Alan--when I removed the ABS module from my 97R wagon and got it back from Victor, the check engine light was on. And it stayed on for about two days every time I started it up. But after about the sixth or seventh time I started it, it suddenly went out. I think it takes a while for the diagnostic check system to determine that the ABS module is okay and then it goes ahead and turns out the light. After having Victor fix the module drive the car for at least a week before spending any money to have a garage do it if the light doesn't go out by then. Think about getting Alex Peppar's diagnostic software (www.obd-2.com) which you use in conjunction with a PC laptop computer. Will cost something over a hundred for the software and it will allow you to check almost anything and everything on the codes the car kicks to the computer, and, it will let you turn off the service as well as the check engine light. It's the best software out there for Volvo owners and a bargain at that price. You can save the price of the software on just one trip to a Volvo service center.

The only instruction I failed to give you about removing the ABS module is the connector for loosening the electrical lead to the module. There is a little black handle on the side of the lead connecting to the module which you lift up, and then you wiggle the wire bundle, and the multiple-pin connector will come loose. Don't get ham-handed and break the little handle trying to lift it up. Sometimes it hangs up part up and if you force it you will break off one of the lugs like my friend did on his 96 wagon. Take it easy. The connection will come loose, and then you have the unenviable job of getting those four long screws out. Whatever you do, don't lose one down inside the engine compartment like I did on mine. It's not a screw you can walk down to the local nut and bolt store and buy. Very unique. So be careful. Dick