True, and the good news is that it seems Volvo/Ford has finally acknowledged the defective ones in the '99-'01 model years and will replace them for free(?). With the older ones, one is left with occasional cleaning.Guest wrote:So does that mean they are not in the same location on the engine and are not disassembled for cleaning and reassembled in a similar fashion?Jot wrote:'94 and '99 are NOT the same
The one I cleaned on my '94 850 sure seemed to be...
Odd that. You would think with the battery being seemingly OK, that wouldn't be an issue. 'You never know!!, indeed', but the electrical does seem like a funny bird on these cars.Guest wrote:I had the same problem with a '94 850 and after paying my mechanic to replace the fuel pump and still having the problem I finally put a new battery in (even though it was adequately charged, it was old)...this fixed the problem and it has been 6 months. You never know!!
Finally goin' with a used Acura myself. Will miss that '850 sound system, however.