# 3855245 Connector | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta connector from the Cables and Fuses group, weighing 18.1 grams and listed for 40 applications on DPX series drives. It is the larger of the connector bodies in this group.

## 🚤 Compatibility

-   **Engine Family:** DPX

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   18.1 grams
-   40 applications
-   DPX series
-   Largest connector body in this group

## 🔌 Function

Houses and locks a set of crimped terminals where harness sections join, keeping the contacts aligned and protected.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Fault that clears when the connector is unplugged and reseated
-   Green or blue-green deposits on the pins
-   Body cracked or the latch broken
-   Melted or heat-glazed plastic around one cavity, pointing to a poor contact

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Connector 3855255 shares the same 18.1 gram weight but is listed for 38 applications rather than 40, so the fitment list is the only published guide - order by part number
-   A heat-marked cavity means the terminal in it has been running hot, so renew the terminal as well as the body

## 📦 Condition

-   Genuine Volvo Penta part
-   Brand new
-   Supplied in original or equivalent packaging

## 🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta 7.4GiINCCCE, 7.4GiINCSCE, 7.4GiPLKDCE, 7.4GiPLKECE, 7.4GiPNCACE, 7.4GiPNCSCE, 7.4GiPNCBCE, 7.4GiPNCMCE, 7.4GSiXNCB, 7.4GSiXNCM, 5.7GSiPWTR, 5.7GSiCPLKD, 5.7GSiPBYCCE, 5.7GSiPLKD, 5.7GSiPLKE, 5.7GLPNCS, 5.7GiPLKDCE, 5.7GiPLKECE, 5.7GiINCCCE, 5.7GiPNCACE, 5.7GiPNCSCE, 5.7GiPNCBCE, 5.7GIPNCMCE, 5.7GLiPLKDCE, 5.0GiPBYCCE, 5.0GiPWTR, 4.3GIJBYA, 4.3GIPBYCCE, 4.3GIPLKDCE, 4.3GIPLKECE, 4.3GIPNCACE, 4.3GIPNCMCE, 4.3GIPNCSCE, 4.3GIPNCBCE, 8.2GSiXNCB, 7.4GIIHUBCE, 7.4GSIINCS, 7.4GSIINCC
-   Volvo Penta DPX385XLKE
-   Volvo Penta DPX415XLKE

## Details

- **Price:** 10.47 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Electrical & Wiring
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 10.47 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 3855245 Connector | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/3855245-connector-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-09