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Re: Would you buy another NG 9-5?
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Posted by zetareticuli [Email] (#2830) [Profile/Gallery] (more from zetareticuli) on Wed, 28 May 2025 23:32:13 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Would you buy another NG 9-5?, amicusterrae, Tue, 27 May 2025 18:24:35
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I have a 2011 9-5 Turbo4 Premium. I bought it at 90K a few years ago. This has been a great car so far and I haven't had many problems with it. I live in California where the gas prices are high so I mostly run it on E85. It runs really nicely on this fuel. Even though it only has a 4 cylinder engine it is still very responsive and fun to drive as it is lighter than the cars with 6 cylinder engines and XWD. It can also be software tuned to increase the torque and bring it up to 270 hp. A common cause of engine failure in these 4 cylinder cars is the wearing out of the timing chain guides so I had these replaced soon after buying the car. I also converted the rear brake lights to LED. The rear light bars often have to be repaired although fortunately mine still works fine. Most of the mechanical parts are readily vailable as they are the same as the parts used in the Buick LaCrosse and Regal. However, the body parts are unique to this car and can sometimes be very difficult to find. My car has the technology package with Xenons, HUD and LDW. It uses a special windscreen which is almost impossible to find if it needs to be replaced. The windscreens for cars without the technology package are much easier to find. It doesn't matter whether you have acar with factory navigation or a green screen as they can both be replaced with a more modern Android head unit. I can highly recommend the SAAB 9-5NG / 9-4X Connection group on Facebook which has some really nice people who are very knowlegable about these cars. Anyway, I hope some of this information helps.
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