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Brakes or sensor?

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Hello, 

Please can anyone tell me what's going on with my car. 

Car has sat for a month and it was left it in gear. Today it's the first time I've  driven it and it's been fine, it goes fast and brakes but the control lights won't come off the dashboard, also pressed on a few times the brake pedal went stiff and began hissing when the car stopped. This happened with the engine switched on. 

When fully stopped with the engine off I was able to press the pedal to the floor, heard the hissing then it went stiff again. 

What's wrong with it, is it an issue with brakes or some sensor? 

Is it safe to drive? I'm worried because I need to drive miles tomorrow and obviously can't get anyone over to see it before I go. 

Tyres are OK, just topped up the air and there wasn't much difference in pressure anyway, it only dropped a couple of psi while the car was parked, I wouldn't have expected the control light to come up 😟

Any idea what's wrong with it? 

Many thanks 

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@Martini06 - From the above, you have an ABS or traction control, or both, fault. You need a respectable diagnostic computer to take that any further, fix the fault, and get the fault lights to stay out. But that's not a stopper.

 

You also seem to have a servo fault, but I advise driving the car no further than a local garage until that has been repaired.

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