Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:03:25 +0200 From: "Richard Nootebos" <rnootebosnopsamage.uunet.be> Subject: Re: Creaks in 2000 9-3 Convertible
I am driving a 2000 9-3 Convertible (Aero version) since May of this year and have not noticed this problem. I will turn the radio volume lower and see if I hear anything unusual. I have about 8,000 km on the clock. Please reply to my e-mail directly - I do not check this mailgroup often. Richard "Arild Eik" <arild.eiknopsamatum.no> wrote in message news:N35y5.4653$mq2.74711nopsam1.online.no... > Hello every Saab owners! > > I have been driving convertibles around 3 years now and I know some of the > bad things owning this kind of car - noise and "not stiff" body etc. For 3 > months ago, I got my new 9-3 Convertible which is a total different car > compared to my previous Golf III convertible. Bigger, better seats, more > comfort, better quality and so on... > > A couple of weeks ago I started to hear some creaks coming from the back > seat area (on the left side). It's two different kind of creaks which I mean > are not some of the "typical convertible noise": > > 1) Are there almost all the time, also when I'm driving on the highway > (where it is not bumby). The sounds are like scrubing leather/rubber against > each other. Not to loud by very irritating!!! > > 2) Hear it sometimes when I'm driving slovly (in 10 to 20 mph). It sounds > like some metal are creaking. If you ask me, it's from the metal inside the > convertible top. > > My questions are if some of you have had similar problems or expierinces. My > colleague told me that I had to live with these noises/creaks because it was > a convertible. I do not agree to this. > > > Thanks in advance > > Arild > >
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