A brake fluid leak is very bad.
Your brake master cylinder is part of your braking system. Your brake fluid reservoir is attached to the top of it. What it does is a great question. When you press on the brake pedal the brake master cylinder pressurizes your brake fluid, that fluid flows through your brake lines to your calipers and wheel cylinders. That hydraulic pressure from the fluid is what commands your brake calipers to squeeze your brake pads onto your brake rotor for you to stop. With your wheel cylinders it instead commands your brake shoes to press into your drums to stop your vehicle.
If you brake master cylinder is leaking then it cannot create enough pressure and it can take you longer to stop than anticipated. A leaking brake master cylinder symptoms may include a soft brake pedal, your vehicle taking longer to stop than usual, a leak and brakes that feel different.
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