[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Why a Saab is not a Mercedes.... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Joe [Email] (#444) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Joe) on Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:28:20 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Allow me to vent on you a bit. I love saab 9000. I know would not be able to afford a 9000 if they were not so troublesome, so I know my b*tching here really does not make sense. Whit that said, why does Saab not fix common problems with their cars??? They will carry the same defect along for a decade without addressing it.

-Door handles that have a tab that is too thin and bends. How easy is it to fix that? Yet they do not fix if foe 12 friggin' years.

-The little lights on the doors always catch and brake off. Again a too small tab of plastic for the one small screw. Easy fix, yet they do not.

-The heater fan runs all the time and runs out of brushes at about 100k. Add more brushes or raise the quality of the brushes or make the d*mn heater motor more easily replaced.

-Heated seats. I have owned 3 9000 all of different years. All have atleast one heated seat not work.

-Electrical gremlins all through the interior/dash on every 9000 I have owned. God help the folks that have to fly Saab's airplanes if the defects are the same.

That is why we do not have to pay Mercedes prices. Saab shaould have Honda reliabilty years ago right? I have a Toyota with 129K on it and NOTHING has been changed except oil, tires, brakes... All of the electrics have always worked.

Again, I was happy to have gooten a beautiful 1995 CSE for $3000 with 80K.
It is Saab's inability to look backwards that affords me to have such a car for $3000
Thank you Saab engineers! Too bad for Saab stock holders.




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• Why a Saab is not a Mercedes...., Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:28:20 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Some of the things you mention are done very early in, Noel, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:57:26
  • Saab is too small and too broke...., David Ingram, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:59:36
    • Re: Saab is too small and too broke...., Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:21:32
      • Yes, just good-natured ribbing at the Japanese...n/m, David Ingram, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:30:09
  • Re: Why a Saab is not a Mercedes...., TML , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:18:09
  • C'mon Joe...have you ever owned a Mercedes?, turrbo , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:24:30
    • Re: C'mon Joe...have you ever owned a Mercedes?, Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:43:38
      • I don't think its necessarily the flaws that drive the, turrbo , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:54:55
        • Tons of Saabs in ME, Matt, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:00:29
          • don't forget Vermont, we love our Saabs here too !!, mark, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:05:57
            • Oh theres tons here in Boston, turrbo , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:14:25
              • As my indy says, NH is Saab Country n/m, Noel, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:46:00
        • I love them, but not for the "little quirks", Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:20:15
  • mercedes also brake, but more expensive..., aaron, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:10:25
    • Maybe picking MB was not the right car..., Joe , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:52:43
      • How can you call a Honda "quality"?, Street, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:09:08
        • Honda vs. Saab, mark, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:11:04
        • Most of the World does :-), Andrew , Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:52:51
          • Well you know what they say about flies and feces ;) nm, AdamB , Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:03:59
          • Most of that weight's just ballast..., Street, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:18:11
    • I had an MB W202, Pat98, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:27:17
      • Re: I had an MB W202, Gunnar, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:24:53

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