Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:32:54 -0500 From: Captain Freedom <data61aS_P_A_Mnospamcape.net> Subject: Re: expected current draw when car is off
Dave Hinz wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:44:09 GMT, James Sweet <jamessweetnospamail.com> wrote: > >>>In my 87 900 it was the seat belt retractors that were drawing current >>>when the car was parked. > > >>Oh I forgot to mention those, ripped them out at the very first >>opportunity and replaced them with standard belts. Wonderful car overall >>but those power seatbelts are downright idiotic, probably far more >>people who would have worn their seatbelt simply unclipped the automatic >>ones than those who wouldn't have worn it but did because it was >>automatic. It's right up there in the top 10 worst automotive inventions >>of all time. > > > Thank the US government for those, they weren't Saab's idea. In '87 or > '88 a law was passed that all _imported_ cars had to have either passive > belts, or airbags. Airbags weren't ready (to Saab's standards) by that > time, so that's why we have the mousebelts. > > As you say, they probably cause more problems than they solve. As > happens so often, a bunch of lawyers came up with a law with unintended > consequences...go figure. > I replaced mine with standard/manual belts. Hated those automatic things. John