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If you're so worried, $226 from e-euro, buy it now and either install it and keep your current functioning one in the boot (trunk) as a spare, or similarly keep the new one. It's literally a 90 second swap if you know what to do. Why not just replace it every 2 years or 40k mi? You'll never EVER have a DI problem! Cost is minimal compared to tyres/oils/fuel/taxes/insurance and you get to keep driving a properly built car (with a couple of known faults).
While you're at it, change the crank sensor (<$50) and fuel pump (ok a bit exxy) and you've covered 98% of known reasons why your saab will strand you on the side of the road. BTW my sisters Nissan went through 3 CPS in two years and my mate's Audi did not only a fuel pump but also several other expensive things in a similar timeframe.
If you want a new car, go right ahead, but don't blame "reliability" of something which is known to fail. If anything, the DI's are very reliable (reliably won't last much more than 60kmi, though perhaps the new ones are better). It's just a preventative maintenance issue thing. Guess why airliners are so "reliable"? Because they know how long most things last and (usually) replace them before they are likely to fail. Fortunately/unfortunately mech failures on cars are not generally catastrophic, so the maker tries to keep it quiet. If Saab had of realised the DI's were rubbish and instituted a 3 yr 60k mi service interval on them (selling them at cost price), they never would have had all this bad press, it would have just been something that the occasional owner would have grumbled about when they got their bill for a major service.
That's my opinion anyhow.
Cheers
Steve
2000 Aero, 123,000km first new DI at 120k.
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