Q: Why are my ABS and brake lights on
The brake system kept getting hard and loose, then one day the front wheels looked up on us and now it hardly brakes when flooring. We see some wet spots near the master cylinder on the valves I think around the bolts. We have no way of taking it down the mountain so would like to know what we need to fix it? Thanks
My car has 264279 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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