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Why does the brake pedal seem very soft even though brakes work?
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∙ 12y ago
asuming the brakes are fine. what we have is servo assistance all cars have brake servo's these unit's aid the driver to operate the brakes because with out servo assistance you could not stop the car on your own. how ever if you must check your brakes turn the car off now pump the brake pedal after 3 or 4 maybe 5 pumps of the pedal it should become solid if it not then get them looked at. but lets say they are now with the pedal feeling solid hold the pedal down as hard as you can now start the car now as you start the car the pedal should go down pretty much all the way down this is the servo kicking in which is great but if the pedal does not go down the servo needs looking at. and this goes for all cars .
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