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Re: Not in agreement Mike
Posted by Louis (more from Louis) on Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:54:53
In Reply to: Re: Not in agreement Mike, penelope, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:41:16
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Penlope: Not saying that the moment of failure is in high heat conditions, but that cumulatively, it is the heat that eventually causes the internal parts to fail. Of my two roadside disabling DI failures, one happened on a frigid winter night when attempting to restart after a shut down of about an hour.My more recent one was in summer ,also after shutting the car down for over an hour,so at the exact point when the unit failed, I cannot say what temperature it was underhood. It is a pretty much accepted theory that heat is the actual mechanism that makes the unit fail
I am not a rabid "DI stinks" theorist, but do carry that spare simply because Ido not want to be either stranded or inconvenienced when it happens again. The newest software that is in the ECU will both extend the life of the unit as well as generate a check engine light when impending doom is near, but I am still not willing to take a chance.Since that light coming on is a sure sign that I will have to pay for a new unit anyway,my theory is,change it myself and prevent the catalytic converter from going out. That will cost a whole lot more than a spare DI in the trunk.
One last point to think about. When you drive around ,take a look at the next car you see parked on the highway and think to yourself about why that car is there. Other than an accident, it clearly was left there because it could no longer go under it's own power. I see a lot of other cars on the side of the road and actually, very fe Saabs( I am in NH where there are a ton of Saabs on the road as well)Chances are that every brand has it's own albatross around it's neck and if you were tohang around a Mercedes dealership and see how many S Class cars from the last series had to come in for total electrical failure, you would not feel that bad about the DI problem. To be sure it is a problem, but in the big picture,Saabs are still above average in reliabilty.
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Posts in this Thread:
- The cause of much doom and gloom...., Mike Lynch , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:30:54
- There were no sludge gloomers...., Mike Lynch , Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:18:28
- I don't see Corolla and Sentra owners carrying spares, Vlad, Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:15:35
- per Consumer Reports, Aero'ed, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:38:35
- Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., Dale, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:38:59
- There's a bigger part failure concern in all cars..., Greg W, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:35:40
- Saab Principles of Customer Relations, DW, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:07:08
- the devil works at Monica Saab!, aero_k, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:03:43
- Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., Andrej, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:43:37
- Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., chris, Sun, 1 May 2005 00:19:30
- That's not what people are saying, tincob, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:09:24
- Re: That's not what people are saying, Andrej, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:03:02
- You can say all you want,, No.9, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:52:43
- Re: You can say all you want,, Andrej, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:43:18
- Cheaper to pay few funeral expenses than recall . n/m, all saabs, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:36:06
- Re: You can say all you want,, larmen, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:14:02
- Mine die after I told other to carry a spare., ckpaden, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:43:16
- Add me to the list of doom and gloomers (very long), tincob, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:45:15
- I beg to differ, SWEDECAR , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:13:06
- Sounds like you haven't experienced a failure, Kirk, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:51:20
- Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., jj, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:48:38
- Oversimplification of the Saab DI, devil is in details, dtech, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:26:49
- It's not all that bad, Stephen Goldberger, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:51:58
- Not in agreement Mike, Louis, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:30:02
- Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., ngd, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:48:20
- Ooops...nm, Mike Lynch , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:33:44
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