We found the following complaints for VOLVO 855 (1996)
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In the first accident the subject vehicle was stopped and rear ended at approximately 50 mph and driven in the rear of another vehicle.the subject vehicle sustained 13000 dollars damage to the front end and to the rear.the airbags ( both front and side, did not deploy).one year later the same subject vehicle was involved in a second "near head on" collision and the air bags (both) failed to deploy again.in both crashes technical representatives from volvo inspected the vehicle and stated the airbags were not supposed to deploy.
Driver side seat belt retractorwould not retract properly. Dealer notified, and will not repair unless cost is to the consumer.
The abs sensor has come on and it is due to the failure of the abs control unit.this is a vary common and serious failure for the volvo 850 and is a well know to volvo.they offer repair but it is around $900.
Absbrake system is not braking the vehicle properly. Brake light would come on/go out at random, andon two occasionsthe brake would turn to manual braking. Vehicle has been in/out of dealer shop on seven occasions, and condition has not been corrected. Dealer informed consumer that nothing could be found.
My '96 volvo 855 has intermittent abs failure. The abs light goes off intermittently. The car has 123,000 miles. After a brief search on the internet i found that this was too common problem with abs control module. It seems that volvo does not admit it as a systematic problem and there is no recall campaign (that i know of). Just volvo dealers making a lot of money to diagnose the problem and installing the new abs control modules. It is irresponsible to let many volvo cars with either failing abs system or charge hundreds for the repair of a badly designed system.*la
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