Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:55:31 +1100 From: Peter Wilkins <wilkinspnopsamail.com.au> Subject: Re: 9-5 Audio System Error Codes
On 25 Nov 2002 03:08:23 -0800, johnnopsamn.com (John Evans) wrote : >I love driving the 9-5, but this is the latest in a long line of >failures on the car - I'm seriously considering getting rid of it. > Yes, I've had 8 Saabs over a period of 30 years (since 1973) and have kept most of them for around 100,000 miles and 7 or 8 years with virtually nothing ever going wrong, ( I had 4 at once back in the late 80's early 90's: two 99's and two 900's) but I've had more faults with my 9-5SE in 4 years than I ever had with all the others put together. Can't remember all of them, but they include electric seat controls, QI headlight bulbs popping every month until they adjusted the electrics, gear/brake interlock solenoid locked up the car and I had to walk 10K to get to a phone to find out how to over-ride it, both visual display panels lost most of their pixels, the SID computer kept forgetting its programming then failed and had to be replaced (twice), the turbocharger failed, power steering blew out a hose (a catastrophic failure while turning at speed - lucky I'm still here to tell about it), brake disks were worn out and too thin to regrind after only 20000km, driving lights falling off (twice), air bag failure (at least the dash failure warning alert worked) and so on. Thank the Lord I took out the extended warranty which extended the warranty from 3 to 5 years. I've already saved thousands. Like you, I love driving the car, but I seriously question whether I will be game to keep it once the extended warranty runs out in July 2003. If it keeps failing at the same rate, I wont be able to afford it. Sounds as if my experience is not atypical. Any out there who haven't had many problems? -- Regards, Peter Wilkins
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