Q: Squishy brakes

asked by on October 12, 2016

I replaced brakes and now brakes are squishy. I bled them and even replaced master cylinder, still nothing. I also checked my brake booster and that's good. My abs light is also turns on when I drive it for a while. Could it be a bad abs control unit?

My car has 170000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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