The 2000 9-5 SE I recently purchased was 5000 miles from the 90000 mile
mark, so I decided to have the service done. Basically I wanted to see if
the Saab dealership could find anything wrong. To my surprise ..nothing was
wrong. Correction: One of the keys is worn, so SAAB will have to cut a new
one and the dealership will mail it to me- cost 32 dollars. Also I wanted
to make sure that SAAB approved fluids were in the car..so out with the old
and in with the new. When I purchased the car, it came with the leather-case
and original owner's manual. (Though I had opened the glove compartment
immediately after I purchased the car I didn't realize how deep the
compartment was and thus missed the case) All the maintenance records were
there, and I was able to locate and talk to the previous owner who did an
outstanding job of keeping up on the maintenance. There are a lot of SAABs
and Volvos in the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia area and it's fairly easy to find
a used one.
Note:
When I dropped the car off for servicing they gave me a Buick Lacrosse.
After a month of Saab driving, I really hated the handling of the Buick. On
Interstate 5 , after it warmed up, and I was cruising at 65..the Buick was
ok, but otherwise it was dull and unresponsive. Couldn't wait to get back
to the Saab. Interesting, that some of the most pleasurable driving I get
on the 9-5 is from in-town driving! My main gripe with the 9-5 SE is
noise, but some of that is due to the Toyo tires. Anyway Saab has won me
over.

I have the original price sticker for this car. New it sold for 38, 835.
Engine built in England. Transmission from Japan. Just over 20 % of the
hardware is Swedish....

Rich

Richard Sauer wrote:

A V-6 ?

Graham

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Yep.
Rich

Your Lucky to get a good one keep your fingers crossed, the repairs are
very costly. best of luck papa