Q: My boyfriends friend said he had the brakes changed on my 1995 toyota corolla and not even 1 week later i have absolutely no brake
Just had brakes changed and not even a week later I have absolutely no brakes unless I slam on the brake pedal but it doesn't stop completely, I have to use my emergency brake in order to stop
My car has 150000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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