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Sun 29 Apr 2007 18:35
saab 9-5 - ifty
Hi all,
my dad has a saab 9-5 1997, when he starts the car the side lights come on at the same time, do you guys reckon the ecu has got corrupted? also he says when he uses the ventilation system, some vents blow cold air and some hot .
any help appreciated.Does anybody know of a good independant saab specialist in wolverhampton or nearby.............thanks.
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Sun 29 Apr 2007 20:52
saab 9-5 - Dynamic Dave
when he starts the car the side lights come on at the same time


Daytime running lights - a requirement in Saab's home country. Has this only recently started, or has it done it throughout ownership by your dad? A mate of mine who used to work for Saab mentioned that a lot of customers don't want the daytime running lights and it was just a simple case of pulling the relevant fuse in the fuse box.
some vents blow cold air and some hot .


Again, is this recent, or has always been the case since ownership? Which vents in particular? The centre face vents on my Vectra (for all intense purposes - the same company, GM) only blow cold air, regardless of the heater setting.
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Mon 30 Apr 2007 10:58
saab 9-5 - prm72
Again is this recent or has always been the case since ownership? Which vents in
particular? The centre face vents on my Vectra (for all intense purposes - the same
company GM) only blow cold air regardless of the heater setting.

Think you've got a problem there DD, should blow hot if the settings on hot.
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Mon 30 Apr 2007 11:08
saab 9-5 - Dynamic Dave
Think you've got a problem there DD should blow hot if the settings on hot.


Correction - they do blow hot. I was thinking of a previous Vauxhall of mine. You had a setting "warm feet, cool face" where the lower vents blew hot, but the face vents blew cold when the heater controls were set in a particular way.
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Mon 30 Apr 2007 13:10
saab 9-5 - Group B
Does anybody know of a good independant saab specialist in wolverhampton or nearby.............thanks.



West Midlands Saab Specialists are at Erdington, just off the M6. Not used them myself but they seem to have a good reputation and get good recommendations on the Saabscene forum.

www.westmidlandssaab.co.uk/

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Tue 1 May 2007 00:13
saab 9-5 - ifty
Thanks for your replies..........both things have started to happen lately.
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