See
John Cook's "bloody marvellous" guide to fixing the door here.
( It's based on pabloantoine's fix described
below...)
The door "check straps" or door stops on 850s can sometimes break at the weld, or sometimes simply make noise which can be easily fixed.
The weld break is a significant body job.
Volvo Australia told me that they thought it mostly occurred with people
that washed their 850 a lot & didn't relube the door straps.
The moral of the story might then be that prevention is better than
cure.
So make sure that these are lubricated well - perhaps check them at
every service interval.
Here's a quick brickboard posting regarding the more simple scenario:
Kyle:
My 96 855T makes this click/pop/bang sound when the strap needs to be tightened
(with a TORX
driver).
Good luck.
for this contribution "The weld break is a significant body job" It seems this is a common occurence on many 850s. Mine had the bad version of it - the weld in the pillar gave up and the plates squeaked and growled with every opening of the door. After checking for possible approaches to fix it it became clear why there is so much work involved when welding is chosen. They have to take apart the interior trim, knee bolster, electric wiring, and access the inner side of the pillar, then remove the door, which is a collosal ammount of work. A pleasure for mechanics, who cash grossly for these trinkets. I came up with a simple sollution which is now 3 months old and holds as good as a weld. I did it alone and doesn't require any interior work. Who wants to give
it a try, follow this:
Reinstall the door,
no adjustments necessary because you just unlocked
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