Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 22:17:40 +0200 From: "Frank Jelgersma" <jelgnopsamll.nl> Subject: Re: Help!! '02 9-5 Aero ignition problem
Sounds very much like a simple flat battery. All the strange behaviour is periferal. Pick-up a new battery and you are in business again. Jump starting is no problem. Pushing should work as well to get it going. I had the same problem last week. Frank "Gary Fritz" <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> schreef in bericht news:Xns93AFA6581EA78fritzfriicomnopsam17.128.40... > My Aero has always started with no problems. Yesterday I drove it with no > problems. Today I went to start it and it appeared the battery was nearly > dead. (And nothing was left on overnight, no dome lights, etc.) At first > it wasn't turning over the engine at all. I was desperate so I held the > switch in "ignition" position for several seconds. The battery was clearly > very low -- clicking noises under the hood, panel displays flickering out, > etc. After doing this for several seconds the engine started to turn, and > after a few turns it fired up. Once it was running, everything was fine. > > I drove it for about 15 miles to give it a chance to charge, then tried it > again. No change. So it appears that either my battery had a sudden and > catastrophic failure, or my ignition or charging system has gone kaflooey, > or something along those lines. > > One additional note: when it started, the ACC panel lit up with a bright > "0" on the left side, then changed to a bright "1" on the left and "22" on > the right, then went to normal display. Not sure what that indicated. > > Naturally this happened on Saturday of a long weekend. My dealer's service > dept won't be open until Monday; same with the Saab "Ownership Issues" > hotline. The roadside assistance line is open, but can't offer any help > other than towing the car Monday morning. > > What should I do? I may *have* to drive the car tomorrow (Sunday), and > with luck I hope to get it into the dealer (a 65mi drive) on Monday. > There's a dealer in town (~12mi away) if I have to, but I've been told > their service dept isn't the greatest. > > The manual isn't clear whether it's safe to jumpstart a 9-5 Aero. (The > roadside assistance person said it's NOT safe to jump a 2003 9-3, but she > hadn't heard of problems with 9-5's.) It's not even clear that jumping > would help. Jumping helps a low-battery situation. If the battery was > just low, I would expect it to get worse with each start. But I started it > 3 times today, and each time the starting behavior was basically identical. > It doesn't seem to be acting like a dying battery. > > Am I likely to damage anything by driving it, or by jumping it, or...? Is > it likely to strand me when I'm trying to drive my kids around? > > Thanks! > Gary
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