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If you decide to reseat the EDU cable by removing the . Posted by John Fitzgerald [Email] (#77) [Profile/Gallery] (more from John Fitzgerald) on Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:13:49 In Reply to: momentary gauges fault..., ryand, Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:55:12 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
top of the dashboard, disconnect the battery first, then take off the EDU cable connector. Clean the contacts with DeOxit or similar. A good time to replace the tiny EDU bulbs, if one is burned out.
Put EVERYTHING back together before you reconnect the battery. Doing a 'test' and wiggling the EDU connection with a live battery is likely going to trigger the SRS light ... and unless you have a Tech 2 nearby, it's either dollars or living with an annoying light on.
Learned this the hard way.
Btw, the ignition switch remedy isa good fix for random lights NOT working, ie, turning on the parking lights with no help, or nothing happening when you turn over the starter, only to have the second or third attempt at starting work just fine (or cycling the headlight switch to get parking lights on).
John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'97 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
still driving:
'97 Aero 244,xxx mi
'98 CSE 194,xxx mi 'project car' for winter & for my daughters to drive
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 141,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 55,xxx mi
_______________________________________ John Burlington, Wisc '73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK '80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi '86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi '87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi '94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi '95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold '98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away '97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it] still driving: '97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive '07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx '08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver and a couple of 'non-Saabs': '01 Suburban 201,xxx mi '03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi '14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
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