Ford Ka 2005 Brakes turned spongy

I bought a used, good condition Ford Ka 2005 1.3l a month ago. It drove nicely and with good, solid brakes, making two or three local area journeys a week and taking me 150 miles Southwest to a wedding and back a fortnight ago on the motorways.

On Wednesday night however, it drove me out fine on an 8 mile trip but, halfway home, I had to brake fairly solidly (not emergency stop) and after that point the brakes felt soft. The pedal would travel halfway before the brakes even came on whereas before that'd be full lock. I tried pumping them but that didn't change the feel. At full depress the brakes were fairly strongly applied, enough that I could safely drive home, but there was little resistance. Parked in the garage, I heard a wheezing sound when the pedal was lifted from the floor.

I contacted the dealer who came over Friday evening to take a look but the brakes were magically working fine and I looked a complete idiot! He invited me to take it to them for a proper investigation, so I drove in yesterday and, when I picked the car up that evening, was told they found nothing wrong. The dealer spent £50 on his mechanic to have a look and gets nothing from me, so it's not in their interests to cover anything up or do a poor job AFAICS, unless there's a bizarre and expensive fault they want to avoid.


Any idea, suggestions would be appriciated

Thanks


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