One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

Of all the systems in your car, perhaps the most important to your safety are the brakes. Modern vehicles use hydraulic fluid to transmit pressure from a master cylinder to individual cylinders at ...

Dear Mike: I’m trying to install a new master cylinder on my 1982 minivan. I wanted to flush the system of old, dirty fluid, so I blew all the brake lines clear with compressed air after opening all ...

There’s an old expression, “Why stop when you’re having fun,” but when the subject is a 1969 SS396 El Camino that couldn’t stop to save its proverbial soul there wasn’t anything fun about it. Such was ...

Brakes are one of the most important components of any car, and most modern cars come equipped with a hydraulic braking system, which needs brake fluid to function. What does brake fluid exactly do?