1. Your brake warning light comes on.

2. Your vehicle pulls to one side when you press down on the brakes, instead of stopping in a straight line.

3. Your vehicle jerks to a stop when you press down on the brakes.

4. Your brakes grind continuous with a loud metallic noise when you press down on them.

5. Your brake pedal is either "mushy" or hard to press down.

6. You must pump the brakes to get them to work right.

7. One or more wheels is excessively hot after short drives.

8. You see fluid leaks around any wheel or in the engine compartment near the master cylinder.