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Re: It's a scary world......
Posted by DW (more from DW) on Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:25:32
In Reply to: It's a scary world......, Mike Lynch [Profile/Gallery]
, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:16:44
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Hey Mike, sorry, your characterization of concern about the DI as being the "worst" of hypochpondria is frankly offensive. Mine failed at 20k in the middle of high speed traffic. I stood out in the middle of the passing lane waving cars around my shiny Saab until two guys stopped to help push it out of the road. At that time, the throttle body had already failed; it failed a second time at about 43k. The turbo went at 40k, after the PCV mod and head bolt retorque didn't solve the blue smoke problem.
Sure, in theory any car can have problems, but in 39 years of driving lots of cars, I haven't encountered anything remotely similar to the DI failure.
I know not all 9-5s have these problems, but each and every failure I experienced had been reported here so frequesntly that I immedately know the problem.
Trust me, when I bought (not leased) this car I really wanted it to be a good car. I'd really like to think it was a smart purchase. I can assure you that I'm not known as a hypochpondriac. I just call them like I see them, and a good car is not what I've seen.
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Posts in this Thread:
- This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, cmd, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:41:34
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, sev6, Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:35:52
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, wayne, Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:51:04
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, Vince, Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:36:16
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, Stan, Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:20:03
- Re: This site is scaring me (should be), albanysaab, Wed, 22 Jun 2005 03:37:39
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, PA_SAABER, Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:39:23
- A funny smell..., Johnson , Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:41:47
- The 9-5 is the most reliable european car out there, Schu, Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:10:03
- read the bottom of the page..., Scott Paterson , Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:39:55
- Best advice ..., Stephen Goldberger, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:38:05
- Never replaced a DI, or a turbo..., Indiana Saab, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:34:59
- It's a scary world......, Mike Lynch , Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:16:44
- Keep it in perspective, Allan, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:05:21
- Reality Check............are 9-5s reliable?, Herb Hirsch , Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:07:05
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, saabnewbe, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:50:18
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, James Behan, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:21:39
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, ussakl, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:51:58
- Re: Relax, you have a V-6, keeton, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:48:25
- Re: This site is scaring me -- are 9-5s reliable?, GaryH, Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:34:54
- Not to worry..., billherbst , Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:29:28
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