Ok so i was driving yesterday, did a u-turn and stepped on it. All of a sudden my "brake" light started blinking and beeped like 3 times and my car felt like it was misfiring. Then when it stopped it drove normal. The thing is, this morning on my way to work it kept beeping and blinking. It's done this before, and all i had to do was put in some brake fluid and it stopped. But its pretty bad now. Would it keep doing this if i have to change my brakes or would it be something bigger. I know i need my brakes changed but would it make all this noise just for pads?

 

Uhmm,

You should never just add brake fluid, if your loosing brake fluid somethings wrong. If you add brake fluid you should go ahead and bleed your brakes, they probably have air in the system now and it will cause your ABS to read this way, also the traction control system uses the brakes along with fuel control, if you were going to brake traction it would do remotely the same symptoms. Was the ECS light flashing, or the exclamation point or what?

 

Yeah it was flashing too. Also in the mornings on a cold start it will stay lit.

 

what stays lit? the exclamation/traction light?

that sounds like MAF.

 

Yeah the exclamation/traction light. It only stays on in the morning till my car gets warmed up, then once the temp gauge is straight up, if i restart my car it will not be lit up.

 

I'm with bahndrvr on this one. Look for leaks and bleed the brake lines. Take a look at your pads to see how they are.
Did you ever replace the hazard switch relay?

 

My pads look worn out, my rotors look like they're getting worn into as well. I just ordered pads and rotors, now i'm just tryin to find some decent brake fluid that I can get local. Do you think this will cure my problem?

 

Pagasus Blue Racing Brake Fluid
While your at it upgrade your brake lines . You don't have to, but I think it's best to upgrade/mod whenever possible!

 

You can also usually get ATE Super Blue Racing fluid at a lot of local autoparts stores (not at Autozone, Kragen, etc). This the maker of the OEM fluid. I've been running it on the track in my car for well over 3 years without any instance of boiling. Just make sure whatever you get, it is a synthetic fluid that meets DOT5 specifications.

 

Really DOT5? I was under the impression DOT4 was adequate...