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Re: convertible tonneau cover clicks on the way up??????
Posted by Tcraig [Email] (more from Tcraig) on Sun, 26 Jun 2005 00:19:06
In Reply to: Re: convertible tonneau cover clicks on the way up??????, Pedro, Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:15:53
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Today I was able to fix this problem on a 96 900SE Turbo Conv with 34,000 miles. The tonneau would not open properly and it clicked. All it needed was the $8 Reinforcement Kit and the time to make the repair. It didn't even need any re-setting; the top works perfectly now.
Thanks to Steve and this group for helping alert me to this fix and to the Service Bulletin that was issued on it.
Ironically, I noticed the problem when I was picking the car up at a dealer as the car went out of warranty. The dealer diagnosed it as requiring a new tonneau motor (cost $1500), refused to cover it under warranty (the car had about 20,000 miles at that time) and never mentioned the Service Bulletin that had been issued a couple years prior. I wrote Saab directly who did nothing, also not mentioned their own Service Bulletin on the issue.
The issue is that the tonneau motor aluminum casing and joint cannot withstand the gear design force causing it to bend and disengage the gears so the top will not open.
The most troubling aspect about this is that Saab knew about this issue and didn't do anything to remedy it or to warn us customers about the problem. Were it not for this site, I never would have found out. After learning about the Service Bulletin, I went back to the dealer last week with my repair order in one hand and the Service Bulletin in the other and asked them how they could mistake an $8 part for a $1500 motor replacement. They wouldn't take any responsibility.
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