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Car Forum / Subaru Cars / January 2008Brake problem?
I have a '97 Outback. It's been really cold here, and I've noticed when I first hit the brakes, like when backing out of the driveway, the pedal is very hard and nothing happens. If I keep pushing it eventually gives and I have brakes again. Either that or let the car warm up quite a bit. Pedal is a bit mushy otherwise, but that seems to be pretty normal in this group from what I've read so far. Anybody know what's causing this? Thanks. Sheldon > I have a '97 Outback. It's been really cold here, and I've noticed when I > first hit the brakes, like when backing out of the driveway, the pedal is [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sheldon A previous poster had a similar problem. Probably the check valve in the vacuum line was the diagnosis. Here's the original thread: clare at snyder.on.ca wrote: > On 4 Jan 2008 19:02:57 -0800, Allison Turner- <betonica@sover.net> > wrote: > >> I've got a problem with my 97 Legacy wagon: in really cold weather >> (10F/-12C or below) the brakes are very hard for at least a few seconds. The colder it is, the longer it takes the brakes to work. I've been out in 0F/-18C and had to warm up the car for at least a minute before the brakes are normal. >> It would be a simple solution to just warm up the car each cold morning, except that I'm a firefighter/emt, and need to be on the road within as few seconds as possible, for those charming 3:00 AM calls. (Very bad form to crash the car on the way to a call, too.) >> And it's not just my car, either. A fellow firefighter has an '03 Outback, that does the same thing. My mother's '03 Forester also does it, but at least she never needs to be on the road within >> seconds. > >> From what little I've seen online, it sounds like it has something > >> to do with the power assist / vacuum, and it does feel like the power assist is not doing any assisting. But for all I know it could be something completely different. >> Anyone know anything about this? Anyone have a solution? >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > dealer should have a solution. If not try the check-valve from another > kind of vehicle. Hi, How old is the brake fluid? More likely it is contaminated with moisture. Flush and refill. Brake fluid doesn't last forever. |
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