Volvo 850 1996–1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 2334 · NHTSA communication 620152 · issued Aug 27, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1996–1998
model years
10
vehicle entries
Official summary
Enhanced inspection / maintenance (i/m) programs. This bulletin addresses characteristics of the 1996 volvo model 850 and 1996 - 1997 volvo model 960. For these vehicles, incomplete readiness codes will not inhibit the obd ii system from monitoring, detecting, and subsequently storing a corresponding diagnostic trouble code in system memory. It can be expected that one of these vehicles exhibiting incomplete readiness codes, but presenting no diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs), will meet i/m emission standards. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.