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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / June 200496 850 has trouble getting out of park
My wife's 96 850 turbo wagon has developed a problem of coming out of park after the car sits all day while she's at work. What controls the locking device on the shifter that would cause the car not to come out of park? She thinks that if she lets the car idle for a while it will shift to drive. She also has tried relocking the car from the outside with the key and then unlocking the doors again and it comes out of park. Is this mechanism controlled by vacumm or is it electrical? Any suggestions as to where I might start solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. (I know she wants an Suv but this car only has 140K on it). Hi, Is it possible that the steering wheel needs to be turned one way or the other, to release tension that may be on the parking- steering-locking interconnection? Good lock, Brad ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ > My wife's 96 850 turbo wagon has developed a problem of coming out of park > after the car sits all day while she's at work. What controls the locking [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > might start solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. (I know she > wants an Suv but this car only has 140K on it). The microswitch in the shifter is faulty common fault 2 Choices replace the microswitch or connect the 2 wires from the microswitch together this will bypass the shiftlock  Signature"*-344-*Never Forgotten" Is for the New York City Firemen who lost their lives on September 11,2001. The official count is 343, but there was also a volunteer who lost his life aiding in the initial rescue efforts. And I will never forget them as long as I live, nor should any American. "Mow Green" > My wife's 96 850 turbo wagon has developed a problem of coming out of park > after the car sits all day while she's at work. What controls the locking [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > might start solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. (I know she > wants an Suv but this car only has 140K on it). > The microswitch in the shifter is faulty common fault 2 Choices replace the > microswitch or connect the 2 wires from the microswitch together this will > bypass the shiftlock Won't this cause the solenoid to actuate whenever the brakes are pressed in any gear? I'm thinking the switch might be there to save the solenoid life. The switches are about $18 or so at FCPGroton.com. >My wife's 96 850 turbo wagon has developed a problem of coming out of park >after the car sits all day while she's at work. What controls the locking [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >might start solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. (I know she >wants an Suv but this car only has 140K on it). Anything to keep her from buying a fatmobile (SUV).. Common issue: There's a microswitch in the shifter assembly, iun the console that gets flaky after a while. It's about $20 for the kit, and 1-2 hours to replace. When the switch fails to close with the lever in Park, the lock solenoid doesn't release, wo you have to press the manual release button (Does the 96 have this?) http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/Microswitch.htm To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. of this car I know nothing but often leaving the car in park on an incline then the hand brake is an issue as it jams up the gears taking some force to move the lever which is nasty long term ...Hand brake first then the gear lever in park ..Takes the strain off the system ... "lrego" <lrego@alltel.net> wrote: >My wife's 96 850 turbo wagon has developed a problem of coming out of park >after the car sits all day while she's at work. What controls the locking [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >might start solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. (I know she >wants an Suv but this car only has 140K on it). Anything to keep her from buying a fatmobile (SUV).. Common issue: There's a microswitch in the shifter assembly, iun the console that gets flaky after a while. It's about $20 for the kit, and 1-2 hours to replace. When the switch fails to close with the lever in Park, the lock solenoid doesn't release, wo you have to press the manual release button (Does the 96 have this?) http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/Microswitch.htm To reply, please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are VERMIN. Please kill them all. |
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