My wife drives a 1995 Volvo 850. The most major thing I ever had to do on it was replace the steering rack after we had a wreck in it in 2010.

Wife wife is constantly complaining that the care "vibrates" when she is stopped at a red light, and the car is in gear. She puts it into neutral, and it stops.

I just had the car on a 400 mile roundtrip, and drives like silk on the highway, and even in town. I do notice a SLIGHT vibration whenever stopped at a red light or what have you.

My gut is telling me motor/tranny mount. I think this because there is a load on the tranny while stopped which would increase the chances for vibration.

I am going to take it for a quick test spin just to make sure I have this right...but any suggestions or comments in the mean time are very much appreciated.

 

Sounds like motor mounts all the way

 

Mounts. However a test drive will not tell you anything. You need to look at them. Mainly the one at the front of the motor behind the right front tire.

Motor mount, right side, Volvo S70, replacement instructions

Bad Mount


Good mount:

 

Hate to sound like a noob, but what exactly is broken here? Both mounts look close to identical in both pictures.

 

Never mind, I see it now. The broken mount lets the motor sit lower, as seen by looking at the spacing between the lower of the two bolt heads on the engine mount and the rubber piece.

 

RSPI, do you recall what brand you went with on the new front mount?