Your Acura brake system has many parts. They range from a brake cylinder and brake piston to brake fluid and brake lines and hoses. If it's a newer car or SUV, it also has brake calipers, brake pads installed on the calipers, and brake rotors. If your model's older, it may have brake drums and brake shoes.

How brakes work is straightforward. The piston traverses the cylinder's bore, pressurizing the fluid, which travels through the lines and hoses, charges the calipers, and presses their pads to the rotors. (Alternatively, if your Acura has drums and shoes, they clamp together.) The process creates friction that slows down and stops your vehicle.

Unfortunately, brakes can go bad from both old age and hard use. Which parts require replacement depends on the results of a complete inspection. Luckily, there are signs of brake problems you can look out for, too. Besides dashboard warning lights, such symptoms include:

• Strange noises when braking
• Shuddering when braking
• An overly soft or unusually low brake pedal
• Less grippy brakes than normal
• Pulling sideways when braking
• Longer slowing and stopping times
• Grinding sounds

Grinds suggest damaged rotors. It usually indicates they've begun directly contacting your brake calipers because your brake pads have worn down.

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