Unintended acceleration. Car in normal drive, just starts to accelerate. Also sometimes engine races while in park or idle for no reason. Occurs randomly, but has been recurring daily for two weeks. Haven't taken to dealer yet. *Tr
Engine & cooling
1997 Volvo 850 Engine problems
Owners have filed 7 complaints about the 1997 Volvo 850's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 6% of all its complaints, most recently on July 7, 2010. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 7
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
This complaint applies to two years of the same model 850 volvo,a 1994 and a1997t. Both cars had main oil seal failures. The 1994 car was a high mileage car with about 180,000 miles it started leaking at 150,000 miles and progressively got worse to point of one to two quarts a day. We decided to trade the car in and purchase another 850 because we had good service out of the car except for the oil leaks. I was honest with the dealer why I was trading in the car. The dealer was the local dealer for dayton ohio,frank...
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z imports. The salesman failed to inform us that this is a chronic problem with the 850 model. Now the 1997 model started leaking at 90,000 miles. I discovered this is a chronic problem when I researched complaint files. I also discovered this has caused several engine fires due to oil leaking on hot exhaust pipes . I feel the dealer or mfg. Should be responsible for these repairs. To correct this obvious mfg.Problem. I am very disappointed with the car mfg. And the dealer for not being honest about this problem. I used to praise volvo, for I am a aircraft mechanic of 25 years. I will no longer do so and if asked I would not recommend a volvo or frank z imports. *Jb
Exhaust fumes leaking into vehicle. Vehicle been to dealer shop, and at independent repair shop on one occasion each. But, problem still reoccurring. Feel free to provide any further information concerning this matter.*Ak
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Air pump was initially replaced under warranty on 02/18/1999 (mileage 47462) and failed again 14 mos. Latter (the car is now out of warranty). The estimated cost to repair is $400. The abs control module was initially replaced 07/13/1998 (mileage 33659) and has failed just this week (08/15). Don't have an estimate of the repair cost, but believe it will be $300-400. These 2 failures don't speak very well for the quality of the parts used by volvo.
While driving in hard rain consumer saw dash lights light up and the steering control failed and car cut off.After about thrity seconds the car restarted. *Ak
A piece of plastic foil dropped off and flew back at 75mph from the bottom of vehicle with no indication, the air handling system that scoops the air is where the piece came from. Dealer cannot duplicate the problem. *Ak
Volvo 850 engine complaints by year
850 engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data