Method and apparatus for monitoring a vehicle braking system

A vehicle braking system, comprising:

• a brake pedal in communication with a wheel brake;
• a brake actuation system;
• a braking system controller;
• an on-board driver communication system;
• and
• a controller operatively connected to the braking system controller and in communication with the brake pedal and the brake actuation system, the controller including an instruction set, the instruction set executable to:
• monitor the brake pedal to determine a braking request,
• monitor the brake actuation system to determine a brake actuation command, monitor vehicle operation;
• determine parameters associated with the braking request, the brake actuation command and the vehicle operation during a single braking event of a plurality of braking events;
• segment the parameters associated with the braking request, the brake actuation command and the vehicle operation into parameters associated with a static portion of the single braking event and parameters associated with a dynamic portion of the single braking event;
• evaluate the parameters associated with the static portion of the single braking event and evaluate the parameters associated with the dynamic portion of the single braking event;
• assess a state of health of the braking system based upon the evaluations of the parameters for the plurality of braking events;
• and
• communicate, via the on-board driver communication system, the assessment of the state of health of the braking system to a vehicle driver.