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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:25:06 +0100
From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamfitter.com>
Subject: Re: Saab Complaint


milt brewster wrote: > > In article <7bbvlvse9bijvlqna8vud5vbpn1q613s1fnopsamcom>, > madynnopsametcom.com says... > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:30:06 GMT, milt brewster <milt73nopsamc.net> > > wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > >The fact remains that Saab equipped my new car with tires that > > >have failed, catastrophically, twice in five thousand miles, with > > >much better than "normal" care, and under good road conditions. > > > > I happened to mention this information to the local Saab technician, > > who came up with the following information. > > > > 1) Blowouts do happen. One frequent cause is that people with low > > profile tires do not properly inflate them. This causes sidewall > > bulge and excess wear on the rim, which leads to blowouts. > > Absolutely true. The problem he sidestepped, is that the tires > that Saab provides as OEM equipment are designed so they will > lose pressure in normal use a LOT faster than they should. > > While we could toss around how 'negligent' I am (and others here > in this thread have), the real issue here is whether I should be > able to drive my car more than one hour at 65 MPH and NOT have to > stop at a garage to inflate my four tires. I maintain that I > should. Of course you should be able to do this. I inflate my tires once a months. I should ideally do this once a week, but then they wouldn't need filling. This also happened when I had Michelin Pilots on My Saab 9000. I've never heard any other stories that Saab owners need to fill tires as frequently as you have to. > Your guys should also affirm that under normal conditions, a slow > leak on Saab Michelins will turn into a blowout in a matter of > just a few seconds. I maintain that this is inherently unsafe > behavior and that Saab had a responsibility to design their car > and provide tires that do NOT behave this way. Again and again and again: Why don't you report this serious criminal deficiency to the appropriate authorities??? [...] > While the NTHA and other sources do provide some data on problems > like this; their data is late and faulty as well. They are not > really an "authority," they are just a good information source. See my comment above. > In the end, we buyers have to base our decisions on anecdotal > comparasons of experience like this, and take the Manufacturer's > word for it (their Warrantee), that they have designed and built > a product that is safe to operate under normal conditions and > will make good on any product failure we experience under those > condiditions. Saab didn't live up to their Warrantee. Why do you always post so long replies, then never give us the information we ask for? There is obviously a huge difference between us in the interpretation of your events. People in this group generally wants to be helpful and have tried hundreds of times in this thread to help you with your problem. People are rather puzzled on you insistence of blaming Saab for everything that has happened, yet you don't take the actions expected in such circumstances. Just moaning and winging. I suspect of you that you are trying to stir up a kind of Ford Explorer type of calamity because this is something you have seen or heard about. I can't really believe that you're a serious person.

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