Braking problem

[#1radioman]

Hi folks, firstly, a happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year to you all. Now to my problem, on very rare occasions  when I apply the bakes the pedal is absolutely solid , no travel whatsoever, pump the pedal a few times and eventually I have brakes and can stop, but this is such a rare thing that a garage could have the car for weeks without it occurring . i have a feeling that it could be a leak on the servo vacuum pipe but then again i am not exactly a mechanic nor am I able to check myself (as I am disabled) so I thought I would ask the wealth of knowledge out there that is the  Briskoda members and see what ideas you may be able to come up with before I have to pay a fortune to a garage to solve/not solve the problem..

thanks, Ian

Edited 23 December, 2014 by #1radioman

[Guest]

Is it a petrol or diesel please?

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[#1radioman]

Is it a petrol or diesel please?

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petrol mate

[#1radioman]

petrol mate

2001 vrs 74k from new, recent new discs and pads all round and rear n/s calliper (2nd in 4 yrs)(binding)

[Guest]

The only thing that would make the pedal go hard would be a loss of vacuum to the servo, or a fault with the servo itself.

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[BrownBarge]

Does it only do it when its wet outside?

[#1radioman]

The only thing that would make the pedal go hard would be a loss of vacuum to the servo, or a fault with the servo itself.

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Thanks for that mate, at least when I take it to a garage I have a damn good idea what it is and won't get jerked about by them. I really appreciate the advice..

Ian

[#1radioman]

Does it only do it when its wet outside?

no mate although it only started at the end of October when the weather started to get damper but no not only when it is wet.

cheers

Ian

[Guest]

Thanks for that mate, at least when I take it to a garage I have a damn good idea what it is and won't get jerked about by them. I really appreciate the advice..

Ian

My pleasure hope you get it sorted. [emoji319][emoji318][emoji320][emoji301]️[emoji300]️

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[russell wheeler]

Mine had a habit of doing that last year, about once a month. It would stop, but you had to press the pedal very hard, so I assumed the servo was on the way out. It settled down and hasn't done it in over 12 months.

[#1radioman]

thanks for getting in touch Russell, it's all pointing to the servo or vacuum pipe 

cheers Ian