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What to buy? 850

posted by  ybnorml on  Wed Mar 17 16:15 CST 2004
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I'm thinking about purchasing an 850 or 740 wagon(never had a Volvo before). Now I know these vehicles are as different as night and day, one's front the other is rear wheel drive. But as far as maintenance and/or reliabilty goes is one better than the other? Is there any major issues to watch out for on either?
All advice is appreciated.

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    What to buy? 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be brad on  Thu Mar 18 05:05 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    I have an 850 and a 760 (same as the 740 just more luxury items). The 760 has been much much cheaper to maintain. The 850 is much more comfortable.
    I have not had any major issues on my 760 which now has 200k on it. On
    the 850 the following are the most commmon (too common prolems) rear main seal
    is sure to fail around 140k. Transmissions tend to be a problem. The evaporator on the a/c tends to crack (big job it involves taking the dash our.
    Cost around 2k. I had to replace the tranny and rear main seal on my 850 in the past 3 months. If the 740 is in good shape, I would go with that.







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