Date: 23 Dec 2004 10:05:52 -0800 From: deniztorlaknospamail.com Subject: Re: a piece of door unlock mechanism is broken
By the way the car is 1990 model. - Deniz Deniz wrote: > Hi everybody, > > > I need help with my Saab 9000. > I have 2 main problems with my door locks > > > 1. The power lock goes rock solid in minus degrees it. If it's too > cold I can neither open it using the key or from inside trying > manually. So I kinda have to get in to the car from the trunk (since > there are key holes in the back doors) which is becoming really > annoying. And once I get it in I can still not unlock the doors from > inside. Which is even worse. How is the right approach to fix this or > prevent this happenning? > > > 2. I was trying and I think pushed a bit more than necessary and now > when I use the key on the driver side door it just turns loose. I took > aout the door panel and found out that metal tith 2 plastic ends is > sticking out inside the mechanism. One side is conencted to the rest > of the mechanism that triggers the powered lock/unlock and the > otherside is I think connected to the lock. And now the side which is > supposed to be connected to the lock has broken metal piece. One side > of this metal piece has a small ball shape where it enters the plastic > top of metal (with 2 plastic ends) and it's broken right after that > ball like piece. > > My uestions is, first of all he name of that piece. so I can go and > try to find it from somewhere. The second is, can I put that piece > back once I find a working one, is it too complicated? (It's pretty > cold in Montreal, I don't want to end up with a non working door in > the middle of winter) If so how? > > > Help will be very much appreciated. > > > Thanks > > > -d