I completely agree. I've only lost one coil on any car I've had...and that was on a 1984 Mazda 626 with almost 200k miles. Lost my DI which was on it's way out on my '03 Aero at about 14,500 miles. CEL came on and went to the dealer which was right down the road from where I was driving, they said I just made it there in time.

It's a hit or miss item as far as I'm concerned...if it had such a huge failure rate, then it would be a recalled item. But it is something that obviously has some issues that Saab can't seem to iron out.

Yes batteries go, coils die, plug wires crack, plugs die....etc, but it's very rare that any of those items go out in such a short amount of time, and when they do, it's a much less expensive repair than a DIC, so it's obviously not as bothersome to most to have to replace them. My main concern with the DIC is the safety aspect of it...I'm glad mine didn't go out in the middle of city highway traffic.

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• Who's got the oldest Direct Ignition cassette?, adl6009 , Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:02:32
  • Mine just turned 130K miles; I'm fairly sure it's, mdj, Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:08:52
    • Wrongo. DI was done at 54K 12/00 per dealer which, mdj, Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:22:14
  • Re: red one on my 9000 Aero lasted 280 k miles, Tom S, Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:59:00
  • 1999 9-5 lpt 4cyl. 120,000 KM still going on original., Dino, Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:00:33
  • 145k mi on original DIC in a 95 9k cs (n/m), MW, Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:57:56
  • Re: Who's got the oldest Direct Ignition cassette?, Marc D, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:50:01
  • 1998 9-5 S LPT - 120,000KM, iDav, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:26:58
    • Re: 1998 9-5 S LPT - 120,000KM, Rafe, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:52:51
      • Re: 1998 9-5 S LPT - 120,000KM, iDav, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:59:40
        • Why am I reminded all of a sudden of "Dead Man...., ChrisB, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:42:30
  • Maybe Scott needs to start a new board, Rafe, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:49:02
    • Yea, the DIC doom and gloom board... ;-)....nm, Mike Lynch , Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:04:56
      • Re: Yea, the DIC doom and gloom board... ;-)....nm, SWB, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:06:26
        • We have a winner! 192k on orig DIC.....see above.., Mike Lynch , Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:25:07
          • subject is black DI's, Dean, Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:05:40
          • and for every 192k DIC, there's probably 50 25k's, Aero'ed, Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:02:56
            • Coils fail on all cars.....so do batteries......, Mike Lynch , Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:56:23
              • that is the attitude that makes it such a big issue., mdj, Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:19:34
              • Re: Coils fail on all cars.....so do batteries......, Aero'ed, Sat, 1 Jan 2005 07:29:55
                • Re: Coils fail on all cars.....so do batteries......, cryptical, Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:59:09 <-- Viewing This Message
              • Honestly, not on Saabs and Volvos., SWEDECAR , Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:04:53
  • 1999 9-3SE 94K miles, Schu, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:37:52
  • 1999 se v6 (read 2 DI's) 59900 miles, adl6009 , Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:06:22
    • Re: 1998 900 SE 88850 on initial red DI, bam2, Sat, 1 Jan 2005 09:40:58

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