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dash board bubble 850

posted by  someone claiming to be josh liddell on  Sat Mar 31 01:53 CST 2001 [RELATED]

we have a 93 that right above the passanger air bag at the seam the dash has started to bubble up. last night coming home on a rough road it buzzed. Is there a good way to glue the bubble down ?







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    Re: dash board bubble 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be Tony Giverin on  Sat Mar 31 03:10 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    josh,

    Early 850s were famous for the air bag cover on the passanger side to come loose, environmentally friendly glue was the culprit when applied at the factory. Some owners have re-glued it back down using epoxies, houshold glues etc, others have advised against it as it may interfere with the proper release of the bag. Volvo has a repair "kit" for this exact problem I have been told. Don't know how much or what exactly you are getting, but it probably is a new cover with mounting instructions....just a guess.







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      Re: dash board bubble 850

      posted by  someone claiming to be bob on  Sat Mar 31 17:10 CST 2001 [RELATED]

      If the air bag cover is bubbling, don't try to glue it. A replacement airbag cover is available. Last one I did was around $30 for the parts. If the dash AROUND the airbag cover is bubbling, go ahead and glue it back down with a good quick curing epoxy. It will NOT interfere with the bag deployment. The airbag cover is designed to break away when it deploys. The surrounding dash panel does not interfere.







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        Re: dash board bubble 850 95

        posted by  someone claiming to be Owen Thompson on  Mon Apr 2 14:23 CST 2001 [RELATED]

        I just finished this repair using the Volvo repair kit. It has the replacement cover and all the misc. hardware, clips and felt tape.

        I paid about $90 bucks for the kit. This seemed like a real deal to me because my local dealer (Oak Park, IL) told me that the parts were no longer available and that I had to buy a replacement air bag ($750) to get it fixed. Don at Volvoparts.com found the parts for me; excellent service.

        If you have experience replacing the light bulbs in the instrument panel (see Bay 13) it is not much more trouble taking the whole dash cover off. Volvo has a technical service bulletin with instructions; the dealer you buy the repair kit from can pull it up on a CD an print it out for you. I recommend also buying the Volvo adhesive but skip the anti-squeak varnish unless you are really compulsive. You wouldn't be driving an old Volvo if squeaks bothered you!

        Change you instrument panel bulbs while you have the instrument panel cover off and be sure to have the key set to position II when you reconnect the battery or you'll have to reset the airbag idiot light.

        The end result looks like new and took me about three hours.







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          Re: dash board bubble 850 93

          posted by  someone claiming to be Jim Barrett on  Tue Apr 3 17:25 CST 2001 [RELATED]

          Are ou talking about the whole dash pad,or just the rectangle covering the air bag? Thanks in advance for your response.







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            Re: dash board bubble 850 95

            posted by  someone claiming to be Owen Thompson on  Wed Apr 11 10:31 CST 2001 [RELATED]

            This discussion is about how to replace the rectangular airbag cover only, not the entire dashboard.






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