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Originally Posted by tifosielia

Nope, if it got into the brake lines the pedal would go soft not hard. What he's describing is the absence of the brake booster, the brake booster uses vacuum from the engine it also has a very small internal Reservoir that will allow assisted braking with the engine off one or two times. I'd assume his wife press the brake pedal a couple times trying to get it into neutral.

Is the shift lever still in Drive, if so that's why the engine won't start. I wouldn't worry about the brake pedal unless it stays hard once the engine starts.

Interesting, besides the pedal stuff which I had no idea about, sounded the same as what I saw with my father's x5. That makes sense that it would go soft though