My module failed and I challenged the dealer politely when I was told about the price of the job ($900). He was willing to call volvo and ask for a replacement part at no charge. He was successful and I willingly paid the labor cost of $250. The dealer told me that there is a local budget from volvo for customer loyalty and satisfaction issues that can be tapped for such purposes. My car has only 47K miles and I was loathe to replace a part at this price that failed so early in the age of the vehicle. I think these were extenuating circumstances and I got lucky by being the polite but squeaky wheel.

It's about a $900 job to get and replace the ETM Plus downloads

I hate to ruin your evening (and probably your Christmas) but you may want to take a look at:

http://brickboard.com/AWD/index.htm?id=882356

This is a horrendiously expensive can of worms that volvo wishes would go away.

Has to be a dealer only and installed there too BECAUSE even IF you buy/install it yourself, the engine won't run until the dealer only Vadis cart DLs SW into it. If you or someone else installs it, it'll then need a tow to a dealership for SW so you won't be gaining anything.