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.

is there a way to read the codes without a scanner tool

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Old 12-02-2009, 12:29 PM
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on a 94 850 turbo sedan auto tranny? I am loosing the heater fan, the ac and rec lights are blinking and I am throwing a check engine light. I'm in Canada
 
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the OBDI box under the hood. Check the stickies.
 
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Here is a how to on how to check the codes.

HOW TO: Check Engine (A2) codes on an OBD1 car.

And here is what all the codes mean.

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fcpgroton you the man! Thanks I'll post what I find
 
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Originally Posted by fcpgroton
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Here is a how to on how to check the codes.

HOW TO: Check Engine (A2) codes on an OBD1 car.

And here is what all the codes mean.

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Thank you sir.
I'm a rotary man myself but my wife just got a 95 850 Turbo with 97,000 mile on it. It drive's sweet & everything works fine but two days ago the "check engine light" came on so now I can look into it so thank you very much Chris.
 
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damn I just checked my car, its a 96 Volvo 850. My car doesn't have those 2 sockets near my windshield washer fluid =[

what do i do?

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nvm, my car is a 96. I don't have the luxury of being able to reset my CEL on my own lol
 

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