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Feb 13th, 2009, 20:37 | #1 |
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Anti Skid Service Required message
My 2005 V50 displays this message all the time. ABS is functioning properly but no traction control, As I allways switch this off can anyone tell me what causes the message and is it doing any harm. John
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Feb 14th, 2009, 09:36 | #2 |
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I had this message appear too. It required a new "brake sensor module" to be fitted at the dealers - fortunately still within 3 year warranty, so I have no idea of the cost. I got the distinct impression this was a far from unusual fault.
Also quite a few other posts about this message elsewhere on the forum when I looked. |
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Feb 18th, 2009, 20:40 | #4 |
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Yes, I've been getting this message on and off for the past few weeks too. Driving it home in the snow last week I momentarily got a whole host of additional idiot lights and messages, including the brake failure message, but this hasn't repeated itself.
I've been working on the assumption that this is a dodgy sensor and will mention it when it next goes in for service.
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Spoke too soon.
Jumped in the car today and got a repeat of the "brake failure" message together with a fail-to-start. Turned it off and on a few times to clear the fault and the car ran faultlessly all day. Might be booking it in a bit sooner though.
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Feb 20th, 2009, 09:36 | #6 |
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Diagnostics
Go to a decent garage with VIDA diagnostics, all the faults should be stored within the computer. Get it plugged in and it should point to the problem, sounds like a possible sensor.
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Feb 27th, 2009, 19:37 | #7 |
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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?
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Feb 28th, 2009, 10:01 | #9 |
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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. |
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