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So the Ford dealer trying to sell this 9-5 Aero (65,600 miles) let me drive the car 50 miles to my independent transmission mechanic and to the Saab dealer to find out the cause of the transmission warning light on the dashboard.
Car drove fine in every gear the whole drive. Independent mechanic could find nothing wrong with the way the car drove and was impressed with the car. Said to take it to the Saab for a Tech II evaluation. Mechanic at the dealer let me watch him use the Tech II and he pulled a code 1743 and not the code 1783 which he had written down on a prior owner's service request but had thought the 1783 must have been written down wrong because Saab has no such code.
Code 1743 is Lock-up mechanical fault. Doing research on his Saab computer he concluded that it must be a fault in the Solenoid Lock Up Valve SLU which curiously has a code of 0743. He concluded that this valve must be faulty and the torque converter was not properly locking up.
Only fix for a faulty solenoid SLU, since the solenoid SLU is part of the transmission valve body, is to replace transmission or at least the valve body which costs nearly as much as a transmission.
He removed the 1783 transmission dashboard warning code with his Tech II and assured me that the code would return by the time I drove the car back to the Ford dealer. It didn't.
So now I am wondering if he mixed up codes 1743 and codes 0743 or whether they are the same thing, 0743 just being a more specific code. But 0743 is not what came up on the Tech II; 1743 came up on the Tech II.
I convinced the Ford dealer his car really had a problem even though it drives very well. So maybe they dealer will come off the price and I can get a real deal and afford to buy the car and fix it. The Ford dealer has had it for months and can't sell it because it has a transmission light glaring; that is, it had one until now. Now its gone and somebody might actually be interested in the car without a warning light. If I can get a good deal, I would like to buy the car before the Ford dealer figures out the transmission warning light is off. It might stay off and if it does, if I were the dealer, I would immediately raise the price.
The car drives so well, I would hate to replace the transmission for nothing and really see no point if the transmission warning light does not return.
There are many other faults with the car: the SID, the Right Mirror, a Xenon, oil leaks from a valve cover gasket and it needs an oil separator kit. Most expensive fix could be the very hot air blowing from the rear seat vents while the AC is on. never had that on any of my Saabs and don't know what to expect. Bottom of front spoiler is also damaged and needs repair.
Car simply was not maintained as well as it should have been.
Any advice will be appreciated on how best to protect myself and how best to negotiate this deal.
I think I still have to assume I have a significant transmission problem and assume I will need a new one. (If I get lucky, well lucky me).
Totaling up the costs with a rebuilt tranny may be $5000 at the dealer, not including the cost of the rear AC fix. All those fixes may qualify the car as a clean car which would be worth between $9500 (Edmunds) and $11500 according to Ford dealer's guide books. Asking price is $6995.
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, Fri, 13 May 2011 09:03:28
, Fri, 13 May 2011 08:10:41
, Fri, 13 May 2011 04:15:24, Thu, 12 May 2011 21:58:54
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