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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / April 200494 850 door stay sheet metal breaking?
My 94 850 wagon's door stay has started making a snapping noise when opening the door. A closer inspection reveals that the sheet metal has cracked around where it mounts to the body: (See pic: ) http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/doorbreak.jpg The area just under the circle is the door stay/stop assy, and just above it is the door electrical harness. I'm guessing that the door will have to be pulled and the area welded and reinforced. Has anyone seen this before? To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. > My 94 850 wagon's door stay has started making a snapping noise when > opening the door. A closer inspection reveals that the sheet metal [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" > Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. That's the approved way to fix it, but try this: http://au.geocities.com/ozbrick850/door-stay_fix.html  SignatureMike F. Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont. NOTE: new address!! Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly. (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.) > My 94 850 wagon's door stay has started making a snapping noise when > opening the door. A closer inspection reveals that the sheet metal [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" > Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. Yeah I got this too - have to say this is a truly APPALLING build quality issue and what makes it worse is that my 1996 model also suffers from it - so several years later and they still have the same problem - should have been ironed out by '96...... Am very happy with the car apart from this but there is absolutely no excuse for a poorly designed door hinge....this is basic stuff..... >Yeah I got this too - have to say this is a truly APPALLING build >quality issue and what makes it worse is that my 1996 model also suffers [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Am very happy with the car apart from this but there is absolutely no >excuse for a poorly designed door hinge....this is basic stuff..... I dropped by a dealer today, and they said to stop by either of the local bldy shops they use, as they're VERY familiar with the issue. He impllied that they can weld & reinforce it without removing the door. Didn't have time to get a quote then, I'll check them out tomorrow. It may be that the big hole for the wiring weakened the area, because my crack ran between the two holes. I'm at 194,000 miles now, longest ever for any car I've owned without major issues. Or, maybe not, since I seem to have a rear main seal leak... Waiting to see how the new body style Subarus look (the current ones are just too ugly for me )-) http://www.need-desire.com/WallpaperOutback/1024x768/O-1024-8.htm 250HP, AWD, not bad, but the wheel arches look awfully high, as if they jacked the suspension up to SUV height.. I may have to wait tor the WRX version.. (No more Volvos for me, because the service manuals aren't available, and I can't be be sure if I'm buying a Volvo, Ford, or Mazda.) To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. > Waiting to see how the new body style Subarus look (the > current ones are just too ugly for me )-) I just gave a '90 Legacy away. The brakes and most everything under the car had rusted out. The tailgate rusted out and had to be replaced. I replaced the automatic transmission but couldn't replace all the metal that was rusting out.. It was a real rustbucket. Never again. I drive my 850 180,000 miles and they still look like new. I didn't even get 110,000 miles out of the Legacy. SignaturePardon my spam deterrent; send email to rhodyman@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman Service Manuals 1-800-25-Volvo Signature"We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail" ------President George W. Bush------ September 20, 2001 v56k <v56k@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote: >Yeah I got this too - have to say this is a truly APPALLING build >quality issue and what makes it worse is that my 1996 model also suffers [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Am very happy with the car apart from this but there is absolutely no >excuse for a poorly designed door hinge....this is basic stuff..... I dropped by a dealer today, and they said to stop by either of the local bldy shops they use, as they're VERY familiar with the issue. He impllied that they can weld & reinforce it without removing the door. Didn't have time to get a quote then, I'll check them out tomorrow. It may be that the big hole for the wiring weakened the area, because my crack ran between the two holes. I'm at 194,000 miles now, longest ever for any car I've owned without major issues. Or, maybe not, since I seem to have a rear main seal leak... Waiting to see how the new body style Subarus look (the current ones are just too ugly for me )-) http://www.need-desire.com/WallpaperOutback/1024x768/O-1024-8.htm 250HP, AWD, not bad, but the wheel arches look awfully high, as if they jacked the suspension up to SUV height.. I may have to wait tor the WRX version.. (No more Volvos for me, because the service manuals aren't available, and I can't be be sure if I'm buying a Volvo, Ford, or Mazda.) To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. My '92 850 had the same known problem by Volvo who fixed mine free of charge. Every time I opened or shut the drivers door there was a loud clacking sound. The door was pulled, welded and resprayed. |
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