Seems like I always need to ask questions after my family says they’ve repaired someing. Ugh.
Ok, sort of a long story. Sorry guys. I have an 03 Jetta that I bought last year and parked out at my parents place before I put plates on it. While it was there, they took it upon themselves to “fix it up”. One of the things they did was apparently flush the brake lines and fill it. Around last Christmas I had brake problems (the flashing light on braking/accelerating) and was told to just “top it off - there was probably an air bubble”. Me thinking nothing of it followed their directions, bought a bottle of DOT 3 and topped it off. Problem solved. Temporarily.
Around New Years I was driving in a bad storm and was nearly T-boned. I saved the situation by running the car into a snowbank. It has since been leaking brake fluid. Dealership wants $500 to fix and flush it, which I don’t have right now, and I don’t trust my family to touch it again.
I realized today it’s actually supposed to have Dot 4, so all this while I’ve been topping it off with Dot 3 everytime the light comes on...
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do now. Keep topping it off with Dot 3, switch to Dot 4? I won’t have $500 to get the work done on it until the fall. I literally just caught up on my rent so I wouldn’t get evicted, and I drive this car for 2 jobs.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Ok, sort of a long story. Sorry guys. I have an 03 Jetta that I bought last year and parked out at my parents place before I put plates on it. While it was there, they took it upon themselves to “fix it up”. One of the things they did was apparently flush the brake lines and fill it. Around last Christmas I had brake problems (the flashing light on braking/accelerating) and was told to just “top it off - there was probably an air bubble”. Me thinking nothing of it followed their directions, bought a bottle of DOT 3 and topped it off. Problem solved. Temporarily.
Around New Years I was driving in a bad storm and was nearly T-boned. I saved the situation by running the car into a snowbank. It has since been leaking brake fluid. Dealership wants $500 to fix and flush it, which I don’t have right now, and I don’t trust my family to touch it again.
I realized today it’s actually supposed to have Dot 4, so all this while I’ve been topping it off with Dot 3 everytime the light comes on...
I don’t know what I’m supposed to do now. Keep topping it off with Dot 3, switch to Dot 4? I won’t have $500 to get the work done on it until the fall. I literally just caught up on my rent so I wouldn’t get evicted, and I drive this car for 2 jobs.
Any advice greatly appreciated.