[s-cars] Brake pedal firmness

Sean Douglas quattro20v at telus.net
Wed Jul 5 12:02:12 EDT 2006


For me no. We have a 1990 90q20v and the brake pressure is way harder on the 
90 vs the S6.

Having said that, when I drive rental cars, the brakes are very touchy even 
compared to the S6.

Sean
1997 S6

Quoting Wayne Dohnal <wd1 at hevanet.com>:

> All of the brake servo postings are encouraging me to ask a different brake 
> question.  I sometimes drive 2 other vehicles, and compared to those, the S4
> 
> has very light steering and requires more force on the brake pedal.  This 
> hasn't caused me any problem and the brakes seem to work just fine.  But 
> when driving the S4 for the first time yesterday after 2 weeks with a rental
> 
> car, I found myself stepping on the brake with what seemed like a firm push,
> 
> and nothing happened.  After 30 minutes or so I got myself recalibrated to 
> the brake pedal and all was normal again.
> 
> So my question for those who routinely drive other vehicles:  Does the the 
> S4 take significantly more pressure on the brake pedal than the other cars?
> 
> This isn't a case of no brake boost at all.  When doing the bomb depletion 
> test, the brake force changes from very firm to practically immovable.  The 
> pedal force has been the same for the 3-1/2 years that I've had the car.
> 
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4 
> 
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