A federal safety investigation of the Toyota Prius that was involved in a dramatic incident on a California highway last week found a particular pattern of wear on the car's brakes that raises ...

Thanks to its toughness, durability, and heat-handling properties, steel has long been the material of choice for building automobile braking system components. In fact, steel is used to create many ...

Q During an inspection at the dealership, my 2006 Hyundai Sonata, with disc brakes on all wheels, was found to have the left-rear brake metal-on-metal with 31,000 miles of mostly tollway driving. The ...

A growing number of owners allege that the brakes on the third-generation 2010 Toyota Prius can malfunction unexpectedly, with at least 20 complaints filed so far with the National Highway Traffic ...