Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:12:26 -0500 From: CS <> Subject: Re: ABS unit on 9K-Update
Update: it is the ABS Control assembly, Saab part number 8967424, but the price isn't $2,900 installed, but $2,090. They tell me that as a dealer, they have to install new, but says if I were to bring him one . . . Any thoughts on where I could find a used one? On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:02:36 -0500, CS <> wrote: >My brake light & anti-lock lights on my '88 9kT came on and stayed on >yesterday, the fluid checked out fine, the brakes/clutch operated >fine, then suddenly the brake pedal was like standing on a rock, >losing about 95% efficiency. Took it to the SAAB dealer, and they >just called to tell me that it is either the pressure switch ($435 >part installed for a total of $704) or the ABS unit ($1,637 part, >installed for a total cost of $2,900), and if the ABS unit, there is >no work around for it. > >Though it's a bit much for a switch,/install, I can easily justify >dropping $700 to repair it, but $2,900 is getting into the ridiculous >range, though without brakes, the car's a 3,000 lb. pile of metal. Is >the dealer correct, if it proves to be the ABS unit, is there no way >to get around the problem by just doing without ABS? > >
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