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Open to suggestions on how to solve this dilemma, the players are the car, the dealership, and of course Saab USA. The scenario:
Car is the wife's 2004 ARC, 2 months of warranty remain. Wife begins complaining 3 weeks ago of no start condition when car is fully warm, and last week it stalls in traffic, won't start for 20 minutes, road side assist is called, car finally starts when flatbed arrives, but away it goes to the dealer. Dealer takes 2 days to say cannot duplicate problem.
On Monday of this week car dies, back on flatbed to dealer, same result no problems found. Switch cars with wife, she is now driving my 1999 9-5.
So twice today the 2004 dies, starts after 30 minutes. Rather than having it towed in again I decide to contact Saab USA, but in the end it has to be towed in again at the next stall, and again until the CPS is below measurement spec. Dealer says resistance of the CPS is within spec, and they have seen a number of vehicles with the same symptoms - but it was a bad IDM.
So next time I get towed in I get a loaner from the dealer, no luck in getting Saab USA to authorize a CPS replacement. Back and forth it goes, makes little sense to me but I guess it's good business for the flatbed operators.
I'm not happy with the incovenience of all this, on the 1999 at 98k miles it would not start twice and I immediately replaced the CPS, problem gone.
This 2004 has only 38k miles, been bedded in 4 times now and the 5th is a good bet for tomorrow.
posted by 71.237.100...
, Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:44:37, Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:57:30
, Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:06:10, Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:34:16
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