I know that repeated sudden stops at a medium-high rate of speed in semi-quick succession can be damaging to the average vehicle, but I’m curious as to how damaging, and in exactly what way.
I’m also curious, let’s say hypothetically I perform 6 emergency stops a week, 3 from 30MPH and 3 from 60MPH, we’ll say I’m doing 1 a day with 1 day off. What kind of short/long term damage should I be expecting from the added stress to the vehicle?
Sorry if this is a weird question. I had trouble finding a satisfying answer to both questions online. I’m not a technically inclined individual.
Thank you.
A normal and decently maintained vehicle will not be damaged in any way from doing the occasional emergency stop. Your car is designed to stop without destroying itself.
Your brakes will wear a little faster if you did this daily, and the heat from doing it many times in quick succession will heat and wear your brakes very quickly, but that’s it.
Outside of a racetrack you aren’t going to be pushing your brakes to their limit at all, even with an emergency brake situation every day.