Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:10:39 -0500 From: Shane Almeida <almeida.spam.is.evilnospam.is.evil.mindless.com> Subject: Re: New 93:So how is it?
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:54:17 -0400, Tex wrote: > The reliability/quality leave much to be desired. I had a number of initial > quality "bugs" all of which were quickly resolved by the dealer. I've had a few quirks with my 2004 9-3, but nothing that required the dealer. Fuel guage dropped mysteriously to zero once, the radio shut off a couple times by itself, the remote stopped working twice. Nothing major. > However, > as Dan mentioned, the passenger seatbelt warning indicator does come on in > hot weather. My guess is they used a heat sensor and not a pressure sensor > in the seat. This is fairly minor. I've never had this problem. If I have something on the passenger seat, the seatbelt light will sometimes come on. I've never had it happen with nothing on the seat though. > One other unfortunate quirk is the number of squeaks, rattles and buzzes in > the interior. This is one thing engineering should have paid more attention > to, as it does distract somewhat from the overall experience. Afaik, they > have not addressed this as yet (as of 2005 model). Having owned Saabs in > the past, this is one thing that unfortunately has carried over. (although I > did notice the 9-5's have utterly silent interiors, aside from a noisy 6). > There are a number of owner web sites that detail how to fix these noise > issues on your own. The dealer actually did fix at least one squeak for me > (the ACC fascia was squeaking like hell from day one). I've got a lot of squeaks and rattles too. It makes the car seem very cheap when three or four things are always rattling. My rattles are from the doors and B pillar. No problems with the fascia so far.
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