Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 22:38:16 -0600 From: Rick and Lorie Mieras <rlmierasnopsamsplanet.net> Subject: Re: Gearboxes - any thoughts or experiences?
Jonathon Cuff wrote: > > Thinking of buying a SAAB however am a little nervous of gearbox failure. > > I've just spoken to an owner who has had the gearbox on his 2.0se Eco > replaced at less than 100,000 miles by SAAB, at a cost of GB1,792!! > > Apparently, and this is according to SAAB City in London, the gearbox is an > 4HP22, used in a number of other vehicles, and they expect to have to > reeplace after 90k-120k miles. > > This seems to indicate either a weak point of questionable practice. > > Does anyone else have any thoughts on this. Could the gearbox have been > rebuilt instead and should you, if buying a used car with higher mileage, > look for one where this work has been done. They say that the car will do > 250,000 miles plus but appraently not on less than two gearboxes. > > I await the groups reaction with interest. > > Jonathon * * 213,000 K's, original 'box, original clutch, I drive hard, no problems...1987 9000T