You can save hundreds of dollars by replacing the pads and rotors yourself. And it only requires a few cheap tools.

Air in the brake system can make your brake pedal feel spongy and vague. You should flush the fluid every two or three years, which is a relatively easy two-person project.

Both Brembo and ZF are preparing a new, revolutionary brake-by-wire that uses electric motors to slow down your car.

The hose’s job is to carry brake fluid from a brake line fixed to the car’s body the rest of the way to the brake caliper on the wheel. Its flexibility is what allows the wheel to move with ...

The pedal pushes a piston through this cylinder, forcing brake fluid through brake lines to slave cylinders ... last the life of the car, but like brake calipers, sometimes it can spring leaks ...