V50 Brakes : - Anti Skid Service Required message - Page 2

clemj · Mar 1st, 2009, 18:22

thanks for help everybody! An independent has suggested I pressure VUK into providing brake control unit free of charge. I was one month out of warranty and had done less than 1000 miles since last dealer service. What are my chances? Is it reasonable for such an expensive component to fail after 20k miles?

mjcourtney · Mar 2nd, 2009, 09:36

No it's definitely not reasonable for it to have failed in that time! It's worth asking Volvo for some goodwill gesture, even if they don't pay for all of the work they may contribute a fair amount towards it.
If you've had the car serviced by volvo main dealers since new then Volvo are often willing to pay 100% of the cost if it's only just outside of warranty. They did on mine. Give them a call

wheelie_1 · Jun 17th, 2009, 11:42

V50 58 2.0D R-Design Powershift

I spent several hours on the hard shoulder of the M1 following a series of error messages.
Started with the warning message of Power Systems Urgent Service! Followed swiftly by Anti Skid System temporarily disabled.
Followed by Power Steering service required ( with a failure of power steering subsequent).
At this point the radio ceased to work and the aircon shut down.
After 20 minutes the engine began to suddenly increase and decrease revs of its own accord.Followed by al the lights on the dash bursting into life.

I decided at this point to get off the main carriageway, which, as it happened, was a wise idea as moments later the engine cut off and the brakes failed as I can to a stop slowly on the hard shoulder.

The RAC patrolman immediately noticed the battery had less than 11V, and correctly identified a faulty alternator not charging the battery properly.
I was advised that if the battery charge levels drop below the 11V mar, the CPU will start to shut systems down to retain basic operation of the engine.

Having recovered the car to my nearest dealer, Harrats in Huddersfield, they quickly agreed with the RAC report and replaced the alternator under warranty. I gues this was also a little embarrassing for them as the car had been one of their own demo models!! Overall I have always had a very good reception at Harratts so hopefully this will continue.

A little worrying that such a small drain on the battery can cause such a major problem with the basic operations on the car.

rickardrydell · Jun 16th, 2009, 13:33

My fathers S40 2.0D 2004 (his 7th Volvo since 1988)is currently in Ray Chapman Motors York, FOR THE FOURTH TIME.

A total of 4 weeks in the workshop, over a 9 week period

1st time they were charged £600, now the dealer wants another £400. They are still not 100% what the problem is.

Last time the dealer said "it could not be faulted", less than 30 miles up the A1 and what do you know...a very slow drive back to York, in limp mode.

A technician has been taking the car home, days off, weekends etc. Not once has it been cleaned or refuelled on its return.

Volvo Dealer of the Year, my arse!!!!!!! Rubbish customer service.

clemj · Feb 27th, 2009, 19:37

My V50, a month out of warranty is displaying this message and the thieving agents want £1500 to fix it. Any suggestions?

7050man · Feb 27th, 2009, 20:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by clemj

My V50, a month out of warranty is displaying this message and the thieving agents want £1500 to fix it. Any suggestions?

Go to another dealer, get another quote and be quite sure what you are paying for.

If you are being charged for a component, then I'd question diagnostic before giving go ahead.

GreatScot1777 · Feb 28th, 2009, 10:01

I had the 'anti skid service required' message and the brakes appeared to be working fine. However taking the car for an ABS test (driving on wet grass and hitting the brakes at a modest speed) immediately led the car to only drive in 'safe mode' up to 30 - 40 mph max. OK on back roads but something of an issue if the ABS was triggered on the motorway!

By getting out of the car locking it, then unlocking it again and restarting this reset the safe mode and the car drove and seemed to brake normally (provided the ABS was not provoked). Looked at by my local Volvo specialist who checked the faults using the usual diagnostics and booked the car in for a new sensor. After fitting this, whilst it cleared down lots of fault codes, this revealed a whole new batch!

Turned out to be the highly complex 'black box' and braking system valve interface with the brake pump. Only sold as a single unit with the pump and a hefty £950 plus fitting and VAT. ( I see the mention of a £1500 repair in the thread above, this is the standard dealer price for the work I had done - just beware trying to do this 'on the cheap' - read on) It is a one and a half hour job to fit and then requires a manufacturers software down load to complete the installation - and my specialist said he could not do the job because of this and I would have to go to a main dealer.

Car was 'under warranty' from a small time dealer who insisted his mechanic would fix it and following 2 months off the road I eventually got the car back. The story was that they got a second hand unit and fitted it - however this completely disabled the car which had to be recovered on a low loader to the nearest Volvo dealer for the software down load to get it to work. Was it cheaper than going to a Volvo dealer who could have done the job in 2 days - probably not in view of all of the grief this caused - except thankfully I did not pay for this repair the small time dealer paid for it all.

Fortunately I have use of a cosmetically challenged R plate V40, worth a fraction of the V50's value, but I would swap its old technology for the "too clever by half" electronics of the V50 any day. You will see my latest post where my V50 is now once more beset by jaw dropping electical issues rendering it unusable - my 4th but worst Volvo for costly repairs/electrical unreliability.

monzaztt24v · Jan 12th, 2010, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatScot1777

I had the 'anti skid service required' message and the brakes appeared to be working fine. However taking the car for an ABS test (driving on wet grass and hitting the brakes at a modest speed) immediately led the car to only drive in 'safe mode' up to 30 - 40 mph max. OK on back roads but something of an issue if the ABS was triggered on the motorway!

By getting out of the car locking it, then unlocking it again and restarting this reset the safe mode and the car drove and seemed to brake normally (provided the ABS was not provoked). Looked at by my local Volvo specialist who checked the faults using the usual diagnostics and booked the car in for a new sensor. After fitting this, whilst it cleared down lots of fault codes, this revealed a whole new batch!

Turned out to be the highly complex 'black box' and braking system valve interface with the brake pump. Only sold as a single unit with the pump and a hefty £950 plus fitting and VAT. ( I see the mention of a £1500 repair in the thread above, this is the standard dealer price for the work I had done - just beware trying to do this 'on the cheap' - read on) It is a one and a half hour job to fit and then requires a manufacturers software down load to complete the installation - and my specialist said he could not do the job because of this and I would have to go to a main dealer.

Car was 'under warranty' from a small time dealer who insisted his mechanic would fix it and following 2 months off the road I eventually got the car back. The story was that they got a second hand unit and fitted it - however this completely disabled the car which had to be recovered on a low loader to the nearest Volvo dealer for the software down load to get it to work. Was it cheaper than going to a Volvo dealer who could have done the job in 2 days - probably not in view of all of the grief this caused - except thankfully I did not pay for this repair the small time dealer paid for it all.

Fortunately I have use of a cosmetically challenged R plate V40, worth a fraction of the V50's value, but I would swap its old technology for the "too clever by half" electronics of the V50 any day. You will see my latest post where my V50 is now once more beset by jaw dropping electical issues rendering it unusable - my 4th but worst Volvo for costly repairs/electrical unreliability.

I can really relate to your thread, on the 23rd December I hit the brakes aggressively in my 54 reg S40 and the car has never been the same. By doing this it seems to have avtivated many, many problems, Up to this moment the car was perfect, now I'm without a car, each time I go to start it I get multiple messges: 'Brake failure' 'immobiliser, see manual' and various other messages. On occassion it does start perfectly but this only lasts a for a short time before the 'brake failure' message appears, once the car is turned off who knows when it will start again. At the moment I am just gathering information about this problem before I attemp to repair it. I find it hard to understand how Volvo have got away with manufacturing these vehicles with such inherrant problems which have been clearly identified on this forum. I do believe that Volvo are actually manufacturing vehicles 'not fit for pupose' and making large profits on extionate repair bills.

Golaboots · Jan 13th, 2010, 12:00

This happened on my S60 a couple of years ago. It was jsut a dodgy sensor on the brake pedal (I'm guessing for ABS and DSTC) the brakes worked fine and they changed the sensor under warranty.

Apparently its a very common fault and doesn't take long to change the sensor.

andyfeay · Apr 16th, 2014, 07:05

I have a ,,anti skid service,, come on for first time yesterday 15/4/14
today 16/4/14 my mrs phone on her way to work said it had come on again ,,,,the warning came on with no previous issues and then it wouldn't rev but ticked over ....this appears to be dangerous as car just stops with no warning what so ever..i switched it of and went to restsrt it said immoboliser see book then I turned key a few times and it started with no problems or lights ,,,can any1 help

Mar 1st, 2009, 18:22	#1
clemj New Member Last Online: Jul 25th, 2011 18:52 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: kent	anti skid service thanks for help everybody! An independent has suggested I pressure VUK into providing brake control unit free of charge. I was one month out of warranty and had done less than 1000 miles since last dealer service. What are my chances? Is it reasonable for such an expensive component to fail after 20k miles?

Jun 17th, 2009, 11:42	#3
wheelie_1 New Member Last Online: Nov 9th, 2012 13:49 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Huddersfield	Anti Skid temporaily disabled V50 58 2.0D R-Design Powershift I spent several hours on the hard shoulder of the M1 following a series of error messages. Started with the warning message of Power Systems Urgent Service! Followed swiftly by Anti Skid System temporarily disabled. Followed by Power Steering service required ( with a failure of power steering subsequent). At this point the radio ceased to work and the aircon shut down. After 20 minutes the engine began to suddenly increase and decrease revs of its own accord.Followed by al the lights on the dash bursting into life. I decided at this point to get off the main carriageway, which, as it happened, was a wise idea as moments later the engine cut off and the brakes failed as I can to a stop slowly on the hard shoulder. The RAC patrolman immediately noticed the battery had less than 11V, and correctly identified a faulty alternator not charging the battery properly. I was advised that if the battery charge levels drop below the 11V mar, the CPU will start to shut systems down to retain basic operation of the engine. Having recovered the car to my nearest dealer, Harrats in Huddersfield, they quickly agreed with the RAC report and replaced the alternator under warranty. I gues this was also a little embarrassing for them as the car had been one of their own demo models!! Overall I have always had a very good reception at Harratts so hopefully this will continue. A little worrying that such a small drain on the battery can cause such a major problem with the basic operations on the car.

Feb 27th, 2009, 19:37	#5
clemj New Member Last Online: Jul 25th, 2011 18:52 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: kent	anti skid service My V50, a month out of warranty is displaying this message and the thieving agents want £1500 to fix it. Any suggestions?

Feb 28th, 2009, 10:01	#7
GreatScot1777 New Member Last Online: May 8th, 2009 10:22 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Rochford	Could be the ABS unit and pump I had the 'anti skid service required' message and the brakes appeared to be working fine. However taking the car for an ABS test (driving on wet grass and hitting the brakes at a modest speed) immediately led the car to only drive in 'safe mode' up to 30 - 40 mph max. OK on back roads but something of an issue if the ABS was triggered on the motorway! By getting out of the car locking it, then unlocking it again and restarting this reset the safe mode and the car drove and seemed to brake normally (provided the ABS was not provoked). Looked at by my local Volvo specialist who checked the faults using the usual diagnostics and booked the car in for a new sensor. After fitting this, whilst it cleared down lots of fault codes, this revealed a whole new batch! Turned out to be the highly complex 'black box' and braking system valve interface with the brake pump. Only sold as a single unit with the pump and a hefty £950 plus fitting and VAT. ( I see the mention of a £1500 repair in the thread above, this is the standard dealer price for the work I had done - just beware trying to do this 'on the cheap' - read on) It is a one and a half hour job to fit and then requires a manufacturers software down load to complete the installation - and my specialist said he could not do the job because of this and I would have to go to a main dealer. Car was 'under warranty' from a small time dealer who insisted his mechanic would fix it and following 2 months off the road I eventually got the car back. The story was that they got a second hand unit and fitted it - however this completely disabled the car which had to be recovered on a low loader to the nearest Volvo dealer for the software down load to get it to work. Was it cheaper than going to a Volvo dealer who could have done the job in 2 days - probably not in view of all of the grief this caused - except thankfully I did not pay for this repair the small time dealer paid for it all. Fortunately I have use of a cosmetically challenged R plate V40, worth a fraction of the V50's value, but I would swap its old technology for the "too clever by half" electronics of the V50 any day. You will see my latest post where my V50 is now once more beset by jaw dropping electical issues rendering it unusable - my 4th but worst Volvo for costly repairs/electrical unreliability.

Apr 16th, 2014, 07:05	#10
andyfeay New Member Last Online: Apr 16th, 2014 07:28 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: thornton / cleveleys	volvo v50 anti skid service I have a ,,anti skid service,, come on for first time yesterday 15/4/14 today 16/4/14 my mrs phone on her way to work said it had come on again ,,,,the warning came on with no previous issues and then it wouldn't rev but ticked over ....this appears to be dangerous as car just stops with no warning what so ever..i switched it of and went to restsrt it said immoboliser see book then I turned key a few times and it started with no problems or lights ,,,can any1 help

Mar 2nd, 2009, 09:36	#2
mjcourtney VOC Member Last Online: Feb 24th, 2014 18:11 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Isle of Wight	No it's definitely not reasonable for it to have failed in that time! It's worth asking Volvo for some goodwill gesture, even if they don't pay for all of the work they may contribute a fair amount towards it. If you've had the car serviced by volvo main dealers since new then Volvo are often willing to pay 100% of the cost if it's only just outside of warranty. They did on mine. Give them a call

Jun 16th, 2009, 13:33	#4
rickardrydell Senior Member Last Online: Sep 10th, 2023 20:13 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Uttoxeter	My fathers S40 2.0D 2004 (his 7th Volvo since 1988)is currently in Ray Chapman Motors York, FOR THE FOURTH TIME. A total of 4 weeks in the workshop, over a 9 week period 1st time they were charged £600, now the dealer wants another £400. They are still not 100% what the problem is. Last time the dealer said "it could not be faulted", less than 30 miles up the A1 and what do you know...a very slow drive back to York, in limp mode. A technician has been taking the car home, days off, weekends etc. Not once has it been cleaned or refuelled on its return. Volvo Dealer of the Year, my arse!!!!!!! Rubbish customer service.

Jan 13th, 2010, 12:00	#9
Golaboots Junior Member Last Online: Apr 28th, 2023 14:32 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bournemouth	This happened on my S60 a couple of years ago. It was jsut a dodgy sensor on the brake pedal (I'm guessing for ABS and DSTC) the brakes worked fine and they changed the sensor under warranty. Apparently its a very common fault and doesn't take long to change the sensor.

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