S40 (New) General : Anti skid service required

[Luigi]

Hi Emer
Car year Sept. 2006
Car was about 5 yrs old when it went

[Smith4281]

Hi all, I've also had the dreaded anti-skid service message appear, but not for the 1st time. It 1st appeared last winter, stayed on for about a day then nothing since, until last week when it appeared and went off again after a couple of restarts. It is know permanently on, and has been for a few days, booked into volvo in derby tomorrow for a diagnostic (£78), will post how it goes. Incidentally, the abs still works fine.

[SonyVaio]

Before spending lots of money have a quick check of axle bots are tightened correctly.

[Smith4281]

Call back from dealership, yaw sensor faulty, quoted £570

[orfeous]

Got this message myself S40N 2006 (~12400 swedish mil)
Also about service power steering.

[evista]

we also had the dreaded message appear on our 57 plate v50,turned out to be the bcm/hydraulic unit,but as had dealer service history cost was reduced to £400 which was still a shock for a part that is know to fail.

[twonk]

Originally Posted by busy builder

Good for you, I sometimes think all we get on here is moaning and whinging about how bad these cars are, not true.

But some good comes from sites like this, if I hadn't seen this original post I would have been seriously worried, but I asked the question at my local Volvo dealer and got it done for free too.

All down to this site.

my light came up yesterday - took it into main dealer & they cheerfully told me it needs a replacement Hydraulic unit (£1000 to do it). They also said that Volvo would contribute as it is a known issue UP TO 5 years and my car is 2 months older than that.

Now am faced with a massive bill and looking everywhere for a rebuild service. First Volvo I've ever owned & I loved it until this.

Rang Volvo UK & the first idiot told me he'd never heard of this issue & the car was 7 years old so "tough sh*t", rang again & got someone else who told me that Volvo would help for up to 5 years but as my car is 2 months over that deadline "sorry but tough sh*t".

I've had Vauxhalls that were reliable & cheap to fix, a Mazda that was utterly bullet proof - the first really nice car I buy & the bloody thing turns into a lemon.

Any advice gratefully received

Cheers,
Lee

[SonyVaio]

Lee have a search on here there is companies that can re-con your original unit for approx. £150 - £250 depending on where you go. This has been done by many and the details of companies used are around the forum.

I'd point you in the right direction normally to a relevant post but haven't got the time just now to do the searches but try 'anti skid abs ecu' and see what you get.

[evista]

hi,if you check out honest johns website,there is a link to a company repairing them.if that helps

[simontie]

well I have just joined I broke down on the way home this evening with this warning on the s40 2lt d 2008 with 55 k on the clock regularly serviced at Volvo dealerships I would have to say this is a bit of good news I have had a few Volvos and swmbo ~(she who must be obeyed) won't drive anything else to be fair she uses it the most so I can not complain but I did have the feeling it was about to get expensive hopefully now it wont real glad I joind this forum
many thanks for the blog
simontie