# Brakes...HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** saab, 9-5, fluids, brakes\ **Created:** [August 1, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes-help/52826 "2010-08-01T23:08:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dewcawtee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@dewcawtee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dewcawtee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes-help/52826/1 "2010-08-01T23:08:41Z")
I have a 2001 Saab 9-5 less than 80K miles no real issues to date. Recently, we I start the car put into gear to pull way or back out of a parking spot, for instance, when I push the brakes the are soooo hard to push and have VERY little stopping power…I push harder to get desired result at slow speed. If i am at speed which has happened twice, i need to pump them hard…then the peadl finally goes as it should and the brakes apply properly! I also notice, around the same time, when i start the car…leave it in park…push the brake all the way in, I can hear a bubbling type of sound. I release brake pedal and it stops…push again and it’s back. I’m assuming these are related??? Do i just need brake fluid? Do I need to have my brakes bled? Any help would be appreciated!!! All the best, Ben ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes-help/52826/2 "2010-08-01T23:42:57Z")
If that is original fluid it is time to change it (bleed them at that time). You may have other issues, like a leaking vacuum hose etc. Don’t mess around with brakes if you don’t have the tools and skills to do it right. One error can be your last error. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brakes-help/52826/3 "2010-08-03T01:21:29Z")
Normally vacuum brake boosters are very reliable, but this does really sound like a booster problem. If your car is a turbo model, then the booster may be a pump driven type which may not have the same record for reliability. You need to get this looked into immediately, this can be very dangerous.