brakes on 197/mk3s with card keys

[daydotz]

does the brake peddle lock when you turn the engine off mine seems a little stiff to the point it wont move till the engine starts something doesnt feel right with it but im unsure i vaugely rember it moving before i start the car :S but it wont now

the correct method of starting it is to push the brake an push the start button :S

 

[Gaz_]

The servo stops working when the engine is turned off, so this will give a stiffer (oooh eeer) feeling peddle? This what you mean?

 

[catherinej]

No all cars that I have driven are like that. Someone will be along with a technical explanation but I think it is that the mater cylinder isn't powered up so to speak until the car engine is running.

 

[daydotz]

The servo stops working when the engine is turned off, so this will give a stiffer (oooh eeer) feeling peddle? This what you mean?

maybe thats it

 

[Gaz_]

Try this, when you start the engine, keep your foot on the brake with some pressure, you'll feel the peddle sink a bit once the car is running. This usually indiacates the servo is ok etc. Brakes feel fine when on the move?

 

[daydotz]

i put my foot on the brake i push the starter the peddle then dips by it self an returns but it makes a kind of rubbing sound when i aply the brakes

either way its freaked me out