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Gear Shifting & Seat Heaters
Posted by Yoni Kurland (more from Yoni Kurland) on Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:09:12
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

I just bought a used '92 SAAB 9000, stick shift. Unfortunately, this is 
the first stick shift I've ever driven, and, to be honest, I dished out 
plenty of abuse to the car while learning.

Anyway, my problem (and I don't know if its my fault, or simply because 
the car's getting up there with the miles) is that I can't always get 
into first gear.

When first gear *is* working, there is a distinctive 'click' when it 
gets into gear... i can feel if the car is in gear based on how the 
stick responds to me. BUT, there are times where either I feel 
resistance, and can't get it into gear, or there is absolutely no 
resistance, and the car goes directly into 3rd. I don't think I need to 
explain why this is bad.

So basically, I'm getting by with first gear working sporadically by 
shifting directly into 2nd. However, I would like to fix this problem as 
I'm worried I'm gonna get stuck on a steep hill and not be able to move 
the car. Further, it just doesn't seem like its very good for the car to 
always skip first gear.

So I was wondering if anybody could offer me any advice on this. Is 
there anything *I* can do to fix it (or even figure out what the problem 
is)? Or will I have to bring it to a mechanic?


ALSO, when I bought the car, the driver's side seat-heater didn't work. 
In fact, the dashboard switch for the driver's side doesn't even light 
up. The passenger one works just fine. Any suggestions on what could be 
wrong. Or what I could do to fix it?

Thanks,

-Yoni Kurland
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