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Last Friday had my 2008 93 tid estate in for the mot,broken front spring,not to bad ,I bought the spring £34 from ECP and got it fitted for £40 ,the guy only wanted to charge me £20,but I thought £40 was a fair price. The car was in for a full service today,needed discs and pads on the front ,so...

2005. 125k. When driving through the gears it holds back in each gear when having just changed up. Lets say I have just gone from 2nd to 3rd but not accelerating hard it seems to hold back for a second after the gear change. This has been the most troublesome car I have ever owned. It has...

Hi All I have a 1997 Saab 9000 CS 2.3 Turbo. It has a big flat spot on accel prior to kicking down (auto trans) when doing over 60kph. Is there a common fault for this that i can look for prior to open heart surgery. It is intermitent, yet most of the time. It is not due to excessive boost as...

Hi All, haven't posted in a while. But now my baby is sick and i need some help. the problem started a couple of months ago. When i was accelerating hard the car would flat spot when the turbo gauge hit the red. well before the rev limiter kicks in. A bit annoying when overtaking but i was...

hi new here just brought 92 griffin 2.3 turbo , the acc gives no heat at all but pipes are warm, have found a little info on here tried pressing off and auto but it just goes blank then comes back on ? it should give a code? or is there a diffrernt way for the older ones? also has a huge flat...

Hi, Had the 2004 2.0 93 Linear back from MOT today and had an advisory on the rear tyres. Apparently they both have a number of flat spots on the inner edge. I'm sure I've read about this somewhere, but can't find the thread again. Anyone got any ideas??? Thanks

As you guys will remember ..I have had a problem with a Flat Spot on my 2001 9-3 Aero Coupe ..no matter what I did it didn't cure it Vac pipes Throttle body clean out ECU re set ...all to no avail ..... Most of you will have read my thread >>> Altziemer Moment well since that I have had NO...

My 1993 900S has had a lot of work done on it to eliminate several problems relating to its running. So this is what has been done todate New fuel pump and relay New fuel filter New air filter New Automatic Idle valve New vacuum hoses and bushes all round. Exhaust fixed (had a blow on the...

Hello everyone! I have had my SAAB 93 2001 Design ed. convertible for a little while now, and I am quite happy with it (appart from the DI pack that fried 2 months ago!) and the firewall that needed strenghtning (as per a recall from SAAB). I have noticed some wear marks on the outside of the...

Just recently I have bin experiencing a Flat spot on my 2001 FPT 9-3 Aero Coupe...Very slight "Hold back" at around 2500/3500 RPM...... Yesterday it went away !!!! ... No Flat Spot No Hesitation NOWT................ But I GAINED a Faint smell of Oily/fumes type thing in the cabin...

Hi, I am very exited as I am going to look at a what is beeing described as a T16 175bhp. this will be my 1st 900. I have had a couple of 9000's FPT and LPT. I have read the buyers guide but dont trust the seller. Is there an easy way to tell? Doese the lpt have a turbo boost gage? Many thanks

Hi there, I have a 2001 Tid 9-3 and am wondering if it's a 115 or 125 bhp model? Can anyone shed some light? Thanks Ady

My car has an annoying flat spot at 2.5k revs. I call it a flat spot but its more like the engine just stops at that point however when it comes back on power it pulls very strongly. This makes smooth acceleration especially in first imposible. In first it feels like you have lifted off the...

Winding Road magazine (or Next Autos as they’re now called) have published some up-close-and-personal images of the Saab 9-4x in their latest digital issue. There’s not much we haven’t seen already, but the beauty of these is their clarity and the close nature of the images. There’s only a...

I have a 2000 9-5 estate lpt with 142,000 miles on the clock, over the last couple of months fuel economy has dropped to 20 mpg around town, 30 mpg on a run. This is also accompanied by a slight flat spot, not bad enough to be a misfire but noticeable. there are no fault codes present, and the...

Grrrr... SWMBO pranged the front wing of her 02 9-5. Is this panel a blighter to replace (if I get a used one from a scrappy) or does it involve any spotwelds? TIA IWBFX

In 1993, Saab-Scania did a Saab 9000 Television spot for the Czech market. It is important to note that as of January 1st, 1993, Czechoslovakia was dissolved and became the Czech Republic. The voiceover was apparently done by Zdeňek SvÄ›rák, notable Czech script writer.

I was recently sent a video that features the SAAB 93. The SAAB 93 designed by Swedish designer Sixten Sason, not to be confused with the 9-3 and 9-3 Sport Sedan, entered production in 1956 and ended in 1959. This television spot features the Torreador Red 93b leading a caravan of vehicles...