I am listing the incident date as today's date. Seems to only happen at constant speeds. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic, who performed a diagnostic test and discovered that the ignition discharge module was defective. They towed my Saab to a Saab dealer for me who had to install a new ignition. The repair shop replaced the ign cassette.
I have another question now. . I was just on the highway 20 minutes prior to dropping my daughter off at dancing school. I have never been able to get the radio to turn on since I bought the car last week. Had to spend perilous time on the left shoulder before getting my car towed. Please take action before someone loses their life.
The lights behind the radio buttons turn on when the headlights are on at night, but the radio will not turn on. The car restarted immediately after stopping. It frequently will not start. I have never been able to get the radio to turn on since I bought the car last week. My vehicle was built in 2002.
My Saab 9-5 is year 2003 model and only has about 70K miles. Nothing special happened prior to this incident. Amazing coincidence that the exact part that was recalled got replaced??!! The technician is unable to find the reason the car stalled. Vehicle at rear nearly rear-ended mine - but missed by a hairs whisker. During my own research, I have found that these cars have faulty electrical systems with many recalls on the direct ignition cassette dic. In addition, once it does start it will often stall out.
I took it to my mechanic and he determined that the Saab has a long reset time and the codes after getting the battery replaced will not automatically clear out until the car has had about 100 drive cycles. My check engine light came on recently and I had the codes read. I will be bringing it to the shop to get repaired under my aftermarket warranty, but I feel that Saab should be paying since the failure is the same as the 2000-2002 model year recall. I took my car into a repair shop to check on check engine light. It turns over but the engine will not completely fire. It did not start up normally and was very sluggish. We just had the part replaced.
This has happened for a few months. I have spent thousands of dollars on this vehicle since purchase. Any suggestions to get the radio to turn on? I found out this is due to an electrical system issue with the ignition module. I was less then 200 feet from where I was turning onto the entrance ramp of a highway. The car had a new fuel pump and crankshaft sensor installed but the problem recurred about 6 weeks after the repair. The codes represented a misfire problem.
If you know this car is problematic then please inform me to sell the car so I can get a more reliable car that will prevent the risk of injury or death to me and my family. He also explained that there is no electricity getting to the fuel pump. Get access to our 2003 Saab 9-5 repair information right now, online. There is a recall 06V410000, Oct 26 2006 for this very issue but for 6 cylinder, and mine is a 4 cylinder engine. However he explained that the fuel pump and the fuel pump relay are operational. The vehicle has been to the dealer on 3 separate occasions. This model does not have a radio lock out feature, and I checked the fuse in the fuse box in the dashboard but the fuse looks good.
Sometimes every couple of miles, and can go several miles without the stall. I have another question now. I took it to my mechanic and he determined that the Saab has a long reset time and the codes after getting the battery replaced will not automatically clear out until the car has had about 100 drive cycles. I was driving the car when suddenly the car when dead while I was driving it. From what I read online, the part does have a limited and less than reasonable life.
It became very difficult to steer the car and the brake pedal became very hard to depress. Please help the owners all over the world, we should not have to pay for all of this. The contact was able to stop the vehicle with the emergency brake. I am a single mother with 2 young children and rely on this automobile on a daily basis. I believe it was built on the same platform of one of the Cadillac that is under recall. My direct ignition control in 2003 9-5 linear sedan 2.