Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / 850 / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002301908 Incident Date: Nov, 17 2002
Consumer's City: NORTHFIELD Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: 850 Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, air:antilock:control unit/module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS5649V1 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 10 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 29 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Abs light coming on and staying on repeatedly. after numerous resets by my volvo repair shop, they determined that the abs traction control computer module had failed. the unit had to be replaced at a cost to me of $642.93. the repair shop informed me that they were doing an average of one or two such replacements on this model per week and that they believed this to be a defect from the manufacture for this model in general. the repair shop works exclusively on volvos, hubbard woods motors, 985 greenbay road, winnetka, il, 60093; phone 8470446-0711; owner, robert l. berger. *nm