Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:17:42 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Sudden Saab Death Problem
Paul wrote: > A friend's 1995 900S Convertible (110k miles)just dies without warning > when she's driving it. Shop mechanic says no fault codes indicate > anything wrong. He can't diagnose or fix it without it going dead in > front of him. She can't trust the car now for transportation. > > Mechanic says it might be moisture in the distributor cap or bad wires > and recommends replacing them to see it the problem goes away. Sounds > like the start of some potentially expensive trial and error that may > not fix it. > > Any other ideas out there? Similar problems? > > Thanks, > Paul Define "dies". I had a 1994 900 die with total electrical failure. It turned out to be a faulty ignition switch - wiggle it and the car dies.