Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:10:03 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Possibility of Saab closure
"Dave Hinz" <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote in message news:34l9unF4dd7ekU1nospamvidual.net... > On 12 Jan 2005 18:44:11 GMT, Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> wrote: > > Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote: > >> Maybe you should have taken the advice to have a spare in your > >> car. It's a 5-minute job. In the dark. The first time you do it. > > > > OK, from posts on the web I see that my '02 9-5 Aero is subject to this > > problem, but... once of these things costs $300-400, yes? What's the > > chance of one of them going bad? That's a mighty expensive spare to > > carry around. > > 100 percent liklihood during the life of the car, from what I > understand. Mine is overdue, I think, at 95K miles, but since I'm > doing some engine work right now, I'll end up using my original one > as my spare. > > > What's the usual failure mode? One would think (hope?) that whoever manufactures the part would recognize the defect and redesign the part. It's simply unacceptable for a $400 part critical to the engine running to regularly fail under 100k miles.
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