Hi folks,

The driver side window switch in the cluster has a sweet spot to close the window. I pulled the switch cluster out of the console but found that more wiring went forward under the console and didn't have time to continue. Has anyone fixed the switch instead of R&R? Any help would be great.


Thanks in advance,


Geoff

HOw do you get the assembly out of the console?
Where do you pry to not destroy the tabs or whatever?
Is it just metal friction clips like a 240 switch panel?
THanks,
Rich

Disassemble carefully and clean thoroughly with electronics cleaner on all contact points. Disassembly inside a transparent drycleaner bag or the like may avoid time on hands and knees looking for small parts.
Prying-type tools made from ground down sections of coathanger may be useful for both opening and holding portions of the assembly.
I haven't taken any 850 switches apart, but all this worked well on 960 window switches.
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There is nothing new about the rocker switches that they use in the 850, must be why they still go bad like the old ones, but the are soldered in. Instead of the round barrel and pin connectors like you would find in the 900 series cars the wires are soldered right onto the pins so it makes servicing it a pain in the butt. However, should you decide to take it apart and try to fix it I have found that Radio Shack make a fiberglass sanding pen that works great on them. It is nothing more than a rod of fiberglass that is mounted into a plastic pen. Take the tip of it and use it to sand the contact points clean inside of the switch, put it all back together and you should be good to go.

Geoff--the window switches will all eventually begin to fail, beginning with the most used, and it is best to learn how to repair them, rather than raid your local wrecking yard or worse, buy new from Volvo. They are a simple rocker switch with a ball bearing at the bottom that the flat pin rides across. What happens is that the two ends of the flat pin and the contacts in the housing corrode from arcing electricity when they make contact. This will cause a window from the center control panel to go down but not up, but up if you use the switch for that door. And, it keeps getting worse, until neither the center console or door switch will raise or lower the window. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to take the switch apart and to lightly sand or scratch the oxide off the ends of the contacts with your jack knife and put the switch back together. If one switch is starting to fail, buy a good bottle of wine, take all of them out, sit down at the kitchen table, and clean the contacts. One or two hour job at the most, depending on how good the wine. Dick

Thanks Dick,

As I said in my first post, the wiring is soldered directly into the cluster which makes me wonder whether to cut them and re-connect after service, or is it an easy job to remove the console to gain access to the connector which I assume is further forward.The winter weather here in Ontario means I will definitely want to do this at the kitchen table with a bottle of Niagara's best vintage, as you suggested.

Regards,

Geoff