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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:58:51 -0400
From: "TJH" <tharrilnospamast.net>
Subject: Re: Saab 9-5: Another DI cassette story


I had the same experience. I have a 2001 9-5 SE (V6) with 52,000 miles on it. The engine just lost all power right in the middle of traffic and at idle it ran very rough. Upon pulling over and opening the hood, smoke started to billow out with a strong odor of burned epoxy. I had a feeling that it was the DI Cassette. I had it towed to my dealer (35 miles). Unfortunately it was a weekend (Saturday afternoon) and I had to leave the car at the dealership until Monday. Interestingly enough, when returning on Monday, a lady with the same type car and approximate mileage was having her car towed in with the same problem. My dealer confirmed that it was the DI but, adding insult to injury, the failed cassette also took out my catalytic converter. To my dealers credit he replaced the DI even though it was out of warranty and of course the Cat Conv. was replaced under warranty. Up until now I have been very happy with this car. I realize that parts go bad and must be replaced but it seems that this is not a random problem and occurs to a wide number of customers. I am very disappointed with SAAB and at this point I don't believe that I will ever buy another. I have had many vehicles in my lifetime (including a '64 Studebaker Avanti which I still own) and none of them have stranded me such as this SAAB. It is my sincere hope that SAAB tries to do something to correct this problem before someone gets hurt or killed. P.S. I replaced the other bank cassette myself and keep the used, but good cassette in my trunk. Tom Harrill "Rob Malkin" <Robnospamalkin.com> wrote in message news:_2SMc.26904$eM2.3151nospami_s51... > Hello all: > > I've gotten a lot of information from the group here since I bought my SAAB, > a 2000 9-5 SE (V6) wagon, so I thought I'd add my latest experience to the > group knowledge. > > My SAAB wagon has 55,000 miiles on it and is maintained well. The > maintenance schedule is strictly adhered to and I change the oil every 3,000 > miles. Last week we're on vacation at north shore Lake Tahoe, 235 miles from > home. We're on our way to dinner when I lose power and the throttle won't > respond. I pull over, put the engine in neutral and rev it up - it revs up > great with no load but as soon as I put it pack in gear it stumbles badly > under throttle. After letting it sit for a while I tried to restart it - no > go. It turned over beautifully but wouldn't catch. Like one person > described, it was as if it was starved for fuel. There are no SAAB dealers > in north shore Tahoe. There are no independent SAAB mechanics there either. > The car ended up being towed 116 miles to the nearest dealer in Sacramento. > We ended up renting a car and continuing with our vacation. > > The dealer says it's the DI cassette which was on my list of suspects since > I follow this newsgroup. Has anyone ever heard of a DI cassette failing this > young? Now I know why some of you recommend carrying a spare! > > One final observation. Mine failed without warning. No sputtering or poor > performance in the days preceding the failure. She ran great right up to the > point where she died. Had I been turning left in front of oncoming traffic > or passing a big rig uphill when the failure occured the consequences may > have been catastrophic. It seems to me that if SAAB can't signal the driver > of an impending failure beforehand than a DI cassette replacement should be > on the maintenance schedule. What do you guys think? > > - Rob Malkin > > > >

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