Vectra/Saab 9-3 clutch ?

Vectra/Saab 9-3 clutch ?

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anonymous-user

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54 months

Thursday 22nd January 2009
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plg101

4,106 posts

210 months

Thursday 22nd January 2009
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On my 93 it was the dual mass flywheel. Clutch was okay. Apparently they are a weak point on the 1.9tid (120 and 150hp)...

parapaul

2,828 posts

198 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Yep, sounds like DMF. Well known weak point on this engine - don't suppose it's still under warranty?

parapaul

2,828 posts

198 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Arse. That's going to hurt the purse strings...

plg101

4,106 posts

210 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Mine went at 44k miles, < 3yrs old. Warranty paid - £1000 including some other bits. You might get lucky with some goodwill if it is a known deign flaw, bit like the swirl valve thing on the 1.9's...

paintman

7,687 posts

190 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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DMF are made up of several components. An animation (bit long-winded but worth following) is at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YnaXB8q3uzQ&feat...


Munter

31,319 posts

241 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Anybody know if the same DMF is fitted to teh 2.0DTi? Or have I dodged a bullet?

lord summerisle

8,138 posts

225 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Munter

31,319 posts

241 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Wouldn't that disconnect have the same effect as using the clutch? I'm thinking more that the two parts of the flywheel have moved apart from each other and now theres no space for the clutch to move away from it....?

plg101

4,106 posts

210 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Mine was the same; almost all motorway mileage, very little stop start town driving. Went quite quickly in the end, I thought the notchiness was a GM gearbox feature.

Have to say it was the least reliable car I have ever owned, which was a shame as I was a big Saab fan. My GM900 SE turbo is still going strong at 99k miles, 11 years and only its 2nd clutch. Not everyones favourite car, but has been brilliantly reliable, and the bodywork still looks like new. Still have it, but switched to an Audi A6 3.0tdi as the mile muncher and haven't looked back.

parapaul

2,828 posts

198 months

Saturday 24th January 2009
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That's a relief, if he's right...

wheels1

209 posts

188 months

Tuesday 17th May 2011
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I thought i would resurrect this thread as a few years have passed, just to see how many more of Saabs Duel mass flywheels have failed?
My wife's sport wagon needed one at 2 years old and 25,000 miles and now just needed another one after another two years and and 30,000 miles this time i had to pay and the discounted cost with a new clutch was 1100 pounds!!!!
This seems to be a design fault to me, has anyone else had the same problem?