Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / 850 / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 996106864 Incident Date: Nov, 24 1996
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: 850 Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS571XS2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 08 1996 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 27 1994
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The accelerator stuck at maximum speed, had to turn the engine off severaltimes in order to get back in normal working condition. *ak consumer believes cruise control switch was on but a speed to cruise at was not on, consumer states he accelerated from the bridge toll both and started to go up a hill, pressed the accelerator to maxium and then released his foot, the vehicle did not slow down despite the fact that his foot was on the brake, consumer turned engine off switched the transmission to neutral, and started the vehicle again, the engine still raced so key was turned off again.*jb