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94 850 high center brake light

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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2goldvolvos
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94 850 high center brake light

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Bulb failure dashlight came on, and sure enough the high center brake light is out. I replaced the bulb, which said 21W, with a Sylvania 7506LL, also 21W. All looked fine, so I went to bed. Today the bulb failure lamp was back on, and the brakelight wasn't coming on. Our daughter repo'd the car, so I haven't had a chance to pull the new bulb and look at it. Where to go from here, 850 vets?
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Post by vegasjetskier »

Are you sure the bulb was out? It could also be corrosion on the connectors or a bad wire.
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2goldvolvos
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Post by 2goldvolvos »

Right on, Vegas. Bulb is good, jiggled lug connectors and scraped contact surfaces. All is fine now. Thanks.
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