855 TDI odometers stopped working, speedometer and cruisecontrol ok

[Peter Huebner]

In article <jspv9t$6vk$1@news.albasani.net>, roskakori@gmx.net says...
>
> Am 01.07.2012 12:56, schrieb Franz47:
>
>
> > 3. Electric motor broken in the instrument panel, mechanical damage to
> > sprocket or electrical damage?
>
> After some more research I think that will most probably be a typical
> problem of the Volvo 850 odometers, means broken small plastic gear
> wheels. Pressing the reset button while the car is moving probably
> caused it...
> Several people just don?t care and get the mileage info from the board
> computer if they need it.
> Franz47

Yupp, that's what happened to me; pressed the reset button while the car
was rolling - voila, broken odometer. Inexcusably bad design, if you
want my opinion. It ended up costing me several hundred dollars to get
it fixed, the volvo service agent had to take the whole dash out and
ship it to a specialist shop across town.

-P.

[John Robertson]

two screws to remove the cluster plus pulling off the leads that's it .BUT
thanks no more pressing reset when moving ,
"Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message
news:MPG.2a5e92a318d8d67f9896be@news.individual.ne t...
> In article <jspv9t$6vk$1@news.albasani.net>, roskakori@gmx.net says...
>>
>> Am 01.07.2012 12:56, schrieb Franz47:
>>
>>
>> > 3. Electric motor broken in the instrument panel, mechanical damage to
>> > sprocket or electrical damage?
>>
>> After some more research I think that will most probably be a typical
>> problem of the Volvo 850 odometers, means broken small plastic gear
>> wheels. Pressing the reset button while the car is moving probably
>> caused it...
>> Several people just don?t care and get the mileage info from the board
>> computer if they need it.
>> Franz47
>
>
> Yupp, that's what happened to me; pressed the reset button while the car
> was rolling - voila, broken odometer. Inexcusably bad design, if you
> want my opinion. It ended up costing me several hundred dollars to get
> it fixed, the volvo service agent had to take the whole dash out and
> ship it to a specialist shop across town.
>
> -P.