my car is currently not starting up and the brake pedal is really stiff and feels stuck. recently she’s been cranking up pretty rough at times but always fired up till now. i replaced 2 of my intake camshaft position sensors about 7k miles ago and honestly since then she has been taking longer and rougher cranks on start up. (fixed my other issue though so i’ve been ignoring it) always fired up but at times would be rough. now she struggles to crank for more than a half second and the brake pedal seems to be stuck to the ground not all the way with a very stiff feeling to it. i have to push it really hard to get it to try to crank. any idea what this could be? i tried jumping it and it made no difference. i’m thinking it could be the starter or crank/cam sensor issue but don’t really know how to narrow it down so any help is appreciated.

 

going to get some videos tomorrow of me trying to start it

 

as of this morning, she started right up first try after being hooked to jumper cables. i was not able to get any videos of what was happening to me last night and i didn’t even try to start it without the cables this morning which i regret. last night it wouldn’t jump but this morning it does, so it doesn’t seem like it could be a battery issue and i just got it tested and it’s healthy battery voltage according to autozone. now she’s having no problems starting up at all. i really don’t want to end up stranded again and i regret not trying to start it this morn without the jumper cables

 

Might be a parasitic drain from something causing the battery to die, scan for any hidden codes, as for the brake pedal if you pump it up a bunch (like pushing it to start the car) it keeps building pressure and will make the pedal very stiff for a while.

 

why are you even touching the gas pedal to begin with? test the battery and go from there.

 

I'd like to see a photo of the battery terminals.. Sounds like poor contact to me and if you have a power steering leak by the power steering pump O-ring, then you'll have a saucy alternator and that could also make it lazy to charge your battery. I got lucky with mine, i was able to soak the whole alternator in diesel fuel for an hour and then rinse it off with purple degreaser, it charges great now.