See thats part of the problem.

The lights will not come on unless the car is driven, and it really makes sense that this would point to the sensor on the axle, but the problem is that the mechanic who did the axle is now hiding behind the dealers claims to him that the abs control unit is coming up as bad on the scan.

Effectively what has happened is that the dealer has told me one thing (that the codes they are getting are not pointing to one specific sensor etc) and the mechanic who did the job another (that they believe the control unit to be bad) and therefore neither of them is of any help well except if I decide to pay either of them to figure out the mess etc.

The really sad thing is that I just dont have the time to tear into this myself, and I would really like to just pull the axle or at least take the thing apart and inspect it etc.

I am damn near positive the problem is in the replacment of the axle, and hate to mess with the other stuff just to try and prove it, but with no help from the guys who installed it being offered it may be the easiest way to the answer other than just selling the whole car (maybe not a bad idea if any of you would want to mess with it, but whats it worth anyhow?)/

Thanks for all the great replies!!!

Quick question.

The ABS ECM location?

Is it on the ABS unit under the hood?

Reason I ask is because I found an entire unit on ebay at a great price, and am thinking it may be worth a try if it includes the ECM

Thanks again

Thanks all for the valuable info, and I will be checking into Victor etc.

I think were all on the same page in thinking it is most likely a problem from the new axle install and no one has been willing to actually remove it to even check etc.

What happened that seems really fishy is what I heard from the local guy about his talk with the dealer. The dealer told him the complete opposite they told me, and basically left me only one option if I was to have this done thru either of them.

Since they are now claiming that the ecm is deffinately bad and that all sensors checked out ok (before they were pointing to the sensor and hedging their bets with the expensive ecm replacement) the only thing I would have to do is let them change it, and then if there was still problems go after them for a refund etc.

Only problem is that I have already caught this group mixing up things real well, and I wouldnt be suprized if they changed the ecm and then later charge for changing out the sensor too.

If anything interesting comes of it I will post it up for reference to future readers, and your potential curiosity.

Thanks again