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Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 14:44:19 GMT
From: "Ryan Lindfield" <ryannopsamlla.com>
Subject: Scott Saab in Tampa/StPete Florida <---- RIP OFF
This is another scam to avoid. I bought my 1996 900 SE from CarMax
about 3 months ago. I had a problem with the "reverse lock" on the
transmission.
You are supposed to lift up on the shifter ring to get the car to go into
reverse.
I could put the car in reverse without lifting up the ring.The car ran
fantastic,
but this bothered me, and its a safety feature, so I took it back to carmax.
They don't know anything about Saab's so they sent it to Scott Saab.
(www.scottsaab.com) Once scott saab got my car into their hands they
decided that in order to fix the reverse ring they needed to replace the
entire transmission. Needless to say they had their run with the car
and sent an enormous bill to carmax for things that weren't even broken,
and for somethings that were broken but never even fixed! The ring around
the head light switch turns witht he switch, they charged us for a new one
on the invoice but oddly enough it still does it. Car Max payed for
everything with
a smile, gave me a loaner vehicle the entire time and kept me up to date
on the progress of the car. In the mean time Scott Sabb did infact switch
my transmission, but instead of using a new/factory rebuilt one like they
charged car max for, they used some second hand transmission that was
just pulled out of another car, I have no proof of this but I am willing
to bet any amount of money that this is what happened because
the transmission i brought in there felt fine I have been driving nothing
but
standard transmission cars for the past 7 years and I am pretty sure that
I would notice something especially on a new car where I was allready
looking for problems. I did however with this (new) transimission.
I took in a car with a perfectly working transmission and got back
one that grinded when going into second or third gear!
They kept my car in the shop charging Car Max for various things. It was
there for about a month. During that time I ordered crossdrilled rotors,
springs,(www.saabperformanceparts.com they suck also)
muffler, and rims. I was anxious to have it all put on, and since
Scott Saab was occupying my car for weeks at a time, and I wanted
everything to be done professionaly I went ahead and payed their
exorbitant service rates to have them put my parts on. When they put
my muffler on (sports silencer 4" oval from www.abbottracing.com)
they put it on crooked and it burnt my rear roll pan. I went back to
complain about it and the service manager was like oh well, its a non
standard aftermarket exhaust and thats why I am having problems.
HELLO its made for 900 SE 1994-1998 specifically I would hardly
call that non-standard aftermarket. If any of you have seen any of these
mufflers and the bottom rear end of your 900 you would know that it
lines up perfectly, or should. When they mounted mine it was off to the
right
side and burnt the plastic on the bottom of the bumper, it would have been
fine otherwise. Also I was only getting 18 miles per gallon after they
worked
on my car. I brought that back and said "yeah my gas mileage has been doing
really poorly is there maybe something that didn't get connected when you
put the car back together?" He then told me that it was perfectly normal.
That is why I posted the question in here about what kind of gas mileage
you guys are getting. It really suck that places like this exist, especially
when its a dealership, I had them do my work specifically to have it done
corectly and avoid poorly skilled mechanics and possible scams, which I
didn't avoid either and actually got screwed over twice as badly Return to Main Index
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