Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 04:38:13 GMT From: dxyzcnospamam.com Subject: Re: quality on 2004 9-3 aero
On 3/3/2005 7:30 PM, Shane Almeida wrote: > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:32:29 -0000, Mark in the U.K. wrote: > >>I too recently bought a new 9-3 Aero, but I have to admit I am delighted >>with it. I have had none of the problems you are experiencing except once I >>did get a similar "system malfunction" on the display, but restarting the >>car resolved that. > > > Last month, I got the Onstar malfunction a couple times on one drive, > but on the return trip it was fine and I haven't seen it since. > > Last summer, I've had the locks malfunction twice. Once, I couldn't lock > the car with the remote or with the controls on the door. A couple days > later, I couldn't unlock the car with the remote and had to use the > concealed metal blade to open the door. That sets off the alarm, which I > stopped by putting the key in the ignition. Both times, the problem went > away after turning the car on. > > I've had the radio go goofy twice. After starting the car, the radio > turned on and was tuned to a random station, there was no volume, and I > none of the controls worked. Turning off and on the car fixed it. I > think I've had the radio just turn off mid-trip, but I was able to turn > it right back on again. > > Back in December, the fuel guage got confused and dropped to empty while > the SID told me the distance to empty was "--- miles." Turning the car > off and then back on fixed that. > > Everything so far has been electrical, only happened once or twice, and > was also fixed by turning the car off and on or on and off. Once my signal clicking did not sound. Re-starting fixed it. I guess with the computers and fiber-optic network that these problems should be expected. At least the car doesn't die and refuse to restart like some other cars...