Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 23:20:21 GMT From: David Eastwood <eatswodonopsami.com> Subject: Re: 2000 9-3 Brakes
Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> wrote: >David Eastwood wrote: > >> My commute is about 15 miles each way - not city driving. I'm going >> to talk more with the dealer about this - they've always been a >> pleasure to deal with, but this whole episode is leaving a bad taste. > >Have you considered taking a wheel off and having a look for >yourself? Assessing pad and rotor wear is not very difficult. > >New pads I can just about understand. New rotors at 30k - unless >you do bad things to your car on a regular basis, I don't think so. I would have considered that, but for the fact that a) I'm mechanically inept, and b) I'd already authorised the work. I don't do bad things to my cars, and I don't have a nose-to-tail, ride the brakes, commute. I asked the service manager what percentage of 9-3s needed this work done at 30,000 miles. He said about 70%, and that he'd seen some that had needed it as early as 18,000. He also indicated that the 9-5 exhibited the same behaviour. I pointed out to him that this meant that I'd, in all likelihood, be looking at the same job at 60,000 miles. This would mean pumping over $1000 (including the service cost) into a car which, by then, would have a probable book value of about $8000. I don't think this is acceptable. I'm going to take it up with Saab - I don't expect much, except the satisfaction of venting. The whole experience will make me look *very* carefully at maintenance costs for whatever I buy next - it's extremely unlikely to be another Saab. The check engine light turned out to be the DI Cassette, replaced under warranty, as was the SID. Cheers, David ------------------------------------------------------ David Eastwood - eatswodonopsami.com
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