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Big -- potentially dangerous -- tech problem. HELP! 850 1994

posted by  someone claiming to be Jeanne McDowell on  Mon Feb 26 08:17 CST 2001 [RELATED]



Volvo owners. I have a 1994 Volvo 850 station wagon with about 61,000 miles.I have a big problem that no one

seems to be able to solve. The car loses power suddenly and for no apparent reason. Weeks ago it died while

going 55 on the freeway, just closed down. Needless to say I was terrified. My Volvo dealer-service department in

Santa Monica (California) had it for three weeks (I have also been in touch with Volvo national customer service folks who worked with my dealer) and finally

came up with what they thought was the problem: a wire, which they said they fixed (it's not the fuel pump by the way). Three days after getting my car

back it started dying again. I have a daughter and transport lots of children.I have to get to the root of this before

someone is hurt. Any Volvo owners or mechanics out there have similar problem? More than that, does anyone

know what it could be? I welcome and need some help desperatly.Many Thanks.

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Jeanne McDowell







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    Re: Big -- potentially dangerous -- tech problem. HELP! 850 1994

    posted by  someone claiming to be Ken on  Tue Feb 27 00:59 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    I could be your ignition switch. Try wiggling the switch a little and see what happens.







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    Re: Big -- potentially dangerous -- tech problem. HELP! 850 1994

    posted by  someone claiming to be John O on  Mon Feb 26 13:32 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    I'd hate to speculate especially considering that you've already got Volvo people involved in your area. I'd recommend leaving the car with them and have them drive it and duplicate it so that they can hopefully pinpoint the exact cause. That's what we do with older cars (especially older 700s) which occasionally have similar stalling or no start problems and those didn't even have self-diagnostics to help (no codes).







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    Re: Big -- potentially dangerous -- tech problem. HELP! 850 1994

    posted by  someone claiming to be Richard on  Mon Feb 26 13:07 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    Check your battery cables, the hot one in particular, there is a smaller wire that also connects to the battery on the positive cable. I have seen them break at the terminal. Look Closely. Hope this helps






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