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Posted by wittnam (more from wittnam) on Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:42:54
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

Saabsters,

Vehicle:  1990 900S, auto transmission, approaching 90,000 miles, new
battery(replaced old one after problem began)

Problem:  Twice the car has just died while idling, once leaving a parking
space and once stopped at a redlight.  After it dies, the battery appears to
be totally dead.  I jump started it the first time, it ran rough and ABS
light was on until I shut it off and re-started it.  Ran fine for a couple
weeks, then died at a stoplight, my son was driving so he pushed it into a
gas station lot and by the time we got back to jump it, it started , without
jumping it, but again running rough with the ABS light on until I restarted
it again then it started and ran for 2-3 weeks just fine.

Today, the first time I was driving it when the problem occurred.  I was
driving about 50mph with radio, light and wipers on.  First, the radio lost
power, ABS light came on, and the wipers slowed to a crawl but the car
didn't die.  I shut off the lights and wipers, radio was already gone.  I
shifted to 2nd on the auto transmission and within about 20 seconds the
radio came back on, wipers worked fine, etc., the ABS light stayed on until
I got home, I shut the car off and restarted normally and the ABS light went
off.

Any ideas/advice will be welcomed!!

Glen Wittnam
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