Ok five days ago our garage door broke with my 94 850 turbo inside. I saw this as a great opportunity to do some work on the headlights. I didn't have all the tools to do it as easily as possible so I had to take the battery out to get the driver side headlight out of the car. The day after I got my wisdom teeth out and did not feel like putting everything back in place. I just put the battery and the headlights back in today. I start the car it runs fine for a second or two then dies. Try starting it again and it won't. It has been fairly cold here the past few days and I don't know if that is the issue or something mechanically. Any information is appreciated.

 

Could that be anti-theft related?

 

What codes do u have?

 

I do not have something to read codes so I don't know

 

Your car has a built in code reader:

 

Ok so I checked the codes they way this video instructed me to. I've got a fair amount of codes but can't find two charts that tell me the same thing. Here are the codes my car read: A2. 335. A3. 213, 214, 141, 142, 144. A7. 231, 122. Also where is the A4 located? I couldn't find it so I don't know if it's reading codes. This reply is getting pretty long but when I plugged into the A5 and A6 the red light didn't read any codes. Not even a 111. It's gonna be dropping down below zero where I live tomorrow night so I've got a small window of opportunity to try any solutions.

 

http://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/read-codes-volvo-850

 

Sooooo Where are you at with it ??

 

I have since taken it to a repair shop and they replaced the fuel filter and a vacuum hose and now it works fine. Though they told me they didn't think that was what caused it. So I'm gonna take this a a win until I it won't start again.