Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:06:16 -0000 From: Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> Subject: DI failure: happy ending
I have an '02 9-5 Aero with 77k miles on it. Folks in this group recommend carrying a DI cassete in your trunk, because it WILL fail sooner or later, generally between 75k and 100k milres. It has two failure modes: a Check Engine light, or *poof* you're walking. I got lucky: I got the CEL. Took it to Auto Zone and they identified it as some kind of ignition error. Took it to my Saab guy and he told me it's the DI. Great. But then he called the dealer, gave them my VIN, and shazam! There is some kind of recall or repair notice. I drove down to the dealer, and 15 minutes later I had a shiny new DI. Absolutely **FREE**. The service manager says they've improved the design and they aren't seeing any failures with the new one. So I shouldn't have to worry about the DI any more. :-) It's kind of sleazy that they'll let somebody get stranded on the roadside with a failed DI, when they KNOW there's a problem and there's a repair order out. But I guess they can't afford to tell everybody and replace ALL the DI's for free. Instead they wait for a failure and then swap it out. At least it worked out well for me!
