Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:03:32 GMT From: "Rob Malkin" <Robnospamalkin.com> Subject: Re: Saab 9-5: Another DI cassette story
I'm sorry to hear this. Today, two days after my new DI cassette was installed and the oil changed, my 'check engine light' has come on. - Rob Malkin "another one" <anynospamly.org> wrote in message news:MPG.1b73890d76e18ee5989f26nospam.sonic.net... > In article <_2SMc.26904$eM2.3151nospami_s51>, Robnospamalkin.com > says... > > Hello all: > > > > I've gotten a lot of information from the group here since I bought my SAAB, > > a 2000 9-5 SE (V6) wagon, so I thought I'd add my latest experience to the > > group knowledge. > > > > My SAAB wagon has 55,000 miiles on it and is maintained well. The > > maintenance schedule is strictly adhered to and I change the oil every 3,000 > > miles. Last week we're on vacation at north shore Lake Tahoe, 235 miles from > > home. We're on our way to dinner when I lose power and the throttle won't > > respond. I pull over, put the engine in neutral and rev it up - it revs up > > great with no load but as soon as I put it pack in gear it stumbles badly > > under throttle. After letting it sit for a while I tried to restart it - no > > go. It turned over beautifully but wouldn't catch. Like one person > > described, it was as if it was starved for fuel. There are no SAAB dealers > > in north shore Tahoe. There are no independent SAAB mechanics there either. > > The car ended up being towed 116 miles to the nearest dealer in Sacramento. > > We ended up renting a car and continuing with our vacation. > > > > The dealer says it's the DI cassette which was on my list of suspects since > > I follow this newsgroup. Has anyone ever heard of a DI cassette failing this > > young? Now I know why some of you recommend carrying a spare! > > > > One final observation. Mine failed without warning. No sputtering or poor > > performance in the days preceding the failure. She ran great right up to the > > point where she died. Had I been turning left in front of oncoming traffic > > or passing a big rig uphill when the failure occured the consequences may > > have been catastrophic. It seems to me that if SAAB can't signal the driver > > of an impending failure beforehand than a DI cassette replacement should be > > on the maintenance schedule. What do you guys think? > > > > - Rob Malkin > > > I was going to post roughly the same story to this newsgroup > about my 2000 9-3, but you beat me to it. > > My story is a little more complex. The trouble started last April > when the car had only 24,000 well-maintained miles on it. > Precipitous, sudden, dangerous failure on a California > freeway. The ignition cassette, tow and rental car cost me about > $800. Then the car failed again, just one day after I got it > back. This time it ran but weakly and with the 'check engine > light' on. > > Stranded again but closer to a dealership, I limped the car into > a nearby dealership. I will save this newsgroup the complete sad > story and skip to the bottom line: > > Six weeks. Six trips to the dealership. Blown catalytic > converter. Blown cassette. Cracked flywheel (!!) Cracked brake > rotor. Replaced gas tank fuel pipe ($900 right there). Total: > $6500. $4800 under warrantee. > > This is outrageously bad build quality for a car that thinks it > is a compeditive upscale brand. I don't give a Cheney how bad VWs > or BMWs are: I bought a Saab. > > I am still alarmed over these problems. I need to trust my car. > I still don't know if I can trust this car at this point. I > can't enjoy driving this car any more. I am dismayed for the > Saab brand, which I had had great respect for until now. > > > brokenDown > > > >
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