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This has to do with a 2003 Ford Escape which my daughter drives, I know not a RBV but you've been a helpful crew here.
Pedal intermittently just doesn't want to move. It feels just like power assist has failed. It tends to happen first thing in the morning or late evening when temperature is cold and car has been sitting. Usually when first moving but sometimes it is okay at first and seems to go away a short distance later to later come back.
My daughter is not living out west in the mountains and temperatures at night are routinely dropping into signal digits and below zero.
Any thoughts as to what is likely going on?
Shop couldn't find anything told her to pay attention to when it happens. I'll be out there in a couple weeks.
Someone suggested to her bleeding the brakes, that seems like an unlikely issue, air shouldn't cause that, more a soft pedal. Unless there is some moisture in the lines.
The ABS control module was replaced a few months ago on this vehicle. Seems unlikely a hard pedal is related to ABS, I would expect the opposite, but maybe there is something else that could happen involving that.
Pedal intermittently just doesn't want to move. It feels just like power assist has failed. It tends to happen first thing in the morning or late evening when temperature is cold and car has been sitting. Usually when first moving but sometimes it is okay at first and seems to go away a short distance later to later come back.
My daughter is not living out west in the mountains and temperatures at night are routinely dropping into signal digits and below zero.
Any thoughts as to what is likely going on?
Shop couldn't find anything told her to pay attention to when it happens. I'll be out there in a couple weeks.
Someone suggested to her bleeding the brakes, that seems like an unlikely issue, air shouldn't cause that, more a soft pedal. Unless there is some moisture in the lines.
The ABS control module was replaced a few months ago on this vehicle. Seems unlikely a hard pedal is related to ABS, I would expect the opposite, but maybe there is something else that could happen involving that.