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blue smoke...another complaint....follow up
Posted by steve parsons (more from steve parsons) on Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:58:21
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Last Friday I complained on here about seeing a puff of blue smoke out the exhaust of our 1999 9-5 (55,000 miles) when starting it up. First time I'd noticed it on our car, but apparently a common complaint. Took the car in to the dealer Tuesday and they found oil on the turbo piping, so replaced the turbo. Car had previousily had the crankcase vent service bulletin work performed . Dealer admitted this was a known problem, had already done some replacement on other cars, and even had a turbo in stock. So I, and the dealer, were expecting Saab to pay for the repair...but all they'd cover was the labor ($280). Which seems a bit strange...I would have considered it almost fair if they had covered the cost of parts ($751), leaving me with labor charge. But no, so guess it's time to write a letter asking for reconsideration! Saab/GM is out to increase sales by selling Saabs to previous non-Saab owners. The car is good enough to attract new customers, but wonder how many will return for a 2nd Saab if they are faced with a $750-1000 repair bill just after the warantee runs out!?
Car runs nice. Wife thinks it runs better, but not sure if it's just her imagination.
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Posts in this Thread:
- blue smoke...another complaint....follow up, steve parsons, Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:58:21 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: blue smoke...another complaint....follow up, mb9k, Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:27:36
- See my post above. n/m, Texron, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:41:16
- Re: blue smoke...another complaint....follow up, compaqted, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:49:27
- Re: blue smoke...another complaint....follow up, MJP, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 00:16:14
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