Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:30:37 +0000 (UTC) From: "Tomnospamtech" <saabtechnospamnnect.com> Subject: Re: 96 9000 aero (Intermittant hard starting on hot days)
"S Moe" <scottdmoenospamast.net> wrote in message news:GV2Fc.9885$wY5.1428nospami_s54... > My car starts and runs great if it is cool outside. The past few weeks in > Seattle it has been in the upper 70's and 80's. Intermittently my car cranks > over and will not start. Then I wait and talk to it for a few minutes and it > starts. It has only failed when it has been parked in the sun. It has never > done this in my garage or on cooler days. I replaced the fuel pump, relay > and check valve about six months ago due to a total pump failure. I also > have had a new strange problem with my instrument panel going dead, > including the clock. The car keeps running. I pull over and restart it and > everything is fine. No blown fuses, new fuel filter and no logged or active > faults. I have had lots of nice long talks with the car trying to convince > it to stop this. I am stuck. Anyone have any ideas? 80,000 miles. > Thanks > Sounds like a classic case of ignition switch failure, Regards, Tom.