Q: Rear brakes
My rear passenger wheel has been making a grinding noise possibly the rear driver side also one day i was driving and i looked at my gauges and my break light was on and my break pedal had alot of air in it to where it touched the floorboard i pulled over popped the hood and checked my brake fluid and the rear break fluid was empty the front part still had brake fluid i looked at the inside part of my rear passenger tire and it was wet as if somethin was leakin on to it i didnt really check the rear driver side but what could my problem be
My car has 233000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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