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Certainty with the Saturn.... Posted by Mike Lynch [Email]

(#81) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Mike Lynch) on Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:35:15

In Reply to: right on both counts Mike, but, jeff, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:26:57 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

It's funny how the belief system is more important than the reality. You shrug off the certainty of oil consumption, alternator failure and ignition parts replacement, not just a minority happening, but just about every Saturn. How many torque axis motor mounts have you gone through, or do you just put up with the wicked idle vibration as a normal characteristic? Had you valve body replaced in the automatic yet? Another way more common Saturn problem than a DIC in a Saab. And the ignition and the alternator do leave people just as stranded.

Even with the DIC in the Saabs, which I believe according to surveys on these BB's happens only to only a minority percentage of owners, there are almost no oil consumption problems or alternator failures. I don't know how you compare it, but IMHO, even considering the DIC issues, Saabs are bulletproof compared to Saturns or just about any car.

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Posts in this Thread:

Time for Saab to fix the DI Cassette defect, Jim Bostrom, Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:47:05
- Re: Time for Saab to fix the DI Cassette defect, dedhed, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:26:34
- I'll bet that you could put the name of any car, TimBrown, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 13:41:53
  - Re: I'll bet that you could put the name of any car, Bill N, Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:39:17
  - how many failures have you experienced?, hdm, Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:20:32
  - but the difference, jeff, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 13:53:54
    - Oil consumption too....., Mike Lynch , Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:21:27
    - Saturns eat coils and alternators...., Mike Lynch , Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:10:30
      - right on both counts Mike, but, jeff, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:26:57
        Certainty with the Saturn...., Mike Lynch , Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:35:15 <-- Viewing This Message
        Re: Certainty with the Saturn...., jeff, Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:17:58
        Red vs. black issue, too...., Geoff, Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:28:47
        Re: Certainty with the Saturn...., Geoff, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:16:30
        Certainty with Saab...., DW, Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:33:46
        Certainty with Saab....somewhat less....., Mike Lynch , Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:37:41
- Poll on DI failure, Bill N, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:14:04
  - Managed to catch a looming failure.........., 9to5, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:54:41
  - Re: Poll on DI failure, dtech, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 13:41:45
- Re: Time for Saab to fix the DI Cassette defect, Mark_Texas, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:22:33
- Re: Time for Saab to fix the DI Cassette defect, compaqted, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 05:35:43
  - How many carry a spare?, Craig S, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:55:22
    - Re: I do (you guys scared me into it!) I picked up my, Razl, Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:38:46
- Count your blessings man !, dtech, Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:55:23
- It might be that ver. 3.6A is the fix. Then maybe not, 9to5, Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:01:33

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