Just replaced all ignition coils due because of missing in the engine on heavy acceleration. Coils fixed that problem but now the car will intermittently die. Will do this while idling or a while driving. No codes have been shown yet. Any ideas on what could cause his? Crank position sensor?

I have a 1999 Saab 9-5 that I've had since March 2012. In April (2013) I went out to my car to return home from school one evening the the car wouldn't crank up and I had to have my grandfather tow me home. Since then I have had my uncles and grandfather (all mechanics) work on the car to no...

Hi there I bought an 06 93 1.9TDI 150 about 2 months ago. Its my first Saab and abolutely love it however now it has gone cold yesterday and today has been the same story. I start the car and where it used to fire up straight away now it takes a while, just about starts running, struggles then...

Hi All, I have a 2000 Saab 9-5 SE. I have just completed a fuel pump replacement. Car was running fine for about 2 hours, It was starting first time. Now the car just starts then stops straight away. I have checked the fuel pump and it is working. What could be my problem. Obviously there is no...

Hi All, I have a 2000 saab 9-5 SE. I have just replaced the fuel pump. The car was running fine for about 2 hours. I was able to turn the car on and off and it started. I came home and left the car for about 10 mins and when i came back it starts up then dies straight away. The fuel pump is...

Hi guys im new to this forum and am looking for a little help. i have a 1998 9 3 convertable and when stationary i turn the heaters on the engine revs lower and cuts out any advice Thanks all in advance mark

SAAB 9-5 Aero 2002, with a 2005 engine fitted. Had a problem on Sunday, cruising in outside lane at 75mph and sudden loss of power, no missing, just cut out. No CEL. Pulled over suspecting fuel pump failure. Called RAC, tried numerous times to start but no good. RAC man turned up, popped off the...

Well my 1997 9000 was running pretty well?? I had a check engine light and had the local parts store put the checker on it and it spit out that I had a bad front O2 sensor. I installed a new one and drove the car about 7 -10 miles and it started to feel like it had no power. I drove the car in...

I bought my saab 9-3 only 3.5 months ago and its been loads of trouble already. 1st I had a broken spring which saab fixed for me by making a special request. then i had the electrical connector fault on injector 3 which i paid £120 to get fixed by saab only 2 weeks ago Then today, I have had...

Hi there, just fitted another engine (the previous one died completely due to damaged oil pump). Once started it idles normally for appr. 5 mins then dies suddenly (a click is heard in the relay board behing the glovebox at the same time). As though power feeding ignition was cut abruptly (rev...

Hi all, I was wondering whether anyone can solve an intermittent problem I'm having at the moment with my 1997 9-5 SE (a 2.3t automatic). A couple of times now the engine has suddenly unexpectedly died. The first time was some weeks ago while I was sitting stationary at traffic lights. The...

I have a 1999 9-3 2.0 LPT. Just a couple of days ago the ABS and brake light came on and speedo died. It's happened intermitently since. However the engine now frequently dies when you put your foot on the brake. The car will restart no problem, and ticks over fine. We've had ABS ECU problems...

Hi, i have these 2 problems. 1).Since 2 months ago, its started to loose coolant fluid. 1st time small quantityes, but now every 100km i have to put 100 ml of coolant. I can't find any leakage, it hasnt have oil in the coolant reservoair, and i cant see performance differences. It's pretty...

Hi, I've managed to narrow down my problems (fingers crossed) the problem I have is the engine turns over and fires without any problems, but... when the engine is hot/cold it will rev up to 3000rpm or a few seconds (as if the auto choke is working) then it die. Or the engine will fire then...

Driving gently through Durham and the car started making a ticking noise, rising quickly to a grinding metal on metal noise. Engine is dead. Don't know what happened and frankly my dear, i don't give a damn. She is now at Saabcentre Newton Aycliffe having a brand new 2.3 and a new aero turbo...

Hi there, new to the board and after some advice if possible! I recently got a 9-3 Sportwagon vector sport (55 reg) and its a sweet car to drive - apart from a big problem with the radio which is the 7 speaker jobby. Took it for a test drive and it wasn't working so the dealer said they'd...

Car starts and runs when all air conditioning/ventilation controls are off. As soon as the ac/vent controls are pushed, the engine dies. Will not start until ac/vent control are reset to off. Just began yesterday.

Hello, my faithful 93 2.0i keeps dying and its getting more regular -started one evening when car didn't start when hot after 20mins and then occasionally in traffic it would die and not restart until cool. Done a bit of digging with the search feature and found that could be crank sensor but...

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 years old. One of his most notable novels includes Slaughterhouse-Five. Outside of writing, Kurt Vonnegut found himself during a short period of time working as a SAAB salesman by running a Cape Code automobile dealership in West Barnstable, Massachusetts called...