Dreaming of brakes means it is time for you to drop everything to smell the roses and you are overdue in ending your struggles. If you are headstrong, it is hard to simply give up but sometimes you must in order to focus on things such as smelling the roses. Have you forgotten how to have fun?
You may not realize it while in the fight, you have put enough time into looking for solutions or applying a fix, and now is the time to move on. End the struggle and focus on something better.
No other dream is as clear cut as a dream about brakes, whatever you don’t like in your waking hours, you have to stop and move on. It does not mean you are a quitter, it means you have had enough and given it your best shot.