Hi,

This is just a note to put a plug in for Victor Rocha and his wonderful service for fixing burnt out ABS controller's. My '96 850 wagon ABS light came on intermittently Autumn last year and then permanently from October. I had three codes, pump, controller and RR wheel sensor.

I stuffed around with the wheel sensor a bit (getting ones from wreckers etc) before discovering Victor via this and other bulletin boards. http://home.earthlink.net/~vicrocha

This was great!!! Victor was fast, efficient, a pleasure to deal with and my unit came back in a week, looking better than new. Victor supplied very thorough removal and installation instructions. He found 6 heat-induced cracks on the circuit board and replaced two burnt-out components. This is a much better idea than letting the dealer charge you 700 odd bucks to replace the $450 dollar unit ... and apart from getting hold of the proper E5 Torx socket, getting the unit out to him and then back in is easy and quick.

I would certainly give this a shot if you suspect your unit is the trouble, as it seems to be in more than 90% of the cases in the particular models effected. I suppose the damage to the controller itself was causing the others codes for the pump and RR wheel sensor, I just put my original wheel sensor back on and everything is fine.

Cheers,

Mikel