Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:25:15 -0400 From: Atif I. Chaudhry <foonopsamcom> Subject: Re: Starting problem '90 9000T - TWO bad starters!?
Thanks for the comments. This mechanic came highly recommended as a Saab expert so I'm assuming is just bad starters... We'll see. *sigh* In article <3t6mmvkb5jghhgo1407mak1s5cnriphdapnopsamcom>, madynnopsametcom.com says... > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:25:29 -0400, in alt.autos.saab you wrote: > > >I have a '90 9000T. > > > >Monday got the oil changed and got new button covers for my ACC. > > > >Monday night and Tuesday afternoon, but not Tuesday morning or evening, > >turn the key and the starting engine sounds wrong, so turn off key and > >try again, engine starts right up. > > > >Wed afternoon, turn the key, NOTHING. Get a jump from AAA, nothing, get > >towed to mechanic. > > > >Mechanic claims it is either > > > >1) Wire to starter is loose > > Easy to check and fix. > > >2) Ignition switch is bad > > Ditto, but not quite so easy. > > >3) Starter is bad > > Possible. > > >4) Some combination of the above. > > They forgot the starter solenoid. The ignition switch is incapable of > handling the 200 to 500 amps needed to run the starter. > > > > >They claim they checked wiring including the live wire from the ignition > >and it has power when they turn the key, so they put in a rebuilt Bosch > >starter. > > It's easy to check the starter by just bypassing the relay. > Presumably they've done that. > > > > >I come to pick up the car, turn the key, NOTHING. They try it a few > >times and eventually get the car started. They then claim that the > >ignition switch is ALSO bad. > > So when they tested it, it never happened to them..... > > >Told to come back in an hour. Come back > >and am told that they put in a new ignition switch and had the same > >problem, that it takes several tries to start the car. THUS the