low brake fluid?
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low brake fluid?
I had the "brake fluid" warning come up a few months back so I took my car to a shell station, and the guy refilled the fluid for me. (He said I had very little left). Today driving to work, as I left off my brakes I noticed the damn warning is coming up again. Probably a fluid leak?
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The brake pedal itself feels normal.. I wouldn't have noticed unless the warning came up like it did.. Not sure if this is related, but when I'm pulling out of my driveway, as I accelerate and turn the wheel to the left I hear a rubbing noise and can feel it vibrating the gas pedal.. If I accelerate slowly as I turn the wheel it tends not to do it, but if I accelerate moderately fast it's pretty noticeable.
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not always. i just had an 04 cavalier in the shop with a leaking slave and the thing drove just fine, the guy said he has been topping it up for 2 months now. id say 95% of the time they leak and the pedal goes to the floor and it loses all its fluid, but there are rare cases were they show no symptoms of it.
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It was a caliper leaking.. Apparently I need the back brake drums replaced along with the brake caliper.. it's costing me 700+ dollars to have it done. I'm broke!
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