Date: 13 Jan 2005 15:24:39 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: Possibility of Saab closure
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:10:03 GMT, James Sweet <jamessweetnospamail.com> wrote: > > "Dave Hinz" <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote in message > news:34l9unF4dd7ekU1nospamvidual.net... >> On 12 Jan 2005 18:44:11 GMT, Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> wrote: >> > Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> wrote: >> >> Maybe you should have taken the advice to have a spare in your >> >> car. It's a 5-minute job. In the dark. The first time you do it. >> > >> > OK, from posts on the web I see that my '02 9-5 Aero is subject to this >> > problem, but... once of these things costs $300-400, yes? What's the >> > chance of one of them going bad? That's a mighty expensive spare to >> > carry around. >> >> 100 percent liklihood during the life of the car, from what I >> understand. Mine is overdue, I think, at 95K miles, but since I'm >> doing some engine work right now, I'll end up using my original one >> as my spare. > > What's the usual failure mode? One would think (hope?) that whoever > manufactures the part would recognize the defect and redesign the part. It's > simply unacceptable for a $400 part critical to the engine running to > regularly fail under 100k miles. From what I've heard (here), you get a warning of crappy running for a day or week before, and then -nada-. I would be interested in hearing a listing of symptoms and mileage of cars where this happened, anyone want to post theirs?
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