Q: Rear left tire locks up

asked by on October 15, 2016

I replaced my brakes about 2 months ago and ever since then my rear left tire locks up when pushing the brake harder than normal, it does not feel like the abs is working, my question is if the abs is not working wouldn't that affect all the tires not just one and if not then what do you suspect is the problem.

My car has 215966 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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