heat coming from your wheel wells, stay safe, and let us check things out. Our technicians will thoroughly go over your Subaru, Ford 150, or any other make and model and offer the best remedies to keep you safer on the road. Find out how much we love to work on cars when you give us a call today!