It finally happened

Familyman 90 · Jan 29th, 2022, 09:32

Well, after 16 years and nearly 180,000 miles the Daughter's XC90 has suffered a fault. All in all I'm pretty pleased with that record.

It's been intermittently throwing an ABC/stability control warning, and just occasionally firing the ABS when pulling upmto a stop.

The V3.0 shows a mechanical ABS fault at the OSF wheel, ye olde ABS reluctor ring.

It's cold and damp outside and I'm not going to grovel about losing knuckle blood for a job that won't cost very much to get done at a garage. Which brings me to my next point.

The nearest specialist is Hortons, a 40+ mile round trip which I have to do twice to go back and collect it, and someone has to shadow me twice to bring me back. It's not a big job, so will they let me bring it in early and have them do it while I wait? You bet they won't. They quoted £110 all in. Ok, its not Hortons fault that I live where I do but they could have been a little more helpful, and a 1 year warrantly is only mediocre.

Rang Bells Northampton expecting to be bent over and rogered - their services and routine stuff have always been reasonable-ish, but I've never been to them for a repair. £126 and some pence all in, the part has a lifetime warranty, and if I can get it to them for bang on 8am this coming Thursday they'll have me on my way by 9.30am.

Any prizes for guessing where I'll be going?

Jan 29th, 2022, 09:32	#1
Familyman 90 The Brit Brick Last Online: Aug 13th, 2023 09:39 Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Warwickshire	It finally happened Well, after 16 years and nearly 180,000 miles the Daughter's XC90 has suffered a fault. All in all I'm pretty pleased with that record. It's been intermittently throwing an ABC/stability control warning, and just occasionally firing the ABS when pulling upmto a stop. The V3.0 shows a mechanical ABS fault at the OSF wheel, ye olde ABS reluctor ring. It's cold and damp outside and I'm not going to grovel about losing knuckle blood for a job that won't cost very much to get done at a garage. Which brings me to my next point. The nearest specialist is Hortons, a 40+ mile round trip which I have to do twice to go back and collect it, and someone has to shadow me twice to bring me back. It's not a big job, so will they let me bring it in early and have them do it while I wait? You bet they won't. They quoted £110 all in. Ok, its not Hortons fault that I live where I do but they could have been a little more helpful, and a 1 year warrantly is only mediocre. Rang Bells Northampton expecting to be bent over and rogered - their services and routine stuff have always been reasonable-ish, but I've never been to them for a repair. £126 and some pence all in, the part has a lifetime warranty, and if I can get it to them for bang on 8am this coming Thursday they'll have me on my way by 9.30am. Any prizes for guessing where I'll be going? __________________ *2005 C70 2.4T Collection convertible. 40,000 mile sunny day toy.*

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