Volvo Repair: Volvo 850 Turbo Speedo/odo problems, volvo 850, turn signals

Question
Hi Regis,

I am one of allexperts Disney experts but this is my first question! My husband's Volvo started giving him problems on his drive home today. It is a 96 850 Turbo with 210k miles on it. The odometer and speedometer stopped working along with the brake lights, turn signals, etc. He replaced the fuse for the lights and those seem to be working again but the speedomoter and odometer are still not working. No repair work has been done recently other than an oil change in April and a new a/c compressor last fall. Any suggestions? We just had to replace my car (a 97 Volks Passat) and adopted a baby so we cannot afford a big car repair right now! Thanks so much for your helps.

Sara

Answer
if it were just the odometer that did not work this would more than likely be a bad gear in the odometer which you can buy online.since the speedometer also does not work this may mean a different problem.I have not seen many speedometer problems so I really can not say what may be wrong based on previous repairs.it will really need to be checked to find the problem.there are several possibilities to just guess that would just waste money in the long run.worry I could not help more with this.