alibaba

You know how the pedal gets stiff when it is depressed a few times when the engine is off?

I started finding my brake pedal in that state after parking for about more than half an hour. The pedal feel becomes normal again as soon as I start the engine.

There are no warning lights or any changes in the braking ability of the car.

What problem is around the corner for me?

Ali

MikekiM@PureMS

The brake booster is what makes the pedal feel "normal". The brake booster operates strictly by vacuum from a running engine.
When the engine shuts off, the brake booster stores a limited amount of vacuum, but once it bleeds off, the brake pedal becomes rock hard. Perfectly normal.

J. Patterson

What Mike said BUT--- if the pedal is getting hard fairly soon after you turn off the engine, that probably means you have a vacuum leak in the brake booster or the check valve between it and the vacuum source (intake) I would suspect the check valve first. Cheap fix.