1996 VOLVO 850 Complaints

ABS COMPUTER FAILURE, ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON, ABS FAILS TO FUNCTION AT ALL. TSB ON WIRE CRIMP DONE ALLREADY. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CASES OF FAILED ABS ECU MODULES, SOME ARE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND DONT EVEN GET REPORTED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. BRAKES WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE FUEL TANK LEAKED FUEL WHERE IT WAS BOLTED TO THE TANK. *AK *CB *NLM

WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK AT GAS STATION, JUST AS TANK IS NEARLY FULL, SEVERAL OUNCES OF FUEL LEAK FROM TOP OF TANK, DRIPPING UNDERNEATH CAR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SMELLED STRONG CHEMICAL FUMES IN PASSENGER COMPARTMEN DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE FUEL TANK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

AFTER RECALL REPAIRS ON THE SEAT HEATER IT NO LONGER WORK SPROPERLY. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

INTERMITTENT AND ONGOING PROBLEM WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING PULSATION, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SIX OCCASION. DEALER REPLACED ABS MODULE, BUT EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD REOCCUR. *AK

ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 13, 2003 A FEW HOURS AFTER PARKING THE CAR (1996 VOLVO 850) IN THE GARAGE THE SMELL OF GAS BECAME SO STRONG IT WAS OVERWHELMING. INSPECTION OF THE CAR AND FLOOR OF THE GARAGE REVEALED GAS LEAKING IN A FAST STEADY DRIP FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE LEAKED GAS HAD FORMED A SMALL PUDDLE ON THE FLOOR. ON THE MORNING OF MAY 14, I ARRANGED TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS INDEED LEAKING FROM THE SEAM. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED BECAUSE THE FUEL TANK WAS IS ON BACK ORDER AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 1, 2001. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING FUEL. I BELIEVE THIS LEAK IS THE RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL FUEL TANK AS THERE IS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE TANK. *NLM

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE #02V314000 , ELECTRICAL SEAT HEATER, IN MARCH OF 2003. THE CONSUMER HAS MADE SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO HAVE TO RECALL REMEDIED. THE DEALER HAS CANCELLED ALL APPOINTMENTS MADE STATING THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. *NLM

I OWN A 1996 VOLVO 850 TURBO. ABS MODULE FAILED TO WORK. THERE ARE SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED BY OTHER OWNERS. THE FAILURE RATE APPEARS TO BE HIGH FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. *NLM