Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:06:45 -0400 From: "Software Services, Inc" <softwareservicesnopsams.com> Subject: Re: Hydro-lock on Saab 9-3. warranty???
Skip, The reason why I expect some level of warranty coverage, is that the car should be able to withstand being driven thru a puddle. My wife said that all the other cars (many of them sub-compacts) were driving thru it without a problem. It may not have been 12" deep ... I'm not sure as i wasn't there. I don't consider driving thru a puddle and hitting a tree quite the same .... Cars must be properly designed to be driven thru puddles w/o a problem.... I'm sorry ... but if the subcompacts were able to handle this puddle, I expect my Saab to handle it too. I say... back to the design table Saab ... Sam >I was told by my dealer that the air intake on my 98 900 is in the front >grill as is to be expected...the intake is low enough that if you drove into >a 12" deep "puddle" (I would call that a small lake!) you surely would get >water into the air intake and thus hydro lock a cylinder or two. From what I >hear you are lucky the car was not more severely damaged. I am not sure why >you would be under the impression that your wife driving into a puddle >should be covered by warranty........I would certainly think that if I hit a >tree, it would not be a warranty claim. Maybe I misunderstood the context in >which you spoke about warranty? > >Skip >98 900SET >99 9-3 SE HOT > >