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#132 of 491 Stuck in First Gear and other problems... by highlands Dec 24, 2000 (9:06 pm)
Ok, I love my Volvo. I think that my '94 850 Turbo is a fantastic commuter combining speed, safety, looks and comfort into a solid package. Here, unfortunently are my recent problems. One, begining this November (and I feel like this started when it became colder, granted I live in ATL and cold is under 50) upon staring the car in the morning and even with a good 5 minute warm up the vehicle would be very slow in coming out of first gear... either I would have to drive almaost a full mile before it seemed the transmision warmed up and switched into 2nd or I would have to flip the auto gear shift into N then back to D to "coach" the car into 2nd.. What gives? After an early morning incident, and even a long day at the office with equally cold temps, this problem does not happen again till the next am. Second, the vehicle has gone through (last two weeks) the habit of not starting at rare times. Case... drove to the grocery store one cold evening.. came out with groceries... vehicle would not turn over. No burnt fuses, strong battery... just a click from the ignition switch but no engine turn. Came back next night started no problem with no adjustments.. this has happened three times now in last couple of weeks.. any ideas? Well, Merry Christmas!!!
#133 of 491 Cost of Maintenance by ray71 Dec 27, 2000 (3:11 pm)
I recently took my 2000 V70 AWD Cross Country in for its first service at 7500 miles. Cost=$187 dollars and I provided the Mobil 1 oil. When I took my 98 Suburban 2500 AWD in for its first service at 7500 miles the cost=$59 and I provided the oil. In both cases the service included the cost of tire rotation and the initial prices of the vehicles were within $1000. The hourly mechanic rate for my Volvo dealer is $82. Can you believe that rate for a tire rotation? Costco only charges $9 per tire for lifetime balances and rotation. I sent an e-mail to Volvo asking about the first service cost. It took two e-mails and a month before I received a reply. This is my third and last Volvo. I have been recommending Volvo to my friends since 1985. That will never happen again.
#134 of 491 850 R Wagon by cnau Dec 30, 2000 (6:54 pm)
Hello...I am in the process of evaluating an 850 R S/W for purchase. I found this 1996 car at a Volvo dealer with only 49,750 miles. I spoke with the previous owner and he confirmed no history of problems. He did add some brake and suspension performance upgrades though. My questions are these, with proper maintenance is this a 250 to 300K capable car? Is it worth $16,500 in clean condition? Are there any potential problems with this particular model? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris
#135 of 491 Volvo 850 SW 1996/1997 AWD Version? by rfd2 Dec 31, 2000 (9:51 am)
Hi,   I have been researching the same model year Volvo wagon (and the '97 year). My father called to tell me that he looked it up in his archive set of Consumer Reports magazine in the April, 2000 volume and he says it is listed as one of their "good buys" in used cars. It also gets good ratings in Edmunds and the safety crash test ratings were very good. I, too, would love to know just how far the engine will go since I put about 22K miles per year on my cars and don't want to pay that kind of money unless I know the car will last. I am particularly looking for the AWD version of the Volvo 850 Wagon that premiered in 1996 or 1997 and was available in Europe and Canada. The 850 version of the Volvo AWD wagon is reputed to be much more reliable (although not as fanncy) as the V70, (which is listed by CR as a car to avoid at all costs!) but was unavailable in the US and is hard to find in Canada. I did find about 7 of the them listed as "Estate Wagons" in England all with fairly high milage, but certainly none above the 200K mile range, yet. Good luck!
#136 of 491 Picked up an 850R S/W by cnau Jan 05, 2001 (9:24 am)
Information for all you shoppers out there. I have just taken delivery of a 1996 Volvo 850R wagon. I bought this car from a Volvo dealer with 49750 miles with all the bells and whistles for $17038....Good luck in your search.
#137 of 491 98 V70 GLT by jav1120 Jan 06, 2001 (4:35 am)
This is been a great car and I love it and hope to keep it for 10 years. My wagon is a fully loaded GLT that I bought as a demo with 6k miles, I have 22K miles now.   My only problems have been the right and left side blinkers working intermintitly, brake light once, driver side windshield washer jet stopped working and a low engine idle at times.   These were all fixed in one visit while under warranty. Replaced jet, fluid for the brakes, replaced contacts for blinkers. The idle problem was fixed by an software upgrade to the engine computer, don't know if it was a recall. My dealer Red Bank Volvo in NJ was very nice. Also where I bought it was very nice Garden State Volvo. Great car and like it much better than my 2001 Sienna.
#138 of 491 850R I envy you by FREDERICK Jan 07, 2001 (11:39 pm)
Believe it or not that sickly Nordic Yellow that they used on those introductory 850R's I think is hot. Matching that ugly color I/ the rocket of an engine in an I wagon and you're are bad and ugly too boot. Watch out for those early low profile tires though because they really seemed to hate the pot holes. Enjoy that peddle cnau because that ant your father's Volvo.   We're nearing 55K now on our 96 base 850 wagon that we bought in 1999 I/ 34K on it. We had a few minor teething problems I/ our car just after we bought and I really began to wonder but they were all taken care of professionally and promptly by the dealer. Nothing since and we both still love the car.   I had to laugh when my 11 year old niece was making derogatory comments about having ride around in her family's Ford LSD station wagon. I reminded her that her aunt and I drove a wagon too, and she said "but your's is different, it's at least a cool car." I think we can all identify to some degree with thoughts and feeling like that about the kind of cars our parents drove us to school and soccer practice in and yet hear we all living it all out again as adults driving around in station wagons! Isn't fun to watch what we've all become and what SUV's are trying to metamorphic themselves into these days.
#139 of 491 1995 850 Turbo Wagon by asadorian Jan 08, 2001 (2:16 am)
We have over 110,000 miles on our wagon, and it has held up well. It is developing rattles and some small problems but still looks and drives like new. We have used regular rather than premium gas without any problems and average about 24 mpg based on the trip computer. It is one of six cars we own, and we like it so much in comparison to all the cars we own or have owned that we plan to keep it running until it dies.   We replaced the brake pads about every 55,000 miles. We replaced the brake rotors at 110,000 miles. We use Dunlop W-10 performance tires, and they last about 40,000 miles. My wife ran over a 2x4 on the freeway, and it split the wheels in half. So be careful with potholes and objects on the road.   I expect that this car will last for a long time.
#140 of 491 850R rims by cnau Jan 08, 2001 (4:24 am)
Thanks for the avice on the 17" rims. I actually got the dealer to switch them with a 96 used sedan, also an 850R, with 16" tianium colored 5 spoke volvo alloy rims. I made the deal contingent on the wheel switch and he did it.   I did this to smooth out some of the harshness in the ride, to help in snow conditions and because I didn't want to spend big $$ for high performance tires that only last about 40K miles. I only found out recently about the possability of bent and/or broke 17" rims. I really loved the look and the "emergency situation handling" of the 17" rims on the car but it just wasn't quite pactical enough for me.   Thanks again and I wish you many happy motoring miles, Chris

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