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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:26:18 GMT
From: "Rob Malkin" <Robnospamalkin.com>
Subject: Saab 9-5: Another DI cassette story


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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