Q: Brakes weak and gas not accelerating
I actually have a Daewoo Lanos 2001 but it wasn’t an option anyway I came up to a four way stop today and my brakes stopped working I rolled for a second before stopping then when I went to push the gas nothing happened no acceleration engine light on.I turned the car off and back on and it seemed to have driven fine afterwards. Previous owner said 02 sensor was bad and I needed an oil change.Also while driving yesterday I heard a metal clanking sound.Car also struggles a little bit going uphill seems to lose power.
My car has 138018 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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