Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:01:11 -0400 From: "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> Subject: Re: Check engine light
Rich wrote: > > The Saab is a 94 with 100,000 miles. It had a tune up at 95000. > Yesterday we were going on a 200 mile trip. We stopped for gas 4 miles from > our house. > After filling up the check engine light came on. We did not want to drive > that far with the possiblity of something wrong so we took another car. > Today I drove the car around town to do some errands. > After the 4th start the check engine light went out and has not come on > again. > Can anyone explain what is happening? > > Thanks > > Richard I had this problem with my 1996 900SE. I have seen it referred to enough times in this news group to conclude that it is one of the characteristic problems (quirks) of Saabs. In every other car I have owned the check engine light was a sign that the oxygen sensor needed to be replaced. Replace the oxygen sensor and the problem was fixed. Not on my Saab. I had it in the dealers three or four times, while they tried various fixes, starting with telling me that I must not have tightened up the gas cap sufficiently, and ending with changing the oxygen sensor or a trial basis. In the end, they decided there was a problem with the wiring harness, and fixed that. So far, that has taken care of the problem.