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Re: First Year 9-5 Issues
Posted by Ramblerdrver (more from Ramblerdrver) on Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:50:02
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

There are a number of them, if they haven't been atready taken care of.
One's I'm familiar with (bought use 99 9-5 last January):

1) Engine surge, at idle and while driving. Usual cure involves replacing
throttle body.
2) Faulty ECU...believe there was a recall campaign on this...above throttle
body problem may be somewhat related.
3) Blue smoke (!!!) from exhaust...usually seen at engine start-up at first.
Likely a bad turbo seal (mine was...didn't see it till about 54000+ mile and
Saab wouldn't cover full cost of replacement...grrrrrr!). Or maybe a
crankcase vent problem (might have been a service campaign on this). Watch
the exhaust and get any blue smoke problems fixed before warranty
expires...or at least document it's happening before warranty is up!
4) Pixels in SID display and ACC display disappear...get fixed before
warranty expires!

Ours is a nice car, but am dismayed at the problems.

Steve Parsons
88 900s(230,000miles), 98 900S, 99 9-5se
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