Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:45:51 +0200 From: "Oliver Arnold" <ollyarnoldnopsamwin.ch> Subject: 900 Automatic gearbox failure
I was getting "check gearbox" at cold start on my '97 900 SE Turbo Auto. I could bi-pass this by shifting very rapidly to "D", and for the rest of the day everything was fine. Automotriz Nordica (the only Saab dealer in Santiago de Chile, from whom I bought the car) say that the problem will get worse and that the only solution is to replace the gearbox (cost approx. US$ 8,000). My job has moved to Switzerland, my car remains unsold in Santiago. Any comments? Seems a drastic and expensive solution to what I thought was a minor problem. Olly Arnold