Brake Pedal is Hard to Depress When Applying Brake

When hitting the brake, you need to step extra hard on the brake pedal for the brake to function.

Troubleshooting car problems of hard to press brake pedal during braking
Most of the car today has power brakes that helps make the braking much easier cars are equipped with power brake that is vacuum assisted, when the power brake has problem the driver has to step extra hard on the brake pedal to stop the car. Vacuum assisted power brake unit uses vacuum from the engine to help in applying the brakes, it has a vacuum hose from the car engine into a round metal or plastic canister and can be found between the master cylinder and the engine compartment fire wall.
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