SAAB 9-3 Aero

[John Boy 616]

Morning!

So got a SAAB 93 Aero on the 1st of March to replace a fiesta on finance. Paid £1000 for it and so far im impressed. Its by no means perfect, ive replaced a broken suspension spring and a rear suspension arm but considering its now done 150k i wouldent expect perfection. Ah and the cd player doesent work and the heater motor has just decided to start sounding like a cat being dragged backwards through hell.

So is handles better than i expected and goes as well as it should.

My first post of this nature so be nice..

[John Boy 616]

Buff Mchugelarge said:

I'm looking at these or a 9-5 Aero so I'll watch this with interest

Well any questions let me know, ive 2.5k miles so far

[John Boy 616]

-crookedtail- said:

Looks nice for a grand!!

They are great cars, despite the GMness, the standard suspension is pants, mine needs new drop links I think, they are like serviceable items on these They handle okay too, albeit without too much feel, they grip much better than I thought.

Is your one black or the dark blue? it's hard to tell from the photo.

Its black mate

Yea i think i need new bearings on the front as its sounds a littpe like a steam train sometimes, comes and goes thou. Thought it may have been drive shaft or cv but they look fine

How long have you had yours?

[John Boy 616]

Pebbles167 said:

Is this the 2.0 or the 2.8? A couple of friends have the 2.8 with 300+ bhp. Boy do they shift.

Essentially a Vectra with added quirkiness, nice car.

Mine is the 2.0t and running standard tune. Will consider a remab with SAABNOOB once i have completed my rather long list of jobs.

[John Boy 616]

TotalControl said:

Ooooh a 9-3 aero thread. Looks nice. Any other plans for it?

Get it as close to perfect as i can to be honest.

Brake discs and pads all round, interior fan motor, rear suspension bushes to name a few, then perhaps a remap

[John Boy 616]

-crookedtail- said:

I've had mine since October, it's been fantastic since.

Here is mine;

Looks nice, they really are a great car for the cash

[John Boy 616]

J4CKO said:

The engines are pretty much indestructible on the petrols, the springs are a consumable and the CD players never work.

Well fingers crossed it doesent cost me a fortune in parts.

Yea well it has an aux lead which works and a sat nav!! Oh the luxury

[John Boy 616]

KarlMac said:

Snap! Just bought my first ever Shed for £900. 1.8T Vector. Amazing VFM.

Now thats value. Anything isdues with yours?

[John Boy 616]

Evening,

So 6k miles in and pretty good going.

New suspension arm
Replaced broken spring
Replaced front discs and pads with new
Two new tyres (uniroil rainsports)

One issue that has just happened is the engine management light has came on, the car is fine and is boosting normally no dips in power etc, ill try disconnecting the battery for a bit and see if that solves it. The cars electrical system does not appear to be its strongest suit though!!

[John Boy 616]

[quote=Wing Commander]

Its worth getting the code read as problems are often easily fixed. On the 03 cars many had a crap emissions thing bolted on. As far as I found out, it was installed for about a year from this shape coming out, in order to meet emission regs in the states but then they found out it meets them without it so it was removed. Anyway, it's a valve and blower that blows air direct into the exhaust to speed up the heating of the cat. After a min or two, it cuts off. What happens over time though is the moisture in the cold exhaust jams the valve open and knackers the blower. Then you have your exhaust venting and it throws out your lambda reasons.

Carl at Noobtune removed mine and then mapped it off the car.

Also I had a couple of the coils go and an ionisation module go. All cheap and easy to fix.

We now have another 93 aero and for £750, it's great

Thanks for the reply!

Ok ill have a look into the fault code sruff, the noobtune is on my to do list so if that sorts it then happy days.

Your quite right with the stereo i have the full system, the cd changer does not work

They are great value just not without niggles

I need a new interior fan motor as it sounds like a cat being dragged through hell backwards, also have a slack drivers side seatbelt and the info panel is covinced i have a rear right brake light failure when i do not heh