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Of course, it turned out to just be a tired starter. Finally gave up the ghost a few weeks ago and wouldn't crank at all, so a remanufactured Bosch starter was ordered and did the trick. Starting is...

A new twist to this problem: this morning, I needed to drive the Saab as single-digit temps with snow make my other car considerably less appealing, so I went out and it started off by cranking...

So I've had an intermittent issue with my '06 9-5 where it will crank slower and slower day-by-day, but fire up normally. It began doing this last fall, then got better for a little while, and...

Possibly a dumb/ignorant question but will these adapters from InCarTec work on a US car/US stereo? I'm not a big car audio person, but I'd really like to upgrade the stereo in my '06 to something a...

So after a few days of researching online, I tried cleaning my MAF sensor and that immediately worked. There was nothing loose, nothing off, it just wouldn't boost as much as usual, and a quick clean...

So sometime in the last few weeks, my '06 US 9-5 has lost a fairly significant amount of boost at WOT, and I'm at a bit of a loss as to where I should start looking for solutions. I don't know...

I remember all the negative reviews of this re-style when it first came out, and I remember not really liking it very much myself, but it has aged extremely well. Someday I'll get that ragged front...

Finally got my poor wagon cleaned off in time for the first wintery weather of the year, but luckily I got some glamor photos before the snow started to fly.

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So I finally had some proper time to do some exploration on my car yesterday, and I found that the PCV valve right above the throttle had cracked in half, and that the vacuum line off the back of the...

I'll definitely keep those in mind for tomorrow! I limped it home last night after work and the one time I was able to get it on boost at all, there was a very strange whooshing sound. Before this...

I've had that thought too. I'll see if I can find anything obvious there next. Would it be pre or post turbo, or does that not matter?

So, as in my previous thread about the weird hot-start issue, my Saab's CEL is on for, as far as I'm aware, the same P1181 code as the last few times it's come on. Now though, in both neutral and in...

Since the CEL came back on while running errands last night, even though it started normally, I'll keep that in mind! Thanks for the tip!

So it happened again this weekend, I had stopped at a shop for about 30 minutes after an hour of highway driving in heavy traffic. I was able to get it started with only a few stabs to the throttle...

Try as in check to see if it's going out, or try as in throw a new one in?

A couple of times over the last week or so, always when the engine's up to temp, has been sitting for more than 30 minutes but less than 90 minutes, and the ambient temperature is over 90 degrees...

Dave, I appreciate your input but I seem to have found the main problem, which I didn't really think of until I checked the reservoir when the car had cooled; the level was simply low so I got some...

So over the last week or so my '06 9-5 has developed a rather impressive groan from the power steering pump, usually going away after warmup, but this morning it kept groaning the entire way to work,...

I've also noticed those wild ventilated rears, I'd love a pair of those too... Good to know about the parts info bit, I'll try and remember to look at that later today once I'm off work. I also need...

You're definitely right, what I meant was in the U.S. there was no Aero in '06. Of course I, owner of a '67 Beetle, would blindly stumble my way into yet another one-year-only car.

I've been looking around on eEuro, among others, and they all show the same thing, both rotor sizes are listed, which is why I was getting confused. I did run it through a VIN decoder that shows it...

I was wondering if I'd be better off just using the vin... thanks for the response!

Hi all,

I've already posted a thread in the 9-5 board, but just now noticed this one, so I thought I'd more formally introduce myself. My name's Andrew, and I'm a new Saab owner from northern...

Hi all, new to the forum and looking for some answers about my recent purchase! I picked up an '06 9-5 SportCombi 2.3t a few weeks ago, it's a pretty high-mileage car at 182k and climbing, but it was...