jenny86 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hi. Don't know if I'm in the right Place but seen as I'm doing this on my fone I couldn't find a dedicated group. We have a Saab 9 3. Today the aircondition fans can on by them selfs and started blowing uncontrollably. We couldn't get them to stop even when the key was taken out. This inevetably caused the battery to drain and needed a jump start. Anybody got any ideas what is causing this and what the resolution may be. Any suggestions would be greatfully Recieved. Thanks:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I don't know, but I know a man who will... Get yourself (and the car) down to Phil Smith on East Coast Road. http://www.findmeagarage.co.uk/south-yorkshire/phil-smith-saab I've had several SAABs looked after by Phil and his son and they've always had my cars running perfectly and reliably, and without charging dealer prices. On one occasion my elderly 9000 refused to start after parking out in the Peak District for lunch out, and we had to be recovered back by an AA truck. The AA guy reckoned that it was the timing belt or ECU which had gone (both of which I think were just guesses) but the car didn't run at all and so Phil could have told me it was all sorts of problems as long as he'd got her running again. It was the rotor arm, costing a fiver to get sorted, and that's just what he told me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hi. Don't know if I'm in the right Place but seen as I'm doing this on my fone I couldn't find a dedicated group. We have a Saab 9 3. Today the aircondition fans can on by them selfs and started blowing uncontrollably. We couldn't get them to stop even when the key was taken out. This inevetably caused the battery to drain and needed a jump start. Anybody got any ideas what is causing this and what the resolution may be. Any suggestions would be greatfully Recieved. Thanks:confused: try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes the ecu on this model can cause trouble, disconnecting the battery can very often clear faults.My daughters 93 had a problem with the central locking the dealers wanted £700 including two new keys to cure the fault was cured and has run perfectly for the last two years . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I don't know, but I know a man who will... Get yourself (and the car) down to Phil Smith on East Coast Road. http://www.findmeagarage.co.uk/south-yorkshire/phil-smith-saab I've had several SAABs looked after by Phil and his son and they've always had my cars running perfectly and reliably, and without charging dealer prices. On one occasion my elderly 9000 refused to start after parking out in the Peak District for lunch out, and we had to be recovered back by an AA truck. The AA guy reckoned that it was the timing belt or ECU which had gone (both of which I think were just guesses) but the car didn't run at all and so Phil could have told me it was all sorts of problems as long as he'd got her running again. It was the rotor arm, costing a fiver to get sorted, and that's just what he told me Out of interest rotor arms are not fitted to modern ignition systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardwickbruc Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 find the fuse for the fan and take it out till you can get a train tec to have a look saab are GM bye the way aswell eg vauxhall so they may be able to help . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Out of interest rotor arms are not fitted to modern ignition systems. She did say "Elderly" Saab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 She did say "Elderly" Saab. Weren't 9000's fitted with the Saab Direct system..it has ignition coils rather than a distributor I think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebasher Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes the ecu on this model can cause trouble, disconnecting the battery can very often clear faults.My daughters 93 had a problem with the central locking the dealers wanted £700 including two new keys to cure the fault was cured and has run perfectly for the last two years . Or changing it In my experience, 9-3's suffer all manner of funky faults when the battery won't hold a full charge. Mine did anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shims Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Weren't 9000's fitted with the Saab Direct system..it has ignition coils rather than a distributor I think.. Correct. This red number is the 9000's Direct Ignition Cassette ... http://www.thesaabsite.com/direct_ignition1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Weren't 9000's fitted with the Saab Direct system..it has ignition coils rather than a distributor I think.. Then maybe I'm mistaken and it was the 99 rather than one of the 9000s that I have owned that this happened in. I have been a serial SAAB owner over the years... I'm sure that Phil could tell you which one it was though- his memory for what he has done to any car is pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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