S80: Wheels/Brakes - "Parking brake Service Required"/blinking parking light

cirymarr · Mar 27th, 2015, 11:54

Hi Bob

As it turned out, I brought it to my local Volvo dealer. The ECU unit that controls this was not communicating with the rest of the system, and was deemed faulty. This was replaced - all sorted.

ECU cost: €200
Labour: €325

....Costly, but its working now, and they did a full valet on the car......

Bob Norris · Mar 27th, 2015, 18:55

Good to hear,

As you say , the brakes lose contact with the ecu ! FFS it's a parking brake

I had the same unit changed at first , the fault went away for a week , then came back.

One rainy morning at 7am when I was off to see a client

Then they went for the dashboard switch , worked for a while.

I got slightly aggrieved when it happened again , that's when they finally saw the pads were worn beyond any use at all.

Fingers crossed for you

Mar 27th, 2015, 11:54	#1
cirymarr Irish S80 Owner Last Online: Sep 24th, 2018 17:59 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Wicklow View Photos By: cirymarr	Hi Bob As it turned out, I brought it to my local Volvo dealer. The ECU unit that controls this was not communicating with the rest of the system, and was deemed faulty. This was replaced - all sorted. ECU cost: €200 Labour: €325 ....Costly, but its working now, and they did a full valet on the car......

Mar 27th, 2015, 18:55	#2
Bob Norris New Member Last Online: Jan 25th, 2016 15:04 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Reading	Good to hear, As you say , the brakes lose contact with the ecu ! FFS it's a parking brake I had the same unit changed at first , the fault went away for a week , then came back. One rainy morning at 7am when I was off to see a client Then they went for the dashboard switch , worked for a while. I got slightly aggrieved when it happened again , that's when they finally saw the pads were worn beyond any use at all. Fingers crossed for you

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