Cheers guys
The exclusions for warranty were standard, as far as I know (e.g. clutch not covered). I will need to read the full bit of paper to see exactly what was excluded (this is my boyfriend's car, so I don't have the paperwork).
I brought the car to him, and had a chat about the ABS light being on: He seemed a bit shifty, saying he wasn't sure he would have enough time to check it out while he has the car in doing some other repairs.
I suspect a valid point about safely issues can be made to him if he is baulking at fixing this (I have already said this to him): i.e. it may just be a sensor, but if the ABS isn't actually working, that could be dangerous (and hopefully that is a true statement, rather than me just assuming that that is the case, which I have done!! Please correct me if this is completely incorrect..).
Thanks Mathepac for the fact the ABS isn't part of the brakes, worthwhile knowing for when I'm speaking to him again, especially in terms of exclusions from the warranty.
Thanks for your advise too Caff, I can bandy 'wheel sensor' into my conversation when I'm talking to him again.
Nicola