Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / 850 / 1995

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999078909 Incident Date: Feb, 05 1999
Consumer's City: CAMARILLO 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: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW5717S2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 06 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1997
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When driving at freeway speeds the transmission downshifts. indicator light indicates car is in lower gear while still in the "d" drive position. car can maintain freeway speeds until car begins to slow down for traffic. when trying to reaccelerate, the car remains in low gear. attempts were made to try moving gear shift by turning off indicator, but only way to fix is to turn car off and restart engine. turning power appears to reset the electronic shifting mechanism in the car. *ak