Is this mechanic taking the p*ss or AIBU?

[rubyravenclaw]

I put my car into the garage yesterday and was told I needed 2 wheel bearings, which is what I suspected. They could not finish the work by the end of the day and after hearing nothing this morning I have just phoned them. They've informed me they had a problem taking the wheels off and I think he said that 3 nuts snapped? It now apparently has a faulty ABS and the warning light is on because the rings are corroded. There was no warning light on yesterday and I was not aware of this problem. I had the 2 rings replaced less than 2 years ago.

They cannot sort them by the end of the day so I have to take the car away and drive it without ABS until the part comes in. I have put the car into the garage with a simple problem and it now has a problem which I consider to be something much more serious. They've been working on it for 4 1/2 hours so far and that's without sorting the ABS. please help me. Does this sound genuine?

I think you need to establish whether the rings snapped because they are badly corroded, and would have gone shortly, or if they snapped because of something they did.

I think you'd be safe driving it with the ABS not working-only once has the ABS cut in, and that was in very icy conditions, you still have the normal brakes.

Our ABS warning light went off. Turned out the brakes were fine, just the sensor was broken. Cost us £800 for a new sensor as they didn't make that type in the UK any more. It couldn't pass the MOT without it though.

I've never owned a car with abs so that part wouldn't bother me personally. As for the damage, it depends on whether the part snapped as it was corroded, or whether they were too rough and caused dam asd as a result.

How old is the car?

The issue I have is that when they were corroded 2 years ago, the warning light came on. I had the car booked into the garage for when they reopened after xmas. I had an accident on black ice 2 days after xmas. I always wonder if it would have still happened if the ABS was fully functional. Just makes me a bit nervous I suppose. But they said the ring was corroded which resulted in the warning light now being on. It was something completely different which snapped which I'm assuming that I'm not paying for. I just don't know why the light it suddenly on, when it was fine yesterday.

8 years old, but only around 58,000 miles.