The other day my abs felt like they went out i basically have to push my brake pedal to the floor and it always wants to lock up. The Brake light came on and my abs lit up.

So i got home and opened hood and found that my brake fluid had ran dry. So i put a can of dot3 in it and jumped back in. The brake light went off and so did abs so i thought it was fixed, until.i went to brake again and same thing as before pedal was almost to the flor and locks up.

So i got pissed and pumped the brake pedal trying to get it to retain pressure. and brake light lit back up. any ideas on what i need to do to fix this thing?

Sounds like you have a massive fluid leak somewhere. Look around the master cylinder and the lines while you have someone press the pedal. If you can't see anything, you'll have to pull all 4 wheels and check the calipers/wheel cylinders(under the drums). Sounds like the issue is up front though if you're losing it that fast. When you filled it back up did you bleed the lines?


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Fill up the brake fluid, then get in and pump the brake pedal. Look for the puddle on the ground. Fix broken hose.





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Hmm...this sounds familiar. Guess I'll do the same...once we get warmer than the mid-low teens. Do you mean you had a "low fluid" light or the "BRAKE" light?