1994 Volvo 850 problems
NHTSA has received 108 complaints about the 1994 Volvo 850, and 13% of them involve fuel system. Next are electrical system (12%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 108 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 128,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 128,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 10 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Volvo 850 with enough data (48 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The vehicle hit another vehicle head-on at 20MPH, and both the airbags deployed, allowing a chemical to be released and burn the driver. Vehicle has been totaled.
While the vehicle was parked and the emergency parking brake engaged. The vehicle commenced to roll into the consumer. The consumer jump into the trunk while the vehicle continued to roll down the street until it ran into another vehicle. The consumer sustained injuries to her neck and minor cuts and bruises. The vehicle was on an incline.
Passenger's compartment was filled with smoke . Consumer pulled to the side of the road, and then the fire went out by itself.
Interior fire in car, most likely caused by defective seat heaters. Car seats were source of fire. Car was incinerated.
I am having problems with my car cutting off while driving. Strangely, first it started out cutting off whenever I would make a right turn. The car would just cut off, all the lights in the dash would come on. I have had three auto repair places look at it. Of course I was advised to do several things which they thought would fix the problem. It did not. Well the lastest and worst happened on 8/6 when the car cut off while driving and on a busy street.