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In Reply to: The cause of much doom and gloom...., Mike Lynch [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:30:54

Well, my DIC went last year and since the 9-5 Aero was still under warranty, I had it replaced at Satan Monica Saab. It only took two tries before they finally believed my excellent indie mechanic (bjorn at Swedish Motors) and myself.

So you can imagine how peeved I was when the one-year old DIC began to act up this spring. We looked at the codes: random engine misfire. Great. These would come up once a week. I bought a spare DIC to be safe. We take long trips and all we need is a dead DIC in the Owens Valley or wherever.

Finally the check engine lights just got too annoying. I wanted to replace the DIC with the one in the trunk, but Bjorn thought I was wasting my money. Finally we compromised, we'd pull the plugs and give that a try. There you go: the plugs, which were replaced along with the DIC at Satan Monica Saab were completely loose! They weren't tightened with a torque wrench and could be spun easily by hand.

Guess what: no more problems! I sure hope I get a job in San Diego because if I buy another Saab from a dealer, I sure hope it's Mike Lynch, not Satan Monica Saab (this is only one of many such misfires on their part!).

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• The cause of much doom and gloom...., Mike Lynch , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:30:54
  • There were no sludge gloomers...., Mike Lynch , Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:18:28
  • I don't see Corolla and Sentra owners carrying spares, Vlad, Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:15:35
  • per Consumer Reports, Aero'ed, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:38:35
    • Good numbers.... Conspiracy theories.., Mike Lynch , Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:14:10
      • comparable cars, Aero'ed, Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:30:45
    • Re: per Consumer Reports, larmen, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:48:59
  • Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., Dale, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:38:59
  • There's a bigger part failure concern in all cars..., Greg W, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:35:40
  • Saab Principles of Customer Relations, DW, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:07:08
  • the devil works at Monica Saab!, aero_k, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:03:43 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., Andrej, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:43:37
    • Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., chris, Sun, 1 May 2005 00:19:30
    • That's not what people are saying, tincob, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:09:24
      • Re: That's not what people are saying, Andrej, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:03:02
        • You can say all you want,, No.9, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:52:43
          • Re: You can say all you want,, Andrej, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 11:43:18
            • Re: You can say all you want,, dmz789, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:26:01
            • Re: You can say all you want,, larmen, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:06:50
          • Cheaper to pay few funeral expenses than recall . n/m, all saabs, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:36:06
          • Re: You can say all you want,, larmen, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:14:02
  • Mine die after I told other to carry a spare., ckpaden, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:43:16
  • Add me to the list of doom and gloomers (very long), tincob, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:45:15
  • I beg to differ, SWEDECAR , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:13:06
    • For me it's BMW coils....., Mike Lynch , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:36:29
  • Sounds like you haven't experienced a failure, Kirk, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:51:20
    • Not such a great idea, Louis, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:33:33
  • Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., jj, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:48:38
  • Oversimplification of the Saab DI, devil is in details, dtech, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:26:49
  • It's not all that bad, Stephen Goldberger, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:51:58
    • Oh yeah? My 9000CD had two DIC failures. . . . n/m, JPW, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:08:07
  • Not in agreement Mike, Louis, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:30:02
    • Re: Not in agreement Mike, penelope, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:41:16
      • Re: Not in agreement Mike, Louis, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:54:53
        • Re: Not in agreement Mike, larmen, Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:38:43
  • Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., ngd, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:48:20
    • Re: The cause of much doom and gloom...., HJS, Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:28:10
  • Ooops...nm, Mike Lynch , Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:33:44

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