96 850 has trouble getting out of park

My wife's 96 850 turbo wagon has developed a problem of coming out of park
after the car sits all day while she's at work. What controls the locking
device on the shifter that would cause the car not to come out of park? She
thinks that if she lets the car idle for a while it will shift to drive.
She also has tried relocking the car from the outside with the key and then
unlocking the doors again and it comes out of park. Is this mechanism
controlled by vacumm or is it electrical? Any suggestions as to where I
might start solving this problem will be greatly appreciated. (I know she
wants an Suv but this car only has 140K on it).

 

Hi,
Is it possible that the steering wheel needs to be turned one way or the
other, to release tension that may be on the parking- steering-locking
interconnection? Good lock, Brad

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The microswitch in the shifter is faulty common fault 2 Choices replace the
microswitch or connect the 2 wires from the microswitch together this will
bypass the shiftlock

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Anything to keep her from buying a fatmobile (SUV)..
Common issue: There's a microswitch in the shifter assembly, iun the
console that gets flaky after a while. It's about $20 for the kit,
and 1-2 hours to replace.
When the switch fails to close with the lever in Park, the lock
solenoid doesn't release, wo you have to press the manual release
button (Does the 96 have this?)

http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/Microswitch.htm


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Won't this cause the solenoid to actuate whenever the brakes are pressed
in any gear? I'm thinking the switch might be there to save the
solenoid life.

The switches are about $18 or so at FCPGroton.com.

 

of this car I know nothing but often leaving the car in park on an incline
then the hand brake is an issue as it jams up the gears taking some force to
move the lever which is nasty long term ...Hand brake first then the gear
lever in park ..Takes the strain off the system ...

Anything to keep her from buying a fatmobile (SUV)..
Common issue: There's a microswitch in the shifter assembly, iun the
console that gets flaky after a while. It's about $20 for the kit,
and 1-2 hours to replace.
When the switch fails to close with the lever in Park, the lock
solenoid doesn't release, wo you have to press the manual release
button (Does the 96 have this?)

http://www.volvospeed.com/Repair/Microswitch.htm


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