[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Re: Questioning Saab after 3. Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Doug W [Email] (#2371) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Doug W) on Tue, 22 May 2012 20:55:47 In Reply to: Questioning Saab after 3., RickE, Mon, 21 May 2012 17:46:35 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

No it's not you. Saabs are just a collection of parts like any other car. They all have their "issues". The key is to know the typical issues and replace the parts before they check out or hope that if we do wait too long the collateral damage won't be excessive.

BMW e36's have radiators that fail at 75 - 125k. When they do, they can take out the engine - ouch! There's a cottage industry of aluminum replacement radiators. Saab 9-5s have the DIC, SID, and heater box faults. VWs with the early 1.8 Turbo have worse sludge issues than our Saabs. Volvo V70, S70 & XC90s from '01 - '04 were known to have transmission issues that often resulted in replacement.

Look at one of the posts below about some of the domestic brand issues. By comparison, Saabs are brilliant! It's the quest for low price by the consumer that drives this. GM is notorious for promising great new cars and then issuing cheapened versions only to fix them just before phasing them out. Look at the Corvair, Vega, Citation, Fiero, and Allante. All had serious issues during their first few years of production but then were fixed just before production ceased.

We make our choices and live with them.

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• Questioning Saab after 3., RickE, Mon, 21 May 2012 17:46:35
  • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., Doug W , Tue, 22 May 2012 20:55:47 <-- Viewing This Message
  • at least they are predicatable, ells, Tue, 22 May 2012 18:09:02
  • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., Snowmobile , Tue, 22 May 2012 03:37:21
  • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., jimmygee, Tue, 22 May 2012 01:40:31
    • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., RickE, Tue, 22 May 2012 19:43:14
      • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., Snowmobile , Wed, 23 May 2012 06:48:07
      • Your '99 bill cost more than my 04 Arc!, Norm95, Tue, 22 May 2012 21:23:14
  • What would you replace it with?, Norm95, Mon, 21 May 2012 21:30:41
  • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., Bruce M, Mon, 21 May 2012 21:02:39
  • Re: Questioning Saab after 3., saabsince 93b , Mon, 21 May 2012 19:03:37
    • I'm on #4, marynvince, Tue, 22 May 2012 05:34:51
      • Re: I'm on #4, Daniel, Tue, 22 May 2012 09:55:04
        • Just picked up my 5th 9-5., Norm95, Tue, 22 May 2012 18:33:19
          • Re: Just picked up my 5th 9-5., RickE, Tue, 22 May 2012 19:23:23
            • Re: Just picked up my 5th 9-5., Snowmobile , Wed, 23 May 2012 07:03:09

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