Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:42:42 +0100 From: Colin Stamp <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com> Subject: Re: SID in '02 9-3
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:38:32 GMT, "pablo" <pablo.at.simplynospamre.dot.net> wrote: > >From discussions, it seems the SID in 9-3s, even later years, has a long and >venerable tradition of losing pixels (of which there aren't too many). The >SID in my car now is occasionally missing a column of pixels. What I am >wondering is: > >(1) Since it seems such a common issue, is it even worth fixing? I mean, if >it's simplya flawed design, then I don't see the point in going through the >ritual of fixing it every 2 years. It's difficult to tell what the real failure rate is on these things by looking at online forums - you only get to hear about the ones that fail. The most you can say is that it's the most common SID failure mode. My guess is that you'd be unlucky to have two units fail on you. There are a few "fixes" published on the web, so you can try those for a start. Other than that, you need to decide if it's worth the money to get all your pixels back. >(2) Do they fix the SID, or just replace it? SAAB probably build new ones, but they're expensive. I got mine from here:- http://www.euro-saab-parts-direct.com These are recon units. I paid them GBP232 for it, but they give a refund of GBP38 if you send the old SID back. Then you need to get it programmed for your car. I paid a local independent SAAB specialist GBP20 for that. One plus point is that the new unit will be a SID2, even if your old one was only a SID1. >(3) Is this just the start, and more and more pixels will disappear and make >the display unreadable? Once it's started, it'll probably get slowly worse. I replaced mine when about 7 or 8 columns were coming and going. The final straw was when some segments of the clock display also died so I couldn't tell what the time was. Cheers, Colin.
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