Date: 13 Apr 2005 19:07:20 -0700 From: peterzdannospam.ca (peter Zdan) Subject: Re: 2000 saab 9-3 convertible 5th bow cylinders
yb45449nospamail.com wrote in message news:<1113081282.293661.31290nospam2000cwa.googlegroups.com>... > Hi, Guys, > I have a 2000 9-3 convertible, enjoy it so far. > Last week, the SID showed "check soft top cover" > error message, I thought it was the microswitch,but > the dealer think differently. They said 5th bow cylinders > on both side timed out. To repair it will cost at least > 1500 ($500 echo cylinder and 500 for their labor). > > I still think something wrong within the passenger side > micoswitch area. Because there is a piece of grey plastic > part, which was pressable on both sides. But the passenger > side one got stuck then just fell off to the deep inside. > It expose the metal part under it. Does anybody know > what is that part? Dealer was asked to check those but they > did not say anything. Guess they just ignored it. > > I asked dealer to refill the fluid and took the car back. > Talk to a local saab shop but that guy did not work on > convertible tops. > > Now my question is how long those bow cylinders last? > May I use parts from junk yard? I guess I can probably > find them used but not sure how long they last. Because > I can not avoid paying 500 for dealers labor. > > Thanks a lot. I have an 95 900 SE. It gave me the same message and quite a bit of grief to have sorted out. My car, although the same generation, has electric motors raising the top, not hydraulics. After working with the dealer, and spending a fair amount of time, we found that there was two problems. I'm not sure what you are trying to discribe in regards to the plastic piece that fell off. Is it the piece of trim that fills the roof fram slot in the tonneau when the roof is down? Fisrt was a microwitch inside the tonneau cover. The left catch (under the back window) activates this switch. You'll probably find no such switch on the right side. Secondly, the potentiometer on the tonneau cover motor (in the trunck, near the gas filler on the right side) was faulty. The dealer could not get the value of the setting for this portion of the top action to saty set. It would give a variety of readings every time the car was shut off & restarted. If they are getting strange readings for the tonneau cover motor settings, I'd start with the potentiometer. The dealer's scan tool is required for this operation, test and adjstment. The microswitch in the tonneau cover it easy to test & replace although adjusting it is a little tricky. Good luck. It's a fun car!
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