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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:12:31 -0500
From: Malcolm W. Mason <arpicnopsammail.com>
Subject: Re: check engine


Kenneth mentions a clear button for the error display. Kenneth or anyone else: where is it and what does one do to operate it? Your help would be valuaed. MWM On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:22:55 -0500, "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> wrote: >I also have had problems with the check engine light during the two >years that I have owned my 1996 900SE. I had one round of problems >about a year ago. At that time, I was involved in repeated visits to >the dealer to try to get the check engine light to go off and stay off. >Ultimately, the dealer resoldered some wiring and that took care of the >problem for a year. > > When the problem recurred a month or so back, I took the car to an >independent Saab mechanic. He said the trouble code indicated a vacuum >leak. No leak was evident around the engine, so he recommended that I >put on a new gas cap. I did this, and the light has stayed off since >then. However, I have little confidence that the problem has been fixed >permanently. > > During the times that I had this problem, the check engine light came >on for no apparent reason, and stayed on. There was no change in the >driveability of the car. Last year, prior to resoldering the wiring, >the dealer tried various other fixes, including changing the oxygen >sensor. > > The "very sensitive computer" explanation sounds plausible to me. In >other words, it's a design flaw. Currently, the "coolant level low" >warning appears from time to time on my car's screen, although the >coolant level ISN'T low. At least that warning, unlike the check engine >light, can be removed by hitting the clear button. > > >Cor de Vries wrote: >> >> Hans, >> >> I have the same problem with my Saab900 (1994) now for three years. >> My Saab dealer checked everything and said to me that everything is o.k and >> that it has something to do with a "very sensitive"computer system that was >> installed during that period. >> I have been driving now for three years with this message on my display >> without any problems. >> So, nothing to be worried about. Fixing it will be rather expensive. >> >> Regards >> Cor >> >> "hans" <nietnogmeernopsamail.com> schreef in bericht >> news:av7c8j$3sl$1nopsamer10.wxs.nl... >> > Who can help me please: >> > >> > my Saab 900 (2.0ltr 1995) displayed during driving check engine (the >> ligth >> > just near the coolant temperature. When I came home I switched the engine >> > off. I switched the ingnition again and the main display said 'Check OK', >> > the light with the check engine was on again. >> > >> > Who can tell me what is going on. Many thanks in advance! >> > >> >

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