Other Engine Info: w/EGR, w/o air pump, w/OBDII, w/elec. control evap., Motronic 4.3
Other Restraint System Info: Dual Airbags (SRS)
Plant City: Ghent
Plant Country: Belgium
Pretensioner: Yes
Series: 850
Transmission Style: Automatic
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1994
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. CAR ROLLED FORWARD WHEN PARKED ON HILL; THINKING THAT IT NEEDED MORE GAS TO GO BACKWARDS I ACCELERATED, GEAR ENGAGED AFTER FIVE SECONDS SENDING CAR BACKWARDS SURPRISINGLY FAST. THIS SLIPPAGE IN REVERSE REOCCURS ABOUT 70% OF THE TIME. IF A PEDESTRIAN WAS EITHER AT THE FRONT OR BACK OF MY CAR THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE LED TO AN ACCIDENT.
1995
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR 1995 VOLVO 850 IN WHICH SHE SOLD. CONSUMER WANTS THE NEW OWNER CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THE RECALL.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR BEFORE THE CONSUMER SOLD THE VEHICLE SHE COMPLAINED OF A GAS ODOR, BUT THE DEALER ALWAYS STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *JB