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'99 9-5 2.3L 5spd Wagon starting problems
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Posted by uncleho (more from uncleho) on Sat, 10 Aug 2002 10:53:53 Share Post by Email
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Is it coincidence that I start getting electrical problems right after 50k miles?

The other week, when it did start, the HVAC readout was that strange background color and just said "0" on the left side. After ~15-20 seconds, it finally read the normal stuff.

Today, the car wouldn't start. Heard it trying to crank and all kinds of electrical noises (relays, solenoids, switches, etc.?), but no starty. All of the normal light show on the IP, though.

Jump started it and it ran. Let it run for 5 minutes.

Turned it off and tried to restart. This time... no cranking at all. Just a buzzing sound and a faint idiot light flicker... not anywhere near the light show at the initial start. Couple more tries and gave up.

Pulled key out and heard a relay (or something clicking noise from firewall/internal dash area) noise. This WITH the key out of the ignition! It wouldn't stop! I finally yanked the ground from the battery.

This is generally a lightly driven car, because it is our family ride (we drive our beaters to work). It sits in the garage for a couple weeks or more at a time... maybe a month or more sometimes, but we've NEVER had starting issues these past few years... even over the winter cold!

I will take the battery to get it checked and do some voltage checks for the alternator, but these electrically-filled cars today seem terribly humbling for an amateur DIYer like me.

Any advice or a non-dealer Saab mechanic in Detroit area?

Thanks

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