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Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:30:22 GMT
From: Craig M. Bobchin <CBobchinnospamlobal.net>
Subject: Re: 94 9000 cse Shift light in 5th Why?
In article <1151022671.795013.52840nospam2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
izodmartinnospaml.com says...
> This is actually a very bad thing. Shift light in 5th gear means the
> computer thinks you are still in a lower gear and most likely you are.
> The reasons are:
The light is not on costantly. It come on intermittently. This is what
led me to think it is a switch of some sort.
> 1) transmission linkage is "off" and you are not in 5th gear even
> though the shifter is(most likely)
I'm not in a lower gear. I would certainly recognize the higher RPMs,
Increased noise etc.... I've been driving stick for over 25 years, and
saabs exculsivelly for 15.
> 2) clutch going bad and failing to disengage in higher gears (maybe)
Clutch is fine and there is no slippage in any gear.
> 3) faulty computer (very unlikely)
Highly uunlikely as I recently had a Nordic Stage 3 ECU put in. (Several
weeks before this issue popped up BTW.)
Craig
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