Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:06:32 +0200 From: "Torben E" <topper666nopsammail.com> Subject: Re: RE TCS problem with '93 SAAB
Andrew F. Dicker <adickernopsama.com> skrev i en news:an22otggi39mf6i9ro33acc8ulameedrgtnopsamcom... > On 16 Aug 2001 10:55:02 -0500, in alt.autos.saab you wrote: > More info needed. I have a 93 automatic. When the sensors detect > wheel-spin the TCS throttles back (?"loss of power"?). *If* your > power loss is on dirt/gravel/you-get-the-idea under peddle to the > metal acceleration then the TCS is, sigh, doing its job. FWIW I was > given a $5000 rough estimate to have a TCS defeat switch installed. > Its supposedly an $80 job on later years or on the '93 manual. The > '93 needs a lot of its electronics upgraded before they can install > that $80 switch. I was stranded in a parking place just off the > plowed area of the street and couldn't even rock the car because the > wheels simply wouldn't spin. *I* consider this a recall/safety item > - design defect but SAAB said they weren't going to pick up the tab. > I LOVE my '93 9000 and will maintain it and keep it a long time but I > don't like SAAB's attitude on this one (one of there representatives > lectured me on just why I bought my car). In my 91 9k you just have to press the brake enough to turn on the brakelight, then you can have all the wheelspin wanted. Torben E
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