I had the "brake fluid" warning come up a few months back so I took my car to a shell station, and the guy refilled the fluid for me. (He said I had very little left). Today driving to work, as I left off my brakes I noticed the damn warning is coming up again. Probably a fluid leak?

 

Does the pedal feel kind of spongy or require more effort to stop? If so, one of the calipers might be leaking.

 

keep in mind that our clutch hydralics get fluid from the brake resovior, so a leaky slave syl will do the same thing.

 

True but he'd most likely also be complaining about the clutch by now as well.

 

The brake pedal itself feels normal.. I wouldn't have noticed unless the warning came up like it did.. Not sure if this is related, but when I'm pulling out of my driveway, as I accelerate and turn the wheel to the left I hear a rubbing noise and can feel it vibrating the gas pedal.. If I accelerate slowly as I turn the wheel it tends not to do it, but if I accelerate moderately fast it's pretty noticeable.

 

not always. i just had an 04 cavalier in the shop with a leaking slave and the thing drove just fine, the guy said he has been topping it up for 2 months now. id say 95% of the time they leak and the pedal goes to the floor and it loses all its fluid, but there are rare cases were they show no symptoms of it.

 

It was a caliper leaking.. Apparently I need the back brake drums replaced along with the brake caliper.. it's costing me 700+ dollars to have it done. I'm broke!