Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 02:41:57 GMT From: still me <wheeledBobnospamo.com> Subject: Re: DI failure: happy ending
On Fri, 11 May 2007 20:06:16 -0000, Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> wrote: >The service manager says they've improved the design and they aren't seeing >any failures with the new one. So I shouldn't have to worry about the DI >any more. :-) Maybe. The older ones went about 75K miles. The newer TI's (2002+, AFAIR) had a problem and died much sooner in many cases. So, they got recalled. Whether or not the recalled units will exceed that on average is an open question at this point. FWIW, every car I know of with direct ignition coils has similar issues at similar (70K) mileage. Putting electronics on top of the cyl's where they bake every day seems to be a bad idea in terms of durability. >It's kind of sleazy that they'll let somebody get stranded on the roadside >with a failed DI, when they KNOW there's a problem and there's a repair >order out. But I guess they can't afford to tell everybody and replace ALL >the DI's for free. Instead they wait for a failure and then swap it out. I believe it's a recall - in which case you should have gotten a letter. "Customer satisfaction" programs are different. I don't think this is one of those. You might want to see if Saab has you as the owner of that car with the correct address for notifications.
