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bought a 97 Aero four years ago w/22k miles on it. 84k on it today= still no rattles. bought a 97 CSE w/ 129k on it two years ago for my son -- 175k on it today = no rattles.
are they interior or external? what's your mileage? rear bushings, ft lower a -arm bushings, even shocks/shock mounts all start to go and generate annoying rattles, especially if you drive often on rural two lane roads w/ plenty of potholes (or on any roads in the land of snow/salt/ etc in the upper midwest or northeast)
bushings aren't that expensive -- and if you find an indy, labor won't be too bad presuming you can't DIY. Handling will improve and silence can return.
Interior noise: track it down w/ a helper riding along to pinpoint sounds. Broken stuff is rare; loose stuff isn't. As simple as change in a cubby in a rear door map compartment, loose tools in the spare tire well (I wrap most of that stuff in waterpipe insulating foam), or a loose seat mount under a front seat.
Do a little detective work and you'll enjoy driving much more.
posted by 64.185.27...
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John
Burlington, Wisc
'73 96 RHD sold after four years in Middle Barton, Oxfordshire, UK
'80 99 bought new, sold after 20 years/192,000mi
'86 9kT picked up at Trollhatten, sold after 12 years/approx 121,000 mi
'87 9kT sold after 9 years/approx 174,000 mi
'94 CSE given to my son after 8 years @ 245k; he sold it at 254k mi
'95 Aero 146,xxx mi sold
'98 CSE 248,xxx mi gave it away
'97 Aero 317,xxx mi my daughter’s school car … gave away [we put 300k mi on it]
still driving:
'97 CSE 170xxx mi 'project car' for myself and my daughters to drive
'07 9-3 2.0T 240xxx
'08 9-5 191xxx mi my wife's daily driver
and a couple of 'non-Saabs':
'01 Suburban 201,xxx mi
'03 BMW 330 Cic 84,xxx mi
'14 Mercedes E350 103,xxx mi
Posts in this Thread:
- New 9000, Clive, Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:28:51
- Re: New 9000, dboone, Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:27:30
- Re: New 9000, Ed, Sun, 6 Mar 2005 07:03:04
- Re: New 9000, David W, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 14:14:45
- Same story., Geza in CA, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:13:32
- Don't count out a '96, either., Noel, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:17:06
- Yes and no, John Adams, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:58:44
- 97 98 are considered by many to be best of breed, 97 auto aero, Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:38:56
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