Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 21:43:17 -0500 From: "Tigger123" <tigger123nospam0nTheFarm.com> Subject: Re: Possibility of Saab closure
With the exception of two "dealer" supplied batteries, with dead cells occurring during the first 15&35K miles, the rest of the problems occurred between roughly 40 and 75k miles. Three sets of pulleys and belts, ( all let go on the highway with no warning) one new set only lasted 10K when one of the new pulleys seised, one morning the belt tensioner broke; at about 38K : original belt and pulleys lasted 40K; the clutch master cyl collapsed at 45K ; at around 62 the slave cyl went; Starter was replaced at around 70 K and somewhere in between all that "crap" the alarm system locked out the engine management computer. I have been towed so often, I jokingly asked the tow truck driver for air miles. "Dave Hinz" <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote in message news:34ktgjF4adfp7U3nospamvidual.net... > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:40:25 -0500, Tigger123 <tigger123nospam0nTheFarm.com> wrote: > > Maybe its about time. I have lost all confidence in Saab. I have been a > > Saab owner for over 16 yrs. I had high expectations from Saab and have been > > very disappointed that neither of my 3 cars could go 10 k miles without a > > breakdown. > > That's very unusual. What kind of failures are you seeing at that > kind of interval? > > > This morning was "another" real treat" 7AM in heavy morning > > traffic and the DI cassette on my 9K dies. 75K miles on it. ( I had heard > > that you should keep a spare one of these in your back pocket....guaranteed > > failure component) > > Yes, just like all the other European cars which use the same > technology. > > > The replacement was 750 plus shop time and towing = $1000 > > Cdn. > > 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. > > > I think my next car will be a 60s Nova !! Not a lot to go wrong!! > > Good luck with that, then. >
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