Volvo 850 Made from 1993 to 1997, this Volvo line was available in both a wagon and a sedan, both with were graced with several trim levels.

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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 03:06 AM
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the lights for my gauges are going hay wire. The light for them is not burned out and works fine. But when i am driving down the road it shuts off and when i turn the headlight switch from the on position to the off position and back they come back on and stay on for how ever long it feels like. I dont know what is causing this.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 03:54 AM
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do u think it could be the switch? or maybe some wirings are loosely connected to the gauge. the headlights are fine i guess...
 
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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Possibly the headlight switch.
Have you had the recall done?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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there was a recall. I wasnt aware of this.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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Stop by the Dealer with your Vin# and see if they can look for open recalls.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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This will sound really bizare but, check the tail/brakelights. I had a 94 Mercury Villager that had strange things happening with the dash lights and the cruise control. It turnred out to be one of tail/stop lights where the two small metal contacts for each filament had been indented and spread out so much over time that they touched. So when I put on the lights the stop lights came on, the cruise control cut out, and the dash light went out. Also when I hit the brakes the tailight sort of came on. I don't know if your car has the dual filament bulbs or if stop and tail lights are all separate but it's worth checking.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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ill give that a try but this week it worked fine and then after like 5 days it started doing this again. It sucks then it is pitch dark out and u cant read the gauges.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:13 AM
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and then today the lights went off and then on for abput 5 minutes sometimes going out and then just gettin darker.
 
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