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I was drveing down the road and all the sudden the break pedal went all the way down to the floor and it will stop but it takes a long way back to were you gotta stop to fully stop please help

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Check you front brakes and back ones for any wear and if they look ok then you might have air in the brake line and need to bleed them. Also could be a bad brake master cylinder or leaky brake line.

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First thought is to check you fluid level. sounds like you have developed a leak. look under the vehicle and look at the inner side of the tires.

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