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Volvo 850

Every Volvo 850 model year on file, 1992 to 2000. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years56991 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years91992 to 2000

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins727Summed across model years

By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 192, 34% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Brakes leads the Volvo 850 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

110

Powertrain

Electrical system

Fuel system

Engine and cooling

Tires

Airbags

Equipment

Seats

Seat belts

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volvo 850 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volvo 850 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2000	Sedan	1	0.0	3	0	0	15
1999	Sedan	2	0.0	9	0	1	18
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1	35
1997	Sedan	107	14.0	563	3	3	138
1996	Not decoded	192	17.7	19,200	3	6	136
1995	Not decoded	111	18.9	11,100	3	3	137
1994	Sedan	83	18.1	519	3	2	134
1993	Sedan	73	8.2	304	1	2	95
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	19

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo 850

04V-368 Jul 30, 2004
On certain passenger vehicles, after prolonged exposure to heat, the fuel tank may seep or leak fuel at the points where the heat shield is attached
Fuel system · 226k vehicles
02V-314 Nov 19, 2002
On some sedans and station wagons equipped with seat heaters, it is possible that excessive compression of the seat cushion could cause damage to…
Seats · 65k vehicles
99V-235 Aug 30, 1999
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Lighting · 140k vehicles
96E-025 Aug 20, 1996
Engine block heaters installed as accessories
Engine and cooling · 400 vehicles
95V-050 Mar 10, 1995
Some of the jacks supplied with the vehicles do not have the necessary load capacity
Equipment · 31k vehicles
94V-173 Sep 13, 1994
Under very cold weather conditions, ice crystals can form at the throttle in the engine intake system, and prevent the throttle from returning to idle
Speed control · 14k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.