1999 Volvo 850

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission › cooling unit and lines. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Apr 27, 2002CA

I RECENTLY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA AND WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT MY CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002. I TOOK THE CAR TO LAWRENCE VOLVO IN WALNUT CREEK, CA. THE MANUFACTURER HAS STATED THAT THE CAR HAS NO NON-CONFORMITIES. THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Cooling Unit and Lines
Filed May 27, 1999MA

1ST UNIT FAILED, REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION LEAKS, REPAIR TO REPLACEMENT UNSUCCESSFUL. STILL ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20001000Routine
1999 — this page2000Routine
1997107370Routine
19961923202Fatalities reported
1995111390Routine
199483330Routine
199373130Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.