Possible fault with brakes?

[marl]

Car, Skoda 1.9 TDi had been sitting a few days. Took a short trip to relatives, drove very slow and did not use brakes much. On way home about 6 hours later as i approached junction i put foot on brake pedal and very little happened! Thought for a second it wasn't gonna stop when all of a sudden brakes bit and it pulled up quickly.

Thankfully i was going slowly and had barked in plenty of time, but had i been going faster or braked later i'd have been straight across junction and into path of other traffic.

Brakes have been fine since, could this be a fault or just a side effect of car sitting idle for a few days?

 

[marl]

Maybe there was a little bit of surface rust on the discs which effected the performance.

I would go out early tomorrow, when it's light enough but the roads are also quiet.

Drive slowly to a nice straight road and give them a good testing.

Thanks, i think you've hit the nail on the head!