I went and took a look under the hood, and on the right side of the engine bay, where the two "bottles" that are for putting brake fluid in are it. Well the smaller one on the left is basically empty. It says to put DOT3 or DOT4 brake fluid in it. Would that empty fluid bottle be the reason my car is having these problems?

Ill be putting up some pics to make it easier to understand in a few minutes.