The consumer was pulling out of the driveway and noticed that the vehicle was not shifting from first gear into second. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the transmission failed. The consumer received no warning lights .
Volvo 850 transmission failure problems
18 of the 569 owner complaints about the Volvo 850 describe complete transmission failure, most of them for the 1993 model year.
- owner complaints
- 18
- worst model year
- 1993
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 19972
- 19961
- 19942
- 199313
What owners say
I replace the transmission at 99,000 and now at 27,000 on the orginal volvo replacement transmission I have to replace the second transmission. This transmission of the 850 volvo is a lemon.
Total transmission failure on a car that I serviced every 3-5k miles.
The transmission failed causing it not to shift out of first gear. Nlm
Manual transmission failure at a little over 100,000 miles. Have contacted numerous volvo specialists, and was told that this is common on the 1993 model 850, and that the 1994 and later gearboxes were revised..
Transmission failed. Yh
Automatic transmission failed. Vehicle also switched to "winter mode" at various times. *ak
Transmission failed. Yh
Transmission failure. Vehicle goes into a "winter mode" driving at various times.
Automatic transmission failed.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Volvo 850 transmission failure
Which Volvo 850 years have complete transmission failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1993 (13 complaints), 1994 (2 complaints) and 1997 (2 complaints).
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