'95 850 Driver's seat recline/incline broken
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Greetings all,
Just registered, have a question about my wife's seat (no giggling!)...![Big Grin](https://volvoforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
The thing still has all motions except seat-back recline/incline, and when you attempt to use the switch, there is an obvious vibration and whirr noise—but no movement. Trying to 'help' the thing incline back up isn't working, either.
I don't want to spend an arm and a leg for my local shop to charge me $60/hr in labor to 'research how to fix the problem' (their words), I can do that on my own, thank you very much.
Thoughts?
~OD
Just registered, have a question about my wife's seat (no giggling!)...
![Big Grin](https://volvoforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
The thing still has all motions except seat-back recline/incline, and when you attempt to use the switch, there is an obvious vibration and whirr noise—but no movement. Trying to 'help' the thing incline back up isn't working, either.
I don't want to spend an arm and a leg for my local shop to charge me $60/hr in labor to 'research how to fix the problem' (their words), I can do that on my own, thank you very much.
Thoughts?
~OD
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https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-850-16/850-seat-back-cable-repair-16364/
That will show you how to repair it.
That will show you how to repair it.
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Many thanks to you both; I'm going to try fixing it after finals are done in a few weeks.
I may be something of a vehicular Luddite: I really miss the days of manual-adjust seats and roll-down windows, etc. My first 740 had a crank sunroof![Big Grin](https://volvoforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
I also loathe ECUs—I can't remember a single day this dang 850 wasn't throwing some sort of CEL or other. I just ignore it now as long as it's in closed-loop mode![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://volvoforums.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Mo' 'lectrics, Mo' problems.
~OD
I may be something of a vehicular Luddite: I really miss the days of manual-adjust seats and roll-down windows, etc. My first 740 had a crank sunroof
![Big Grin](https://volvoforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
I also loathe ECUs—I can't remember a single day this dang 850 wasn't throwing some sort of CEL or other. I just ignore it now as long as it's in closed-loop mode
![Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)](https://volvoforums.com/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
Mo' 'lectrics, Mo' problems.
~OD
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