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    Saab 9-3 2.0t 2007 Convertible Loss of power when accelerating

    Hi

    New to this forum and mechanical novice so please excuse any apparent idiocies!

    Driving to work this morning, and 100 yards from destination tried to pull away at roundabout and car suddenly had no power, pulled away at a crawl.

    No warning lights, but turbo gauge on dash looked to be staying still, which doesn't usually happen, right?

    Daft questions I could do with sensible answers to:

    - Does this mean the turbo itself is kaput, or could it be something less (let's face it) terminal? Car is 2007 model with 150,000 miles, though serviced regularly
    - Is the car likely to be safe to drive home (approx 20 miles on busy dual carriageway)

    Thanks in advance for any advice

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    5 days without an answer you have probably already figured out what to do, so I'll stick to the basics.
    Probably not the turbo, most likely trionic 8, throttle position sensor or throttle body that put you into limp home mode.
    Remove battery power to reset usually wakes up the engine computer, cleaning the throttle body usually fixes the simple T-body problems and fuel pedal sensor can harvested from multiple pedal assemblies and that will save you a small fortune over the official, made to fit Saab assembly.

 

 

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